Experience

In 2013 Richard accepted a position as Editor-In-Chief with Dark House Press, where he was responsible for editing six novels and two anthologies. Exigencies was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. Since then, he’s been doing editing work as both a freelance editor and with Medallion Books (Burnt Tongues, with Chuck Palahniuk and Dennis Widmyer, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, and winner of the Best Anthology of the Year at This is Horror, USA Book News, and INDIEFAB), Black Lawrence Press (The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers), and Gamut magazine.

He edits short stories, novels, and everything in-between. There are three levels of edits to choose from.

Manucript evaluation

A manuscript evaluation—of a story OR novel—is basically a read and response, no editing, with evaluation of overall quality.

Cost: $3/page. Double-spaced only.

OVERVIEW/DEVELOPMENTAL EDIT

A developmental edit gives the author an overview and edit on what’s working (mostly big picture) and what isn’t, and includes some markets where the story could be sent.

Cost: $6/page. Double-spaced only.

FULL EDIT

A full edit includes developmental editing and a line-by-line copy edit. Copy editing looks for grammar, typos, tense, etc, and also includes a list of potential markets for submission.

Cost: $9/page. Double-spaced only.

Consultations

Richard provides consultation and coaching on an hourly basis and includes everything from career evaluation to market suggestions.
Cost: $60/hour, $50/hour for past students.

He is accepting new clients.

For more information, email Richard at storyvillerichard@gmail.com to discuss a plan that makes sense to you. Please be aware, it’s important to work with an editor that’s a good fit. Because of this, and other factors, Richard does not take on all clients or projects. If you are (or were) a part of LitReactor, The Cult, The Velvet, or know him from Facebook and/or Twitter, please include that in your email.

awards, nominations, and lists

Projects Richard has edited have: won the This is Horror award for Best Anthology and Best Short Story Collection, as well as the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel; received several Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award nominations; received Nebula preliminary nominations; been long-listed for The Folio Prize; been on the Publisher’s Weekly “Best Science Fiction Books of the Summer” list. A student was also the winner of the Writers of the Future contest (3rd Quarter, 2016) AND the Grand Prize, for a story he started, and edited, in one of my classes. Stories written and/or edited in my classes, and privately with me, have received numerous Pushcart Prize nominations, and been included in The Best Horror of the Year anthology several times.

Short stories

Short stories he’s edited have been sold to:

Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, Black Static, Fantasy, Dark Matter, Juked, PANK, Interzone, Barrelhouse, Another Chicago Magzine, Daily Science Fiction, Pulp Literature, Carve, Thuglit, Pseudopod, Vastarien, Shotgun Honey, Weirdbook, Bizarro Central, Spark, Blight Digest, Red Fez, Sheepshead Review, Dark Moon Digest, Deimos, Crime Factory, Bete Noire, Molotov Cocktail, Literati Magazine, and the following anthologies— Exigencies (Dark House Press), Behold: Oddities Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders and Tales from the Lake (Crystal Lake Publishing), Chiral Mad 5 (Written Backwards), Not Your Average Monster (Bloodshot Books), Nightscript, Simple Things (Lycan Valley Press), The Best Asian Short Stories (Kitaab), and American Nightmare (Kraken Press). 

Novels, novellas, NOVELLETES, and collections

Novels, novellas, and collections he’s edited have been sold to:

Tor, Nightfire, Angry Robot Books, JournalStone, Crystal Lake Publishing, One Eye Press, Post Mortem Press, Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, Kraken Press, Montag Press, and Perfect Edge Books. 

writing programs/mfas

Clients and students of his have gotten into:

Spaulding (2), Stonecoast, University of California-Riverside (4), Columbia University (2), The Writer’s Foundry at St. Joseph’s College, The University of Baltimore, George Mason University, Oregon State University, Pacific University, Goddard College, and the Emerson College Master of Fine Arts in Popular Fiction Writing program (with a full-ride—the prestigious Emerson Community Scholarship). Other students have gotten into Clarion, Clarion West (2), FutureScapes, and Odyssey (3).