Proofreading is the final step every manuscript should go through before it’s submitted for publishing. Our experienced proofreaders will correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. We use the Chicago Manual of Style.
Changes are made in-text via Word’s Track Changes. Please send your manuscript as a Word or Google Doc, 12 pt, Times New Roman, 1” margins, double spaced.
If you have questions about our process or one of our editors, please email us at hello@saltandsagebooks.com!
Meet the Proofreaders
Carrie Jacks
Carrie loves the entire process of publishing a novel—from developing that brand new, exciting idea to formatting the words to look perfect on the page.She is sometimes intimidated by editing her own words, but she loves to read other writers’ works in progress to help make them the best they can be. Read More
Young Adult Fantasy Dystopian
Dark Horror Heavy Sci-Fi Erotica
Trisha Tobias
Trisha Tobias is an associate developmental editor at book packager Dovetail Fiction. She was also an associate fiction editor for FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology, a 2018 Walter Dean Myers Grant recipient, and a 2019-2020 Highlights Foundation Diversity Fellow.
Read MoreYA Middle Grade Fantasy Contemporary Light Sci-Fi Thriller/Suspense
Horror Historical
Neha Patel
Neha is an Indian American whose first love was stories. She loves playing around with words to weave engaging sentences that tell meaningful tales. As an editor, she insists on using Oxford commas but will allow sentences to end with prepositions. Her favorite genres are nonfiction and fantasy, which is ironic because they’re literally on the opposite ends of the literary spectrum, but she loves having the best of both worlds. Read More
Nonfiction Fiction Mystery Magical realism Thriller Science Fiction Fantasy
Erotica Horror Romance
Jeigh Meredith
Jeigh is a copy editor with several years of experience. She is super quick and super accurate. Her fiction placed first in the LDStorymakers
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Erotica
Lee Anne Cooksey
Lee Anne Cooksey has worked for a local government agency for 30 years. She currently supervises four (4) team members who are responsible for procuring
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None!
Rochelle Burnside
Rochelle is an editor who enjoys stories in any medium, from novels to video games to fine art. She’s worked on the editorial teams of several magazines, compiling sci-fi/fantasy short stories with Leading Edge and nonfiction travel articles with Stowaway.
Read MoreFantasy Science Fiction Young Adult Nonfiction
Julia Allen
Julia has nearly 20 years of editing experience, with strengths in character arcs and story structure. She’s also talented at
Read MoreHistorical Regency Contemporary Women's Fiction Sweet Romance YA Contemporary
Horror Erotica
Sara Olds
Writer, mother—grandmother now too!, teacher, traveler and equestrian—Sara believes in making the most of the great loves in her life.
Read MoreRomance Action Adventure Murder Mysteries Fantasy Historical Science Fiction Military Young Adult Childrens
Horror Dark Erotica
Larissa Pienkowski
Larissa Melo Pienkowski is a freelance editor and sensitivity reader, as well as the assistant publisher of Dottir Press. She holds a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Simmons University and a Master’s in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College. As the queer daughter of Brazilian and Polish immigrants,
Read MoreYoung adult literary fiction memoir narrative nonfiction romance/erotica anything LGBTQ+ middle-grade coming-of-age stories horror in the vein of Carmen Maria Machado magical realism social justice essay collections books on beauty and aesthetics
Military Slasher horror Fantasy Sci-Fi
Trinica Sampson
Trinica Sampson is a writer and freelance editor with experience as an Editorial Assistant at Utne Reader and The Antioch Review. She loves working with writers to make their novel, comic, video game dialogue, poetry, or personal essay the best version of itself that it can be.
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April Jones
April Jones has read, written, or edited her way through dozens of fictional worlds. When she’s not working as a teacher or freelance editor, she spends her time pretending to practice Korean by binge watching Korean dramas. She received her bachelors in English and her M.F.A. in creative writing.
Read MoreEverything!
Erotica
Melli Yoon
Melli Yoon champions diverse books, both in her role at Penguin Random House and as a freelance sensitivity reader. Representation done well is powerful, and Melli is committed to helping authors portray characters, settings, and lived experiences authentically so that readers can see themselves reflected in stories.
Read MoreFiction YA Middle Grade
Horror
Heidi Robbins
Heidi Robbins has a Masters in Education with an emphasis in library media, with additional degrees in Theater and Speech Education with a minor in English!
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Horror Erotica