Bylines

Like any other writer and editor you know, I’ve landed some gigs over the years that helped shape my approach to creative work.

Editorial Contracts/Partnerships

• Journals content manager for Cambridge University Press & Assessment
• Former production coordinator for DartFrog Plus and DartFrog Blue
• Published freelance editing projects:
  ~ “‘Come uno che non è nemmeno un maschio.’ Inadequate Masculinities in Michela Murgia’s Accabadora.” Castagnino, Angelo. NeMLA Italian Studies XLII, 2021, pp. 1-25.
  ~ The Glass Witch by Sara Raztresen
• Manuscripts edited on contract for Parliament House Press:
  ~ The Nightshade Cabal by Chris Patrick Carolan
  ~ Wire Wings by Wren Handman
  ~ The Storyteller’s Daughter by Victoria McCombs
  ~ The Seeking by Marlena Frank
  ~ Time After Time by Sara Crawford
  ~ The Curse of the King by Winnie Lyon
  ~ Sedition by E.M. Wright
• Manuscripts edited as an intern for Regal House Publishing:
  ~ Ms. Ming’s Guide to Civilization by Jan Alexander
  ~ Worst. Date. Ever. by Dan Kopcow
  ~ Bliss by Fredrick Soukup
  ~ The Parasol Flower by Karen Quevillon
  ~ Hunting Teddy Roosevelt by James Ross
  ~ Fight Like A Girl: Women Warriors Throughout History by Michael G. Lewis
• Former contractual editor for Re:Fiction magazine
• Guest member of the Editorial Freelancers Association
• Judge for Mainstream/Literary Fiction in the Writer’s Digest 2019 Self-published Book Awards
• Judge for Memoirs in the Writer’s Digest 2019 Self-published Ebook Awards
• Judge for Mainstream/Literary Fiction and Life Stories in the Writer’s Digest 2020 Self-published Book Awards
• Judge for Mainstream/Literary Fiction in the Writer’s Digest 2021 Self-published Book Awards
• Judge for Genre Fiction in the Writer’s Digest 2023 Self-published Book Awards
• Book reviewer here, and on Goodreads, NetGalley, and BookSirens.

Web Publications

• WILMA magazine: May 1, 2020, “Jill of all Trades”
• WILMA magazine: January 2, 2020, “Bubbly Mixers”
• WILMA magazine: November 1, 2019, “Reinventing Fermenting”
• Writer CEO: October 30, 2019, “What’s it Like Getting Started in the Freelance Business?”
• Re:Fiction: October 29, 2019, “86 Pro Writing Quotes for Writers in 2019”
• WILMA magazine: September 3, 2019, “Chasing Fashion”
• Kiingo’s podcast: July 31, 2019, “Dialogue with Katelynn Watkins”
• ELEANORA magazine: December 4, 2018, “Punctuating Success: A Storyteller’s Guide to Narrative Enlightenment”
• Cape Fear Living Magazine: July 26, 2019, “Surf’s Up at the Wahine Classic Surfing Competition in Wrightsville Beach”
  July 1, 2017, “Memory Over Matter: Local Comic Book Store Continues Spreading the Word”
• North Brunswick Magazine: May 2017-October 2018
• Ashevegas: April 10, 2015, “Bhramari Brewhouse Aims for July Opening in Asheville”
• Asheville Grit: October 2014-May 2015

Print Publications

• WILMA magazine: May 1, 2020, “Jill of all Trades”
• WILMA magazine: January 2020, “Bubbly Mixers”
• WILMA magazine: November 2019, “Reinventing Fermenting”
• WILMA magazine: September 2019, “Chasing Fashion”
• North Brunswick Magazine: June 2018, “Downtown Spin”
• Wrightsville Beach Magazine: September 2017, “Quality Time” and “Designers Choice”
  August 2017, “Goin’ Whole Hog”
• WNC magazine: September/October 2016, July/August 2016, November/December 2015, September/October 2015, July/August 2015, May/June 2015, March April 2015, “Mountainscapes” and “Contributors”
  May/June 2015, “Play It Cool”

Education

• MFA in Popular Fiction Writing & Publishing from Emerson College (May 2019)
• BA in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Asheville (May 2015)