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Kelly Lynne -- Developmental Fiction Editor
 

Kelly Lynne is the proud “auntie” to over 20 published novels, novellas and short stories, which have sold to Kensington Publishing, Cerridwen Press, Awe-Struck Publishing, Samhain Publishing, and The Wild Rose Press. These books have gone on to earn high praise from reviewers and readers, as well as multiple awards and contest wins. As an editor for The Wild Rose Press, she has edited contemporary western and light paranormal romances, with heat ratings from sweet to spicy. Her fiction fortes include sci-fi, fantasy, romance, speculative fiction, young adult, and stories of psychic or supernatural phenomena.

Empathic about the “feel” of a story, Kelly provides suggestions so that authors may revise with their own style in mind, preserving the individual voice, while alerting authors to current trends in publishable styles. Developmental fiction editing requires an emotional investment in the work—an investment of time and effort that Kelly is happy to make.

Kelly has published over 100 non-fiction articles and two short stories. In between her freelance assignments, she also works on her novel-length fiction. She knows the hoops authors are expected to jump through and helps authors polish their submission packets. Query letters, synopses and professional quality formatting are as important as a well-polished manuscript.

List of published titles:

Novels:

The Daddy Spell, by Patti Ann Colt 

The Sweetheart Dance by Patti Ann Colt

Nightflyers by Isabel L. Martens   

Best Laid Plans by Isabel L. Martens

Scandalous by Diane Drew

What a Scoundrel Wants by Carrie Lofty  

Scoundrel’s Kiss by Carrie Lofty; release January 2010

Jazz Baby by Lorelie Brown; sold Sept. 2009 to Samhain Publishing.

Love With a Welcome Stranger by Lynnette Baughman; 2009 EPPIE winner ~ Contemporary Romance; First Place, Single Title Contemporary, 2009 Write Touch Readers' Award.

High Lonesome by Stacey Coverstone

Legend of the Fourth Moon: The Mark of Goren by Donna Michaels

A  Convenient Cowboy by Shari Thayn

Ghost of a Chance by Judi Phillips

Alex by Monica Robinson

Ties That Bind by Keena Kincaid; release December 2009

Kismet’s Angel by Katherine Brandon; release May 2010

Out of the Blue by Caroline Clemmons; release June 2010

A Single Tear by Mae McCulloch; release July 2010

Despite the Ghosts by Dylan Newton; release date pending

Spirit of the Mountain by Paty Jager; release date pending

Short stories:

Sundial by Carrie Lofty

Chasing Her Dreams by Stacey Coverstone 

The Wiccan Kitten by Susanne Saville

From the Ashes by Cait McCarter

The Bewitched Cowboy by Tess Quinn; release date pending

 

Specialties
  • Style-sheet to track continuity, character traits, and plot aspects
  • Critique of story plot, character believability and setting
  • Weeding out clichés, redundancies, wordiness, triteness and vague generalizations

 

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