We’re a highly collaborative and supportive team, coming together on every project to ensure our clients get the very best result.
Our Mission
Help you, the author, create the most impactful novel possible. We treat our clients with kindness and consideration while delivering a comprehensive and clear edit. We go above and beyond no matter the challenge.
Our Values
We know your novel is your baby and receiving feedback can be daunting. Therefore, we listen to how you would like to receive feedback, look first for what works well, and explain our objective reasoning behind any suggestions.
“Look for what *does* work, and admire it, and see if you can bring it out even better.”
– Ursula K. Le Guin from Steering the Craft
“Bert Gevera Piedmont is the best editor I've ever had. She was detail oriented, both micro and macro focused on every aspect of my writing. She was timely, patient, and trustworthy. My book would not be the finished product it is without her.”
“Julia provided some wonderful suggestions. It was like she read my mind about some of the weaker areas of the story and helped me figure out how to fill them in.”
“Katharine really helped me improve my writing. I understand structure so much better now, and she was encouraging and helpful throughout the entire process.”
What you get:
A comprehensive summary letter
- Per scene notes
- Inline comments and track changes
- Visual notes
- Three hours of time with your lead editor (This usually takes place via Zoom)
For a structural edit, we use the following sources:
- The thirty-eight story elements developed by Fictionary founder and best-selling author Kristina Stanley (NOTE: All 3 editors at Atypical Edits have been trained by Ms. Stanley.)
- Save the Cat
- K.M. Weiland
- The 7-point plot structure popularized by Dan Wells
What sets Atypical Edits apart from other editing services?
ACCESS AND COMPREHENSIVENESS
We are a group of three neurodiverse editors working together, so your feedback is more comprehensive.
THE PROCESS:
- Choose your lead editor based on your genre and our specialties
- Contact us to book a FREE 15 minute consultation
- Your lead editor reviews your novel, creates your summary letter, and provides all feedback noted above.
- Since no editor can catch everything, the other two editors review your novel and our notes and add to them. It’s like getting three editors for the price of one, so you have a better idea what agents and publishers might say.
Meet Our Editors
Gevera Bert Piedmont:
MFA in Creative Writing, anthology editor, Fictionary Certified StoryCoach.
Specialities: continuity and plotting.
Favorite genres: horror, weird fiction, steampunk, cyberpunk. I especially love odd and underrepresented characters and weird settings.
Favorite works: Aztec, The Terror, “Shadow Over Innsmouth,” Murderbot Diaries, Parasol Protectorate, Laundry Files, Punktown
Favorite authors: Terry Pratchett, William Meikle, Joe R. Lansdale, Kathy Reichs, Jayne Castle
Julia Gandrud:
MFA in Film, MA in Art Education, Certified Enneagram Coach, Fictionary Certified StoryCoach.
Specialties include organic plot and character integration, genre expectations, and finding what glows in your story.
Editing genres: memoir, mystery, cozy mystery, sapphic and lgbtqia+ romance
Favorite fantasy, mystery, romance authors: Cherie Priest, Gail Carriger, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K LeGuin, T. Kingfisher, Kat Ailes, Louise Penny
Favorite memoirs: Solutions and Other Problems, My Mess is a Bit of A Life
Favorite movies: The Wings of Desire, Until the End of Time, The Third Man
Katharine Collins:
BA in German and Theater; Former stage actor and English teacher; AVID READER & TRAVELER!
Specialties- Character and relationship development, setting and environment; culturally relevant works & those with a social justice implication.
Genres- historical fiction, sci-fi, mystery & crime; I can structurally edit in English and German, both of which I speak and read fluently. I can copy edit or proofread in English. *I am not your romance or steampunk editor
Favorite authors- Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury, Sam J. Miller, Louise Penny, Andreas Grüber (Austrian crime author), Tanja Kinkel (German historical fiction author)
Favorite Novels: Blackfish City, Frankenstein, Fahrenheit 451, Grüber’s Todesserien (Death- series)