Jeanne Marie Leach is a multi-published fiction author, speaker, mentor, and freelance editor specializing in fiction and memoirs. She is past coordinator and current Gold Member of The Christian PEN and a member of the Christian Editor Connection. She teaches two courses per year on editing fiction and a third course on Establishing Your Freelance Business through the PEN Institute.
Jeanne has an active mentorship program for authors; and from that, she has successfully helped authors win writer’s contests, and several have become NY Times bestsellers. She has also mentored beginning editors who have gone on to run successful freelance editing businesses.
Her passion is to help everyone God brings to her to become successful in whatever writing or editing endeavor they are reaching for.
She lives with her husband and their Alaskan malamute, Kona, in beautiful Colorado where she enjoys snowshoeing, four-wheeling, and exploring the back country mountains.
Substantive Fiction Samples Made Easy
In this workshop, Jeanne will provide tips on how to perform sample substantive fiction edits quicker and easier. How much of a sample fiction edit is necessary for substantive content? How in-depth should an editor go when doing a sample edit? How much should you charge? How do you handle the situation where someone says they want a copyedit, but you discover they need a substantive edit? In addition to answering these questions, Jeanne will also discuss the assessment sheet she uses to show clients which techniques the client needs to know and work on.