I have always been intrigued by the written word; I suppose that’s why I ended up with a degree in English Literature. While some consider that a semi-useless achievement, it has served me well. During my 29 years as an educator, I was the go-to editor/proofreader for countless students, colleagues, and friends. I followed that with a two-year stint as Program Assistant at Bay Area Turning Point, a nonprofit that provides shelter and recovery services for women and children who are victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, where I served as the unofficial agency proofreader, editing and revising agency letters, documents, and webpage articles for my colleagues. As a reader, I have always been tormented by the little things I stumble across in books: misspelled words, typos, grammar errors, etc. When Richard Stephenson published the sneak peek of his debut novel, Collapse, I took a look, then stopped. The storyline had pulled me in, but the grammatical problems drove me nuts! I emailed him and offered to do some editing . . . and haven’t looked back since.

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