A BIT MORE ABOUT ME
Hi! I’m Angela Traficante. I live near Boston, MA, USA, and I provide editing and beta reading services for self-published authors, small presses, and traditional publishing houses. I graduated in 2009 from Bennington College with a dual degree in Literary Arts and Computer Science. In 2019, after spending nearly a decade in the tech industry as a software developer and technical product manager, I decided to turn my part-time beta reading and writing critique hobby into a full-time freelance business.
I’ve been beta reading since 2009 and editing since 2019. I’m an author myself (Ella M. Lee on Amazon), so I know exactly how hard it is to finish a story and put it out to the world. Because of that, I seek to be thorough, constructive, and helpful in all my editing and beta reading feedback. I've taken professional courses through the Editorial Freelancer’s Association, and I use its resources to improve my editing and business skills. I often pull from my extensive reading and my own experience self-publishing to help guide my clients in how to plan, prepare, and market their books. In addition to taking on indie clients, some of my small press and traditional publishing house freelance clients are Story Garden Publishing, Podium Entertainment, and Sourcebooks.
When I’m not writing or editing, I love to travel the world, cook, bake, drink tea, play with fountain pens, figure skate, watch horror movies, and roast coffee. I am an avid reader who reads roughly 100 books a year.
When editing and beta reading, my preferred genres are fantasy, paranormal, romance (all heat levels/subgenres), mystery, horror, thriller, suspense, speculative fiction, historical fiction, and literary fiction. I mostly edit adult and young adult novels, but I have some experience with mid-grade fiction as well. At this time, I do not beta read or edit non-fiction, memoir, short stories, poetry, or children’s books. You can see my past projects in my portfolio.
If all of that sounds interesting to you, feel free to get in touch regarding your next project! I’m happy to discuss what I can do for you, show you samples of my prior work, or take a look at your manuscript and evaluate its needs. I’ll always give my honest opinion of what value I can provide, as well as what I think will improve your project the most.