Ann Castro

Background

About Ann Castro

Release, elevate your creative mojo. You, me, your project. Artful developmental editor, line editor, writer with 20 years freelancing full time, from shepherding author-clients—traditional and self-publishing—to creative collaboration for business-clients with a national/global presence (especially in the health/wellness/nutrition field). The artistry lies in creating flow, form, texture, and purpose from your scattered project parts. whether a manuscript or marketing content. The Focus Fueling your creative process. Getting down to the bones of your deeper thoughts to concretize elements for solid storytelling. Developmental edit: higher-altitude lens, structural, concretizes elements, connects dots, creates flow, form, texture, and purpose. Line edit: soul mate to developmental editing, focusing on how you tell your story, word-obsessed, image-building, rhythm-igniting, poetic, targeting style, syntax, fluidity, pacing, tone, more. Books: fiction (YA/MG/adult), creative nonfiction, memoir, nonfiction (varied, from self-help to nutrition/health/wellness) Author or Business Marketing Content: PRs, book synopsis/back cover content, bios, digital and online content, blog stories/posts, more The Philosophy. The Mission. The Book Process. What Authors Say What Clients Say Hip-Hip-Hooray Author-Client Stories A self-publishing author-client struck double gold on her first YA book, IPPY gold medal award and Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards gold medal. My work: developmental edit and line edit. Another author-client's first YA novel was awarded first prize in Category D: Young Adult Book of the 2020 Utah Original Writing Competition and reviewed as "a feat of imagination" with a thrilling plot, a "truly, truly, truly incredible story." My work: developmental edit and line edit. A self-publishing author-client hit #2 on Amazon for new releases in her story's fantasy category. My work: line edit. Traditional publishing—two noted clients. Their nonfiction book projects were released by major publishers and became New York Times best sellers. Another book was a major publisher's lead book for the year released. My part on the first best seller and lead book: ghostwriting and line editing with some developmental editing. My part on the second best seller: structuring the concept, my opting to developmental edit, ghostwrite, and line edit the introduction and first two chapters plus the book proposal.