Editing & Manuscript Development
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Emily has supported a wide range of writers in revising individual poems, clarifying overarching narrative, and honing manuscripts from their beginning stages to publication. Her guidance is gentle, curious, and precise. Whether you’re looking for insight into a large body of work that has yet to take shape, or hoping to fine tune singular pieces or projects, Emily can help sharpen your voice and vision. Please inquire about her editing and developmental offerings with details surrounding your specific creative needs.
Testimonials
I think perhaps the most important part of being an editor is to ask questions that allow a writer to reveal or reintroduce themself to needs and wants of the writing; to listen in a manner that allows them to offer back to a writer, the writer’s own wants and needs; and to advocate for the excitement of the work itself. Emily is great at all these things.
Emily aided me on my poetry collection The Tigers, They Let Me, giving me insight into threads and themes that were running invisibly through the pieces, and also offering up directions to move the body of work in. She did this gently, astutely, and with a soft excitement for where the work might ultimately arrive and for my journey to that place. So grateful for the things Emily brought to the table and for the way in which she brought them.
Anis Mojgani, Oregon's 10th Poet Laureate
Emily Mundy is one of Write Bloody's favorite editors to work with. Patient, focused, and an artist in her own right, Emily gives our authors specific, useful, and detailed editing notes that spruce up every book she has been assigned. When our author have been too close to their work for too long, Emily shines a bright light on the key aspects of the manuscript to keep, what to hone and what to chuck into the burn pile. We will keep her on lock as long as we can afford her. We love seeing her services blowing up.
Derrick Brown, President, Write Bloody Publishing