My goal as an editor is to help each author present their vision as clearly as possible while letting their unique voice shine through.
As the senior prose editor for The Hopper, I read submissions and work with authors to prepare their pieces for publication. Generally I go through two or three rounds of edits with authors, including structural edits, line-edits, and proofreading (and fact-checking for nonfiction work).
I look for stories that have a point of view. I want the weird, the wonderful, and the hard-to-stomach. I love vivid scenes, quiet emotion, and voices that tell a common story from a new perspective. Most of all, I love to hear your unique voice, telling your story in the way only you can. Don't worry about how anyone else would write it.
Fiction
Rachel Bower. Jelly Bloom. The Hopper Online Issue VI.I (Spring 2021).
Jim O'Donnell. The Perfect Wheel. The Hopper Online Issue VI.I (Spring 2021).
Shayla Smith. Them Iguanas Are My Friends. The Hopper Issue VI.I (Spring 2021).
Frances Davis. Superfund. The Hopper Print Issue V (Spring 2021).
Jyothi Vinod. Sanctuary. The Hopper Print Issue V (Spring 2021).
Daniel Miller. Fall Cutting. The Hopper. Published online September 2020.
*Finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters 2021 Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story
Carolyn Oliver. Moon Sycamore. The Hopper. Published online February 2020.
Erin Conway. Stolen. The Hopper Print Issue IV (Summer 2019).
*2019 Pushcart Prize nominee
Pat Ryan. Distant Shores. The Hopper. Published online December 2018.
Nonfiction/Memoir
Brandon Curtinrich. Tassel Hill. The Hopper Issue VI.I (Spring 2021).
Stevie Belchak. Just Feathers and Bones. The Hopper Issue VI.I (Spring 2021).
Lisa Novick. Relationship is Everything. The Hopper Print Issue V (Spring 2021).
Joseph Lezza. Wading Toward Willamette. The Hopper. Published online February 2020.
Janine DeBaise. The Space Between. The Hopper Print Issue IV (Summer 2019).
*Winner of the Vinnie Ream Medal for Letters
*Featured on the Read to Me podcast
Erin Despard. The Year of Seeing Green. The Hopper. Published online July 2019.
Isaac Yuen. Life Lessons from the Odd and Ancient. The Hopper. Published online June 2019.
Book Reviews
Jenny Wong. Review, Wander-Thrush by David Crews. Published online June 2020.
