Hi! It’s nice to meet you!
I’m Kim Schebler, a professionally trained editor who is passionate about preparing magical realism, fabulist, speculative, literary, weird, and genre-bending stories for their readers.
My editing philosophy embraces bending the rules to preserve an author’s voice and style while always remembering the reader.
You should work with me if you want an editor who can sharpen what makes your work marvelous. I’ll help you create a book that’s both accessible to readers and true to your vision.
Professional Development:
- Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing from SUNY New Paltz.
- Specialized Certificate in Copyediting from UC San Diego.
- Certificate in Editing from The Poynter Institute.
- Editor of Bone Parade.
- Eight years as a professional grant writer and editor at a nonprofit.
- Editorial Freelancers Association courses completed:
- Book Mapping
- Advanced Copyediting
- Intermediate Developmental Editing of Fiction
- Advanced Developmental Editing of Fiction
- Well-versed in the Chicago Manual of Style.
- Recent conferences attended:
- Editors Tea Club 2023 TEAch-In Mini Conference
- Festival of Literary Diversity Conference 2023
- Northwest Editors Guild 2023 Red Pencil Conference
- ACES 2023 Virtual Conference
- Virtual Writing Workshop Ohio 2024 Conference
- Inkers Con 2024 Virtual Conference
- ACES 2024 Virtual Conference
- SFWA 2024 Nebula Conference
- Continually updates skills by reading craft books on writing and attending editing and writing webinars, workshops, and conferences to stay current on changes in language and the publishing industry.
- Active member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, ACES: The Society for Editing, Editors Tea Club, Alliance for Independent Authors, and the Authors Guild.
When I’m not spending time in the publishing world, I enjoy books, music, road trips, mini golf, watercolor painting, astronomy, and chasing all things wondrous. I also have fun spending time as my D&D character, an impulsive, illiterate barbarian with a penchant for fashion. I started my own editing business so I can work on stories that matter to me and be my most authentic self. I live in Rhode Island.
