The Editing Sweetheart's April 2026 Recap
- May 11
- 3 min read
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Check out what I got up to during the month of April! Continue reading below.
The Harbinger's Redemption by Skyla Gray
My first project for April was The Harbinger's Redemption by Skyla Gray. I was hired to do a 2-pass copyedit with a rush turnaround.
I am still freaking out about how good this book was! If you're into monster romance and enjoy BDSM where the male monster is the sub, Skyla Gray is a must-read author and you'll find this book incredible.
I love how her books get more intense the further into the series you get. This one was EXTRA spicy and darker and scarier than all the others, but what I adore about monster romance is that no matter how violent the monster, they will always protect and have the heroine's back. And consent is a BIG part of it. The monsters might be killers and brutal in their own right, but they don't cross that boundary with the FMC until consent is given.
Forget about the bear in the woods—give me one of Skyla Gray's hottie monsters any day!
This book was just released at the end of April, and you can get it on Amazon.
Looking for Elvis by TJ Arant
Looking for Elvis, which I got to beta read, is a collection of short stories about Jackson Trade's formative years. Jackson Trade is the main character in TJ Arant's Southern Hardboiled books, and he's a Vietnam veteran who dropped out of the police academy and became an amateur sleuth.
I'd previously beta read Arant's Suicide Trade, book 5 in this series, and was hooked with the authenticity of the Southern setting in the latter part of the 1900s. If you find Jackson Trade as interesting as I did, then you'll really enjoy Looking for Elvis and reading about how Jackson became the man in the Hardboiled Southern novels.
Author TJ Arant himself is a product of the South and came of age during the Vietnam War. Check out his website here.
Appraised to Death by Amy Kort
Amy Kort posted a job ad on the Job List, a page on the website of the Editorial Freelancers Association, of which I am a member of. I replied, did a sample edit for her, and had the honor of being hired to do a line/copy edit combo for her cozy mystery novella, Appraised to Death. In the editorial letter I wrote for the project, I gave her a lot of suggestions on how to better align the content of the novella with the cozy mystery genre and how to further develop the story if she was interested in expanding the manuscript into a full-length novel.
I'm happy to report Amy was super happy with my edits and will be hiring me for the next book in the series. This is what she had to say about my work:
You went above and beyond, and I sincerely appreciate it. I'm off to revise and rewrite - aiming to launch in October! Then I'll be in touch with book two.
Continuing Professional Development
This month's professional development was a webinar by Sohini Ghose, "Canva for Editors." I learned so many neat tricks about how to maximize my Canva Pro subscription to make marketing materials and other things for my editing business. Here's the post I made about the webinar.
I'm completely booked for May and I'm taking in new bookings for June and the rest of the year. If you're interested in publishing during the summer, I'll have 1 rush spot available for June, 1 for July, and 1 for August.
Oh, and I'll be announcing a summer special for new clients soon, but you get to read about it first here—new clients get a $100 discount off any novel-length editing service or editing package.
Contact me for a free sample edit, no strings attached, and see your writing at its best before committing to a contract.
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