work with me

I am generally available for hire for various writing and editing projects. If you’re interested in hiring me, please get in touch by emailing inquiries@joeyverse.com and describe your project. I’ll get back to you if I think we’d be a good fit.

I am open to inquiries from both individuals and publishers. Please identify yourself clearly when you contact me.

Authenticity/Sensitivity reading

Also called focused editing. I am a queer and multi-racial (2nd gen Chinese American diaspora + white settler) writer with over a decade of experience in the publishing industry (writing, editing, and teaching). If you believe your project may benefit from my feedback, please reach out. I tend to accept projects where I can help authors refer to and represent queer characters and people in an authentic, well-rounded manner. In particular, I enjoy creative and experimental pronoun work (see The Nightland Express) and manuscript-length projects.

Talks, panels, webinars, …

I have taught both single and multi-session writing workshops on topics including character archetypes, fanfiction, world-building, and conlang development. I’m happy to visit your college or university classroom to talk about writing and publishing. In particular, I enjoy discussing world building and character development with creative writing classes, but I also enjoy more specialized topics such as structure and voice.

Storybreaking and manuscript review

To be totally honest, my favorite kind of consulting work is sitting down with an author and listening to them talk about their writing problems for two hours, then helping them work through whatever challenges they’re bumping up against. I also enjoy reviewing manuscripts when I have the time. If you’re working on a project and feeling stuck, drop me a line. I prefer, and specialize in, speculative fiction, but know how to apply myself in any genre as long as the project interests me.