by marissa | Mar 30, 2019 | Fantasy
I stumbled across this beautiful quote by GRRM on why he writes fantasy – how great is this? It so perfectly captures my love for fantasy, science fiction and all its wild colors. We fantasy readers are the children who dreamed of hunting the forests at night...
by mvu | Jan 4, 2018 | Books Edited by Marissa, Fantasy
“Everyone knows mermaid blood is like vampire crack …” I had a reeee-diculous amount of fun helping the brilliant Debbie Goelz with early developmental edits on this gorgeous and funny YA novel. Mermaids and the Vampires Who Love Them is — if...
by mvu | Jun 29, 2017 | Book Reviews, Science Fiction
Another gorgeous and strange novel from the mighty lighthouse keeper of the Weird, Jeff VanderMeer (whose Southern Reach Trilogy blew me away a few years ago and is still the series I most often recommend to my friends and clients). Borne is a story about nature vs...
by mvu | Jun 25, 2017 | About Editing
Are you an atheist, humanist or science-loving writer who’s looking a professional editor? I’m seeking new clients who write about free-thought, skepticism, and science, or whose love for these things seeps through into their fiction worlds and characters....
by mvu | Jun 8, 2017 | Books Edited by Marissa, Fantasy, Inspirational
Recently, I got to do an editor’s favorite thing… attend a book launch and see a shiny new novel released into the wilds! Then watch the books be carried away into the night, clutched to the hearts of excited fans. And best of all, it was in the magical city of New...
