Jami Nord

Jami has interned for Entangled publishing, D4EO Literary Agency, and The Bent Agency, as well as mentored via the popular Pitchwars contest for several years. She has experience handling extensive amounts of slush and evaluating hundreds of manuscripts in reports. She adores stories with a strong voice no matter the genre, and routinely reads all forms of speculative fiction, romance, erotica, thrillers, mysteries, contemporary (especially dark ones), and pretty much any random novel that transports her to another world. She went full time on editing in 2019 and jokes that she’s retired because it’s the most fun she’s ever had in a job! She’s an affiliate member of SFWA, because she’s a nerd that way!

When she’s not absorbed in books, she’s usually gardening, cooking something she’ll happily give you the recipe for, or playing her latest video game obsession.

Emmie Mears
AKA M Evan MacGriogair

Emmie Mears is the author of over fifteen adult fantasy novels, including A Hall of Keys and No Doors, the Ayala Storme series, and the Stonebreaker series. They have been editing for over ten years, with six years’ experience as a full-time freelancer.

Their bilingual writing as M. Evan MacGriogair can be found on Tor.com, Steall Magazine, and Uncanny Magazine along with poetry in The Poets’ Republic and elsewhere. Their novelette Seonag and the Sea-wolves was longlisted for a Hugo award in 2020.

An autistic queer author, singer, and artist who sings and writes in Gàidhlig and in English, they sing in two Gaelic choirs both in Scotland and internationally, and they are an award-winning Gaelic solo singer. They live in Partick with two cats and dreams gu leòr.

Kaija Rayne

Kai primarily edits
Science Fiction, Science Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance, Gamelit, LITRPG, children‘s books, and non-fiction.

Kaija/Kai was born and grew up in upstate NY, in the Adirondack mountains. She offers autistic parental guidance via Patreon. She holds a B.A. in bioanthropology/forensic chemistry and an ABT MST in education/world history. She loved University, so holds minors in English, Literary Fiction, Creative Writing, English Lit, Linguistics, Graphic Design, Folklore, Medieval History, and Modern Dance, among others.

Her hobbies include gaming, reading, spinning with a spinning wheel, cooking, knitting, sewing, drawing, painting, cartography, graphic design, and making jewellery.

She currently lives in Southern Ontario, Canada with her husband of 25 years, their two kids, three cats, and a grumpy rescue chinchilla. The best place to connect with her is by sending an email, on tumblr, or on Bluesky. She loves to hear from fans, many of whom have become friends. You can find out more about her books at her website.

Kai can correct to the following style guides.

APA/American Psychological Association

*CMoS/Chicago Manual of Style

MLA/Modern Language Association standards.

*If unspecified, she will use Chicago Manual of Style, as this is considered the standard for fiction.

Kai can also correct to American English, Canadian English, and British English. She speaks French and reads both Spanish and Latin, so can often provide help with those languages.