From eagerly diagramming sentences to devouring library books each and every youthful summer, I possessed a love for language early on. Through education and experience, I’ve developed a discriminating eye for details and ear for language as well as impeccable grammar—and knowledge of how and when to finesse it. A writer myself, I’m well versed in the writing process. Other highlights include:
Editorial Experience
- “Memories Revived by a Robot’s Eye,” sci-fi novelette by Colleen Wang (provided heavy copy edit)
- “Roses Watered by a Robot’s Tears,” sci-fi novelette by Colleen Wang (provided heavy copy edit)
- High School Playbook, YA novel by Chris Weilert (provided developmental editing)
- Assistant Prose Editor at The Tishman Review; I copyedited all accepted prose—both fiction and nonfiction—(June 2016–October 2019) and evaluated fiction submissions (June 2016–December 2017)
- “Ancestral Secrets and Psychoanalytic Identity” by Kristen Callahan, academic essay with elements of memoir (provided developmental editing)
- Future Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Archbishop Riordan High School, Winter 2018–2019 (copyedited)
- Ice Shear and Faint Trace, crime novels by M. P. Cooley (evaluated manuscripts and provided developmental editing and line editing)
- The Gamekeeper’s Apprentice, middle-grade historical novel by Melissa McInerney (provided developmental editing and copyediting)
- Scared to Life, 362-page memoir by Jillian Webster (copyedited on a tight four-day deadline)
- Co-editor of The Bennington Review: Selected Works, January 2015 (copyedited four fiction and two nonfiction works by six different authors)
- Newsletter editor of a weekly online publication for the University of Michigan Alumni Club of Silicon Valley with over 5,000 subscribers
Professional Development
- Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, Portland, OR (March 2019)
- American Copy Editors Society (ACES) Conference, Chicago, IL (April 2018)
- Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, Los Angeles, CA (March 2016)
- Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, Minneapolis, MN (April 2015)
- Editorial Freelancers Association, various ongoing coursework including Developmental Editing for Fiction, Book Mapping for Developmental Editing, Copyediting, Working Directly with Authors as Editors, and Sensitivity Reads
- Creative Nonfiction, Flash Essays (September–October 2017)
Memberships/Affiliations
- American Copy Editors Society (ACES)
- Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
- Bay Area Editors’ Forum (BAEF)
- Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA)
- National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE)
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Participant in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Publications
- “Stevie and You” in Fault Zone: Reverse
- “Nēnēs” in Running Wild Anthology of Stories: Volume 5
- Sophia and Sinclair Go on an Adventure! (co-author of children’s picture book)
- “Poking a Stick in the Eye of Silence: An Interview with Martha Cooley,” The Tishman Review, October 2017
- “Writerly Fingerprints: Syntax as Style,” The Writer’s Chronicle, September 2016
Education
- MFA in Fiction from the Bennington College Writing Seminars
- BA in English, minor in French from the University of Michigan where I won a Hopwood Award for essay writing
Colleen Olle—Editorial Services 