The Adepts

Diane Byington

Diane Byington

After a career as a college professor, Diane Byington obtained a certificate in novel writing from Stanford and later trained in book coaching. She divides her time between Colorado and Florida, where kayaking and hiking are her passions. When...

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Sabrina Williams

Sabrina Williams

Sabrina is a proofreader, writer, and lifelong bookworm. With a background as a bookseller, she’s been able to share her love of storytelling with many others. She especially loves science fiction, historical fiction, and mysteries. When...

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Rashida Breen

Rashida Breen

Rashida Breen has been a lover of words since she was old enough to pick up a book. As a full-time writer and editor, she has experience working with both traditionally and independently published authors. She enjoys reading most genres, but...

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Darlene Gardner

Darlene Gardner

Darlene Gardner has a degree in journalism from Penn State and worked at daily newspapers as a feature writer, sportswriter, and copy editor before becoming a novelist. She has written more than forty books, most of them romances published with...

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Taylor Anhalt

Taylor Anhalt

Taylor Anhalt graduated from Albion College with a bachelor’s degree in English Creative Writing. She discovered a passion for editing in college and has interned at multiple small presses. Currently, she’s working toward her master’s in English...

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Angie Lovell

Angie Lovell

Angie Lovell has an MA in English from Eastern Illinois University and works as a full-time writer and editor. She currently lives in Georgia with her husband and their two daughters. Angie has a long history of working with small presses and...

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Libybet Rueda Gynn

Libybet Rueda Gynn

Libybet Rueda Gynn is a longtime lover of novels and short-story fiction and a perfectionist since birth, which lends to her passion for copyediting and proofreading anything from books to her lifestyle blog to friends’ Facebook posts. She has a...

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Erica Dean

Erica Dean

Erica Dean has several years experience in publicity, first working with executive clients on speech writing and publicity before becoming a business banker, where she aided clients with their marketing strategies and banking needs. She now...

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Amanda Kruse

Amanda Kruse

Amanda Kruse graduated magna cum laude with a BA in creative writing at the University of Colorado at Boulder and has a graduate level publishing certificate from the University of Denver. She has worked with individual and small presses as an...

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Kelly Reed

Kelly Reed

Lawrence Kelvin Reed (Kelly to you) has a B.A. and an M.A. in English literature. He was a copy editor at Pacific Press Publishing Association in Nampa, ID for more than two years and has taught English classes at La Sierra University in...

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Jessica Anderegg

Jessica Anderegg

Jessica Anderegg has over ten years of experience as an editor, working for both publishing houses and independent authors. She has content edited pieces of every length and genre, staying up-to-date on publishing trends to help authors make...

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Susie Driver

Susie Driver

Susie Driver lives in North Carolina and has a bachelor’s degree in English. When not at her day job working at a telecommunications company, she enjoys reading anything from mysteries to sci-fi to contemporary fiction, writing, and traveling as...

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