Jennifer L. Carson

Editor

Freelance

Participates in 5 items

Jennifer L. Carson is an editor of 35 years who has worked with such publishers as Simon and Schuster, John Wiley & Sons, and Jossey-Bass. She has worked on several journals, including the Hugo-nominated Speculations. She currently works for the SF/F publisher, Tickety Boo Press. She enjoys mentoring writers, moderating panels at cons, talking passionately about writing, and writing her own fantasy series. If you can’t find her, look no further than the world of Indirian where she is crafting her epic fantasy novel, In a Mortal Shadow. Blog http://leasspell.net/blog/

Sessions in which Jennifer L. Carson participates

Saturday 25 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

She Said/She Said: An Author/Editor Pair Share the Secrets Behind Their Collaborative Success

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Strategy

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

You finally did it—you finished your book, or are darn near done. But what next? Melissa Snark, author of over a dozen titles, and Jennifer Carson,...

1:00 PM

Rock at the Shock

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Convene 2

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Moderator)

Melissa Snark, Nordic Lights Press/Melissa Snark (Participant)

Ms. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, Book View Cafe (Participant)

Writing Sex Scenes: A panel aimed at getting writers to think through the reasons for including sex in a story, how to mine it for plot and how to ...

4:00 PM

Why Do Writers Kill Characters?

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Fred Wiehe (Moderator)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

Lillian Csernica, Sense of Wonder Press (Participant)

Sunday 26 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

2:30 PM

How To Write A Heroine

1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 5

Marjory Kaptanoglu (Moderator)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Deborah J. Ross (Participant)

Katharine Kit Kerr (Participant)

Monday 27 May, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

10:00 AM

Should I Hire a Freelance Editor?

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Moderator)

J.L. (Jim) Doty, Bourgeois Capitalist Establishment (Participant)

Jennifer L. Carson, Freelance (Participant)

Many agents now ask authors pitching novels to them if they have had the manuscript professionally edited. I work as a freelance editor and find th...