Cheryl Murphy Lowrance
artful editor
Cheryl Murphy Lowrance has been editing and coaching authors for over thirty years. She started proofreading for the Department of Defense Contracting Office on an army post at fifteen years old as part of a work-experience program, then later earned a certificate in editing from UC Berkeley, and has worked with words ever since. An unwavering descriptivist, Cheryl believes life’s too short to get mad if someone doesn’t use an Oxford comma. She loves helping authors reach those aha moments with their writing, when things suddenly click into place and the heavens open up. Her specialties are science fiction and fantasy, comic books, and screenplays.
services
manuscript critique
developmental editing
line editing
copyediting
proofreading
book coaching
book formatting (print & e-book)
genres
literary fiction, commercial/upmarket fiction, contemporary realist fiction, mystery & crime, historical fiction, women’s fiction, science fiction & fantasy, paranormal, horror, thriller, romance, erotica, short fiction, young adult, middle grade, graphic novels & comics, TV & film scripts
