Bio

I'm a development editor and narrative director with a passion for building stories that pull people in and hold together under scrutiny. Through manuscript editing and live tabletop campaign facilitation, I help creators and players experience worlds that feel cohesive, intentional, and emotionally resonant. Whether I am shaping a manuscript's architecture or guiding a party through an original campaign, my work is always rooted in the one principle: every story deserves a strong foundation.I specialize in the structural bones of narrative which includes the pacing, character arcs, world consistency, and the framework that makes a story feel inevitable. I bring that same editorial precision to interactive and collaborative storytelling, translating complex creative concepts into clear, compelling content that serves both the story and the audience. All of my professional experiences I take with me into my five novel series that I and my husband are working on together.

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Professional Experience

Freelance Development Editor - Sean Laskey
Feb 2025 - Present
Athens, Alabama, United States · Remote

● Provide comprehensive development edits on fiction manuscripts, evaluating narrative structure, pacing,
character arc, and overall story cohesion
● Collaborate closely with authors in a long-term editorial capacity to refine voice, tone, and storytelling
intent from draft through final revision
● Consistently met performance targets through strategic time management and strong attention to detail
● Delivered high-volume written feedback with precision and consistency across long-term editorial engagements

Freelance Development Editor - J. M. Dain
Jun 2020 - Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 3 mos
Athens, Alabama, United States · Remote

● Served as editorial lead on The Vayde Chronicles: Lady of Terras from manuscript through final publication
● Managed full editorial project lifecycles across multiple concurrent clients while meeting deadlines
● Serve as primary editorial lead, guiding authors through structural revisions and ensuring the final manuscript aligns with their creative vision
● Guided author through structural revisions, ensuring voice, tone, and world consistency from draft through final revision
● Developed and maintained detailed editorial documentation to track revisions, continuity, and story consistency across drafts

Technical Support Representative - TES-i
Feb 2021 - Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos
Huntsville, Alabama, United States · Hybrid then Remote

● Manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining high quality standards in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
● Documented and maintained detailed records of support requests, escalations, and resolutions
● Facilitated cross-functional communication between team members and clients to resolve challenges and meet deadlines
● Created, updated, and refined user support documentation to streamline troubleshooting and system calibration

Lady of Terras
The Vayde Chronicles: Book 1

Written by J. M. Dain

Description

All legends have truth to them.
It is Massachusetts, 1692. The New World is plagued with superstition, hidden threats, and witch hunts. But something more treacherous is lurking in the woods of Terras, and seventeen-year-old Diana Vayde is trapped in the center of it.
Since she was six years old, Diana’s uncle has governed the small village of Terras with an iron fist. His most recent decree is that all young women must marry before they turn eighteen, or he will choose a husband for them. With her eighteenth birthday drawing near, Diana comes to understand the truth of the stories and legends told her as a child, and how her family is wrapped up in them. Perhaps her uncle wasn’t the enemy she should be worried about. Fueled by this information, Diana embarks on a new journey, threatening everything her uncle has tried to accomplish. Even with the threat of being labeled a witch looming over them, friends and family are caught up against multiple forces, and Diana finds herself fighting for them, her home, and herself.
The first book of the Vayde Chronicles beckons you to a world of legends and magic…and a few dragons.

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Works in Progress

Development Editing for Sean Laskey
Current Work: A Novel

Published Work

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Interactive Narrative Sample: The Vision of the Dying Phoenix

Enter into the petrified forest and experience the choice-driven narrative of a dark fantasy dreamscape. Prepare to feel the abandonment of the world around you as you navigate through the story. If you choose correctly, you will end up in the warm embrace of a safe, trusted creature known as The Phoenix. Choose incorrectly, and you will be marked by the cold darkness.This short adventure demonstrates the translation of dark atmospheric prose into a choice-based branching narrative. It highlights how player choice, structural pacing, and narrative cohesion work together in interactive storytelling.
My background is rooted in development editing and long-term project management, where I evaluate overall story arc, character development, and structural logic. Alongside my editorial work, my foundation in interactive narrative comes from years of designing and facilitating tabletop role-playing game campaigns. As a Dungeon Master, I build expansive world lore, balance mechanical systems with narrative flow, and adapt stories live in response to player decisions. These combined experiences allow me to treat interactive narrative design with both creative empathy and rigorous technical discipline.In this sample, I adapted an original linear horror piece into an interactive experience. The focus was to maintain thematic tension while offering meaningful branching paths. Every choice is designed to give the player real agency over their approach to danger, while ensuring every resulting branch maintains character voice and narrative momentum.