Catherine Milos, Author | Editor | Consultant

Welcome! I am a professional Canadian editor, alpha/beta reader, publisher, author, writing coach, and consultant with over fifteen (15) years of experience working with clients from around the world. I want to bring magic to authors’ works through collaboration.

I specialize in developmental and structural editing of speculative and literary fiction. I have experience with self-publishing and indie press publishing, as well as business publishing and editing. Additional experience includes creative non-fiction, memoir, thesis editing, corporate communications, technical manuals, and more.

I DO NOT edit books with JUDEO/CHRISTIAN/ISLAMIC/patriarchal organized religion narratives, pro-patriarchal themes, men’s voices, Right/Conservative, racist, discriminatory, pro-abortion, or pro-abuse narratives.

My ideal books explore:

• paranormal, esoteric, occult, magic
• witches, mermaids, monsters
• Gothic themes esp. romance
• diversity inclusiveness : own voices, LGBTQ2S+, Indigenous and POC, feminist
• emotional depth/shadow work/empathy
• death
• dark fiction/fantasy
• mythology
• animals (personification, magical)
• strong characters
• found family
• nature
• scientific themes and sci-fi
• romance
• fairy tale rewrites
• villains (misunderstood, village witch, good turned villain, reverse morality worlds with villains that have empathy)
• adult and young adult fiction (preferred)
• middle grade and children’s fiction
• creative nonfiction
• poetry
• action adventure along the lines of Tomb Raider and Livi Talbot
• dark romance
• psychology
• ecology and natural sciences

My goals are to guide you to produce the best possible work while helping you hone your skills and recognize common errors.  I rely on my experience and style manuals to customize services in US, UK, AUS, and CAD English.

What I can do:

• Offer direction on story and character creation and development, structure, punctuation, grammar, and spelling, your writing style, resources, categorization and audience, and the publishing and writing processes.
• Help you create the best book you possibly can.
• Revise and rewrite content (including ghostwriting).
• Work with a manuscript at any stage, even the outlining stage.
• Collaborate with you, your agent, your publisher, or your publishing team. I can also help you form your team if you’re a self-published author.
• Edit fiction, creative non-fiction, short stories, poetry.
• Edit works with sex, profanity, or difficult or dark themes on a case-by-case basis.
• Refuse any work that I don’t believe fits my interests or skills. I no longer edit academic level works.
• I can help you query and I can collaborate with your current agent and publisher or guide you in becoming a self-publisher.

What I can’t do:

• I do not read or edit  works with themes that promote child abuse or sexualization of children, incest, racism, sexism, promotion of discrimination or criminal activities including animal abuse, misinformation, or promotes hate.
• I can’t make a magic potion or spell that will turn your book into a bestseller or make you a master writer. That comes with hard work, resources, planning, time, and a bit of luck.
• Get you published with a publisher, get you an agent, or get you a movie deal.
• Turn book publishing into a get rich quick scheme. It isn’t.
• I can’t wave a magic wand and get you readers. True readers come with time and marketing and are worth more than those you buy. Anything worth having doesn’t have a short-cut.

I am a member of Editors Canada and a Publisher with SaskBooks.

Contact me now to discuss your project.

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