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Welcome! I’m Kim.
As a developmental editor and writing coach, I help writers address issues in their books relating to structure, plot, characterization, writing craft, and more. Some of the specific services I provide include:
- Editing 1st pages, up to 10,000 words
- Editing short stories and creative nonfiction pieces
- Editing poetry and flash-length pieces
- Coaching clients in private Zoom sessions
- Teaching writers in group workshops
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Why Me?
As a developmental editor and writing teacher, I’ve worked with hundreds of writers—
some with serious publishing ambitions and some
who are just serious about learning the craft.
Here’s what they say about me…
The Most Common Opening Pages Mistakes
Do I even need to talk about why the opening pages of your book are capital “C” critical? I doubt I do. Writers are readers, and you know how you either fall into a book or lean away from it, and then quit it, usually quickly. As an editor and writing teacher, I’ve spent years…
In Praise of the Unexpected Detail
I’d been thinking about writing an article on the power of using an unexpected detail in a scene, and then the interior design folks on the internet made me aware of the “unexpected red theory”—just the catalyst I needed. The gist of the theory is that adding a bit of red to a room, where…
Writing from Multiple Points of View: An Interview With Rachel Stone, Author of THE BLUE IRIS
This past fall I read Rachel Stone’s debut novel, The Blue Iris. As a writing coach, one of the things that captured my interest was the fact that the book was written from multiple points of view—nine, to be exact. It’s not unheard of to do this (Lincoln in the Bardo fan here), but it’s…