Welcome to Small Seeds Editing.

I offer clear, concise edits to help indie writers and scholars elevate their work.

What do I edit?

FICTION:

Novels
Novellas
Short stories

I keep an eye on spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and also tighten wordy passages, enhance word choice, flag repetition or awkwardness, and give tips to improve pacing and flow.

I specialize in editing fantasy (historical, high/epic, urban, YA), historical fiction, climate and eco-fiction, travel fiction, and YA.

NONFICTION:

Memoir
Theses & dissertations
Journal articles & textbooks
Travel writing
Personal essays
Self-help books
Spiritual & philosophical texts

I specialize in subject matter in the social sciences and humanities.

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Hey, I’m Jill.

I’m a copy and line editor with 10+ years of professional writing and editing experience.

I’m the author of an award-winning thesis, have a master’s in sociology, and six academic publications, including work appearing in The Oxford Handbook of Energy and Society and Canadian Review of Sociology.

My edits have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and The Independent, and I was an adjudicator for the 31st annual Hamilton Literary Awards.

From coming-of-age novels to academic manuscripts, I steep in your style to emulate your tone – delivering your words, your way.

“She was positive, upbeat and professional. I felt she captured both my mind and my heart within her edits.”

— Joe (website copy)

Get in touch for a free sample edit