Our Staff
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Rachel Haimowitz, Managing Editor / Co-owner Rachel is the author of the bestselling M/M fantasy series Song of the Fallen (Counterpoint and Crescendo) and Belonging (Anchored and Where He Belongs). She’s been published with a number of M/M presses, including Samhain Publishing and Storm Moon Press, and has written articles for venues ranging from the Huffington Post to Construction Source Magazine. |
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Aleksandr Voinov, Senior Editor / Co-owner Aleksandr has been published for twenty years, both in print and ebook. He has ten years’ experience as a writing coach, book doctor, and writing teacher, and he works as a financial editor in the research department of a pan-European investment bank. |
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Chris Hawkins, Marketing Director / Co-owner Chris has worked as a marketing director for a number of e-book publishers and small businesses. As the former owner of a service business, she has many years' experience on the management side, as well. |
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Tal Valante, Webmaster / Senior Editor / Co-owner Tal's passion in life is building worlds, whether digital ones using programming languages, or literary ones using plain ol' English. When she's not buried neck-deep in code, you can find her editing manuscripts, designing fantasy worlds, or torturing characters in her own original works. |
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Tiffany Maxwell, Editor Tiffany Maxwell is an obsessive editor who accesses the Internet by tapping teaspoons on the telephone wire above her igloo in Toronto, Ontario. Like most editors, her hair is made of snakes, but unlike most editors, she's trained hers to coil up in a stylish French knot. When she's not kicking kittens into woodchippers or correcting the grammar on street graffiti, she can be found panning for gold and dog sledding. One of the statements in this paragraph is true. |
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Gordon W., Editor Gordon has worked with award-winning authors and New York publishers as a Senior Agent with a top literary management firm. He is a frequent teacher and keynote speaker at conferences and MFA programs throughout the country. An honors graduate with a degree in Creative and Professional Writing, he uses his experience as a one-on-one tutor to provide thorough and friendly editorial aid. As a licensed independent literary contractor, he serves in multiple capacities as a consultant, publishing and marketing coach, developmental and copy editor, manuscript evaluator, and workshop instructor. |
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Sarah Frantz, Editor Sarah comes to editing from two directions: from her academic work on popular romance studies and from reviewing for Dear Author. Reviewing romance for almost four years taught her how to spot dubious motivation and wooden dialogue at thirty paces and how to excise a saggy middle. She has now transferred her reviewing talents to editing, so when she makes you cry, it’ll be in private rather than for the whole world to see. You’re welcome. |
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Kristen Osborne, Associate Editor Kristen fell in love with books before she could read, entranced by the bedtime-story magic of Little Women, The Secret Garden, and other classic little-girl tales (Thanks, Mom!). Romance escalated into obsession at age eight, however, when her dad handed her a copy of The Hobbit. Twenty-plus years and a few liberal arts degrees later, she still gobbles up everything from Old Norse epics to postmodern short stories. She’s also an embarrassingly pedantic grammarian who's never ready to order in a restaurant because she’s been proofreading the menu instead of choosing her meal. |
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Alex Whitehall, Editorial Assistant If there are two types of people in the world, Alex probably isn't one of them, despite being a person. She—for lack of a better pronoun—will read just about anything once, although contemporary and fantasy are her favorites, especially if they have a touch of angst. Or maybe a heavy helping. She earned an English degree but never expected to end up in editorial and publishing like she always wanted, yet here she is, searching out her happy ending. |
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Callie Greystone, Editorial Intern Callie Greystone lives in London and is currently completing her PhD in creative writing. A life-long fan of 19th Century Gothic literature, she is a hopeless romantic and loves Victorians, steampunk, fantasy monsters, the Fin de siècle, and the correct way to drink absinthe. She also Iikes Medieval stuff, pirates, zombies, space operas, Dr. Who, and all subjects in between. She also writes fiction and hopes to publish it some day. |
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L.C. Chase, Art Director Artist by day, author by night. One of L.C.'s very first drawings was adding bridles and saddles to an oil painting of wild horses when she was four years old. Mom wasn't very happy with the defaced painting, but a blank sketchbook and set of crayons solved the problem. |
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Reese Dante, Cover Artist Reese is a self-taught artist who has drawn from the moment she could pick up a crayon. Well, squiggle, but you've got to start somewhere. She studied every detail in photographs and played with different tools and media until finally settling with pencil portrait sketches. For the better part of her life, she dabbled in design work primarily as a hobby until an author friend approached her in 2009 to design a cover for his first release. |
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Petite-Madame VonApple, Cover Artist Petite-Madame is a French illustrator who lives and works in Paris, France. A self-taught artist, P.M. lived several years in Japan and has been greatly influenced by Japanese culture and the works of artists like Oga Kazuo. |
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Jordan Taylor, Cover Artist Author of Wonder Dogs: 101 German Shepherd Dog Films, as well as fiction, poetry, and screenplays, Jordan has been writing since childhood. She illustrated her first book at age six and kept a constant interest in all things books and book art ever since. Somewhat more advanced in skill now than then, Jordan does graphics and illustrations, book covers, pet portraits, and photography. You can find her at www.jordantaylorbooks.com and www.hatonahorse.com. |
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Roberto Quintero, Cover Artist View Roberto's gallery of paintings at http://elguaricho.deviantart.com/. |
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Del Melchionda, Cover Artist Del Melchionda is a digital painter who creates figurative and landscape work with elements of fantasy. She has a background in fine arts and 3D animation with a particular interest in anatomy and figure drawing. Her work has been published in ImagineFX magazine, Ballistic Publishing's Exotique series, and as cover art illustrations. More of her art can be seen here: http://delmelchionda.daportfolio.com/. |
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Imaliea, Cover Artist Imaliea is an Aussie artist and designer. From an early age she has loved to draw and paint people, beginning with Disney-like and anime characters and finally settling into a realistic style. Now she enjoys both creating original artwork and painting portraits, with the human figure (only sometimes including angel wings) always the main feature of her work. |
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Jim Brown, File Converter JimandZetta.com have been providing author and publisher services to the established and the self-published since 2008. They are the contracted ebook conversion service for a number of publishers, as well as regular providers of service to others. JimandZetta have a reputation for top-quality work at affordable pricing. |