Since the age of three, I’ve been in love with the written word. I began editing professionally at age 16 for the US military; since then, 30+ years later, I’ve edited books, documents, and publications for organizations that include Big 5 publishers, such as Hatchette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins; “BigLaw” firms such as Locke Lord and Sechrest Minick; and leading human rights advocates such as Color Of Change, Institute for Social Policy & Understanding, and Southern Poverty Law Center. Six years after I started my editing business, Writer’s Digest named me one of the “Top 37 Book Doctors” in the US. My author clients have won NAACP Image Awards, book deals, spots on bestseller lists, and countless other awards. I’m a copyeditor, book coach, freelance editor coach, technical editor, author of the forthcoming So You Want to Be an Editor . . . But Can You Edit? (July 2022), and Associate Editor of Black Sci-Fi Short Stories (FlameTree, 2021).

I’m also a multifarious entrepreneur with passions for IT, travel, and conference planning. A 9x founder, I am the creator and director of WordWiser Ink, Black Writers Collective, the Black Editors & Proofreaders Network, the Black Book Coaches directory (launching summer 2022), and Boss Events & Travel. I’m the conference planning consultant for Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA); a mentor with Professional Editors Network, Women’s National Book Association, and The Young Writers Initiative; and a former member of the EFA Board of Directors.