Resume

Education

B.A. Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley

High Distinction in General Scholarship

Background

Hi, I'm Julia. I have been writing novel-length speculative fiction seriously for the past six years, and have studied story structure and story craft extensively. I cut my teeth editing my own work for several years (fiction and nonfiction) and furthered my skills by editing the work of peers. Though my B.A. is in Art, my degree was highly interdisciplinary and writing-heavy. In addition to my writing, I am a working visual artist. You can see my work over on my sister site, darkmatterpaintbrush.com

My stand-out strengths as a developmental editor are in refining character development, increasing character chemistry, clarifying and heightening emotional beats, and guiding plot pacing into an enjoyable, impactful, marketable form.

Photo credit: Kyle Takata Garcia

Writing/editing specialities and awards

Fiction writing experience (at least one novel-length manuscript) in these genres:

Space opera 2025 (on submission)
Military science fiction 2024-25 (on submission)
Dystopian fantasy
Contemporary fiction
Grounded speculative fiction (fantasy)
Grounded speculative fiction (science fiction)

Editing experience in:

Space operas and military science fiction
Romantic comedies
All of the below-mentioned academic subjects
Fundraising/short-form marketing materials for creative organizations

Academic writing experience on these topics:

Monsters in modern literature and cinema
Dystopian literature before and after WWII
Western art history, late middle ages to the present
19th century Chicago, especially art in this time and place
Art vs. artifact
The forgery of the Gospel of Jesus's Wife, a Coptic papyrus fragment
Mongolian Buddhism and comparative religion
Japanese religions in modern media

Writing awards:

Leslie Lipson Essay Scholarship Winner, 2023

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