Work with me
I'm happy to work with your budget and needs as well as to discuss readings, presentations, group workshops, etc.
If you would like to contract me through Chestnut Review, please submit your piece and check the "editorial feedback" option, and request me in your cover letter.
If you would like to contract me through Uncharted Mag (literary-genre fiction only), please submit your piece and request an editorial letter or set of letters, and mention me in your cover letter.
If you would like to contract me through Chestnut Review, please submit your piece and check the "editorial feedback" option, and request me in your cover letter.
If you would like to contract me through Uncharted Mag (literary-genre fiction only), please submit your piece and request an editorial letter or set of letters, and mention me in your cover letter.
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Workshops*
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Editing Services
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Chestnut Review, August Accountability Session
8/28, 10am-2pm Eastern Time, $10 Description: Join managing editor Maria S. Picone for an open day of generative writing with optional prompts—we will introduce ourselves and set goals at the beginning of the session and then write in ‘sprints’ together for the four hours. Optional sharing will happen towards the end of the session. Feel free to come in or leave anytime. Details and signups here. Chestnut Review, Using Multiple Languages in Your Work 9/4, 1-4pm Eastern Time, Cap 25 people, $50 Description: Language is all around us, and yet, as writers, we tend to stick to English. In this workshop, we will read a sampling of writers and poets who engage with multilinguality in unique ways such as Craig Santos Perez, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and Ananda Lima. As we practice embodying our own authentic viewpoints through language of significance, we will engage with concepts, themes, and objects that interrogate language—even English—in new ways. We will also have a culturally sensitive discussion on ways to interpret others’ writing, as well as best practices when creating multilingual works of art.You do not need to be fluent in another language to take this class. This is a generative class, so we will have plenty of time to do writing exercises (expect to leave with the seeds of at least three new pieces) and group sharing. Please bring one work or a passage from a work in progress that you feel could be improved by multilingual techniques. Please also bring your best listening ears and open minds. All genres of writers and levels of experience are welcome Details and signups here. Chestnut Review, Stubborn Writers Workshop September 9/17, 2-4pm ET, Cap 6 people, $25 Description: Join managing editor Maria S. Picone for an open-style inclusive workshop on one poem or prose piece in community with other CR writers. Details and signups here. Chestnut Review, Unpacking Flash 9/25, 2-3:30pm ET, Cap 25 people, $25 Description: Join managing editor Maria S. Picone for a generative 90-minute flash workshop. Meet fellow writers & talk all things flash! Newbies to the genre welcome. We will be using two pieces from CR writers as jumping-off points for our own work. You can expect to leave with starts for 2 new flash pieces, and inspiration for future writing. NB: This will use different pieces and prompts than the two prior versions of the workshop. Details and signups here. *All workshops are virtual via Zoom unless otherwise specified. |
Creative
I charge $50 an hour for developmental and copyediting that includes a final one-to-two paragraph note. This works out to (for standard formats, other lengths on request): Flash (>1k words) - $35 Short Stories and Essays (>5k) - $75 Poetry (1-3 poems) - $35 Poetry (4-6 poems) - $70 Add-on 30-minute call - $30 Poetry/prose chapbook - $200 - in-line edits may be fewer but the note will be long enough to address the collection's strengths and weaknesses as a whole. Editorial Letter (>5k words of prose or 6 poems) - $50 Mentoring, eyes on your work, consulting, coaching, helping with submissions and routines, etc - $35/hr |
Academic
For professionals in Brazil, I charge between $70 and $90 for a standard length academic paper (6000-8000 words plus back matter such as appendices, tables, and charts, plus PayPal fee and letter to the editors, if applicable) for scholarly journal publication for an intensive proofreading and copyediting pass with some developmental notes to help streamline your writing for an international audience. For translations from Brazilian Portuguese or Spanish to English, my rate is $.015/word + PayPal fee + other matter negotiable, for people based in Latin America. Please contact me for domestic NA rates. For students and professionals in the US and Canada, my rates begin at $25 per hour depending on the task. |