Michelle Hazen – Editor

I'm Michelle, a certified book coach, editor, and critically-acclaimed author. I'm here to help with editorial packages for all budgets, as well as ongoing support, mentorship, and coaching for writers—whether you're penning your first novel or your twentieth. I specialize in encouraging and energizing revisions. Many clients have said I have a talent for articulating feedback in a way that makes it easy to apply. I specialize in Adult and YA fiction. The genres I love most are romance, fantasy, YA Contemporary and LGBTQI fiction within all those. I do not take MG or picture books, and I don't work with anything that has on-the-page sexual assault. Outside of those exceptions, I've worked in most genres!

I've been through an extensive training program as a book coach through Author Accelerator, I've been an editor and writing coach since 2016, and worked as a counselor for a decade before that. I also love helping clients plan out their next novel, to save lots of revision time on the back end and brainstorm you into your next bestseller!

As a contest mentor for PitchWars, FicFest & KissPitch, I've read thousands of query letters and I know exactly what can hold writers back. As of 2023, all my contest mentees have gotten agents and/or book deals! Previous clients have gone on to win Golden Heart Awards, the World Fantasy Award, and be nominated for many others. I'm LGBTQI friendly, and especially love working on queer romances!

In my own career, I have two agents representing me for different genres. I have nine published novels, a collection of starred trade reviews, several awards, and have had my books named Best Romances of the Year multiple times by Amazon and Booklist. I have indie novels as well as Big-5 published books, so I know both sides of the publishing industry.

Mostly, I want to make sure my clients are writing the best books they possibly can, while enjoying every day of the process. Are you ready to write happier?

Testimonials:

“Michelle’s edit letter was fairy-godmother-with-literary-x-ray-vision-level helpful!” -Lucia Rey (Adult Contemporary Romance)

"Michelle's innate compassion and kindness, always tempered with a solution-focused, practical approach, made her a fantastic writing coach. I left each session feeling empowered and excited to follow through on the plan we’d designed.

The year we worked together was the most productive in my career. Every author should have Michelle on speed-dial!”

-Emily Colin, NYT bestselling author and IPPY Award Winner

“Working with Michelle is a delight. Her efficient, insightful and supportive edits took my book to a new level. She is unquestioningly world class!"

-Sara Connell, USA Today and WSJ Bestselling author, founder of Thought Leader Academy