Hi! I’m Angela.
I have always loved the written word. Whether I was writing the weekly newsletter for my elementary school class, or drafting my very first novel at age thirteen, I always felt a special connection to words. I loved the way they looked, the way they sounded, and the way they could make me feel. When I wasn’t writing I was busy reading, anything from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter to Toni Morrison’s Beloved.
After graduating from Brandeis University with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Creative Writing, I joined the creative team at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth, MA. As an intern, I learned editing and publishing under the guidance of Lauren Wolk, Newbery honor award recipient and author of Wolf Hollow. Lauren and I co-founded Bass River Press, a small poetry press dedicated to publishing one full manuscript by a local poet each year. As editor of the Press, I poured through dozens of poetry manuscripts each summer, passing along a handful of finalists to a judge for approval. After the judge completed his/her selection, I worked side-by-side with the book’s author for several months, editing and preparing the book for print.
In 2018 I developed Fine Tuned Editing, a freelance editing business that specializes in copy editing and substantive editing, which I continue to own and operate to this day. Around the same time, I set out to self-publish my very first novel, Assignment, which launched my YA dystopian trilogy known as The Cerenia Chronicles.
Currently, I work full time at my local library as the Young Adult Librarian. When I’m not working in the library, writing, or editing, I am usually being towed around the neighborhood by my beagle puppy, Toby, or dragged to train shows by my husband, Tom.