My passion for editing and collaborating with writers of all genres comes from 10+ years of editing a literary & arts magazine.

I provide editing services and writing support to professional authors, award-winning writers, scholars, MFA applicants, and more. Whether you’re looking for developmental edits for big-picture feedback, line edits that dive into the nuts and bolts of your sentences, or fastidious copy editing and proofreading in the final stages of your project, I bring a nuanced, highly personalized approach to every project.

I specialize in editing memoir, essays, and hybrid lyric nonfiction, but also love working with novelists and short story writers as well. If you’ve got a magazine feature, interview, pitch, monograph, application essay, press release, or footnote that you want eyes on, shoot me an email at e.dalland@riotofperfume.com.

I also regularly edit for globally distributed independent presses including Siglio Press, Small Press, and Invisible Publishing. Check out some recent books I’ve worked on below.