Hello, Goodreads friends! I’m Katie Chambers, a developmental editor, copyeditor, former English teacher, and the author of Self-Editing Essentials for Fiction and Self-Editing Essentials for Nonfiction.

I wrote these books for authors who want to publish their best work, and the only way to do that is to self-edit well and then enlist a professional editor.

Think of these books as a practical, approachable self-editing guide in the same family as Renni Browne and David King’s Self-Editing for Fiction Writers and Tiffany Yates Martin’s Intuitive Editing, but with my own teacher/editor-brain spin: structured editing passes, clear examples, and a focus on helping writers see their manuscript more objectively.

My goal is to make the editing process feel less overwhelming and more doable. Instead of trying to fix everything at once, writers can work through story, scene, writing, and technical issues one layer at a time.

I’ll be sharing occasional updates, writing and editing thoughts, and book news on Substack.