We’re a group of editors and writers, so you know we’ll have lots to say. Our hope is that you will have lots of questions, comments, and suggestions for us. Our goal is to help writers by blogging about what we know best – editing.
You can see from our backgrounds, we have a wide range of experiences and expertise:
MAIN BLOGGING TEAM
Dani Greer
Dani is the founding member of the Blood-Red Pencil, way back in 2008, oh my! A retired book editor and publishing professional, she currently spends her days happily writing and publishing on Amazon Kindle Vella, a serialized reading platform where authors can release stories one short episode at a time. With her husband, she also owns a liturgical arts studio. Her latest creative indulgence is MidJourney AI, where she hopes to design the perfect tarot card deck. She continues to read lots of witchery books in preparation for a new book character.
Elle Carter Neal
Elle is the author of The Convoluted Key, Madison Lane and the Wand of Rasputin, and the picture book I Own All the Blue. She is the former Fiction Writing and Creativity Editor for BellaOnline.com. As a developmental editor, she specialises in coaching authors who are still learning the writing craft, and assisting authors who face challenges such as disabilities that interfere with the writing process. Elle takes a raw manuscript and cuts and polishes it into a publication-worthy gem. Find out more about her editing services.
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
Maryann Miller
Linda Lane
Ann Parker
Patricia Stoltey
Polly Iyer
The late Dr John Yeoman
So, there we are. The official founders of, and contributors to, The Blood-Red Pencil
We hope you'll ask lots of questions (put those editors on the hot seat!) and leave pithy comments (or any kind of comment).
You can see from our backgrounds, we have a wide range of experiences and expertise:
MAIN BLOGGING TEAM
Dani is the founding member of the Blood-Red Pencil, way back in 2008, oh my! A retired book editor and publishing professional, she currently spends her days happily writing and publishing on Amazon Kindle Vella, a serialized reading platform where authors can release stories one short episode at a time. With her husband, she also owns a liturgical arts studio. Her latest creative indulgence is MidJourney AI, where she hopes to design the perfect tarot card deck. She continues to read lots of witchery books in preparation for a new book character.
Elle is the author of The Convoluted Key, Madison Lane and the Wand of Rasputin, and the picture book I Own All the Blue. She is the former Fiction Writing and Creativity Editor for BellaOnline.com. As a developmental editor, she specialises in coaching authors who are still learning the writing craft, and assisting authors who face challenges such as disabilities that interfere with the writing process. Elle takes a raw manuscript and cuts and polishes it into a publication-worthy gem. Find out more about her editing services.
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
Maryann Miller
Linda Lane
Ann Parker
Patricia Stoltey
Elspeth Futcher
Kathryn Craft
Shonell Bacon
Diana Hurwitz
Polly Iyer
Brynette L. Turner
The late Pat Smith (Patricia B. Smith)
Charlotte Phillips
The late Helen Ginger
Shelley Thrasher
Terry Odell
Lauri Kubuitsile
L.J. Sellers
Audrey Lintner
Kim Pearson
Cara Lopez Lee
Khadijah Lacina
Candace Kearns Read
Heidi M. Thomas
Jason P. Henry
Jason Evans
Debby Harris (Deborah Turner Harris)
Carola Dunn
Morgan Mandel
Christine Verstraete
Velda Brotherton
Jesaka Long
Lillie Ammann
Scott Nicholson
Billie Johnson
Sherry Wachter (Bodie Parkhurst)
Jim Thomsen
Craig Lancaster
Jo Klemm
Marilyn Meredith (F.M. Meredith)
Marvin D. Wilson
Jill N. Noble
Sylvia Dickey Smith
Emma Larkins
Zetta Brown
Susie Hawes
Jean Henry Mead
So, there we are. The official founders of, and contributors to, The Blood-Red Pencil
We hope you'll ask lots of questions (put those editors on the hot seat!) and leave pithy comments (or any kind of comment).