“Entrusting one’s work to a third party can always make one a bit skittish, but Marcela Landres put me at ease in a heartbeat with clear, cogent advice, generously given, from the heart. Not only was I impressed with her knowledge and confidence, doled out with basic common sense, but her invaluable critique was so artfully crafted and genuine that, to my surprise, I found myself wishing for more. This was an investment well-made as since working with Marcela I have acquired an agent, who has already read and line-edited the work and has commented on it in such glowing and hyperbolic terms I am embarrassed to reproduce them here. Needless to say, Marcela Landres is a resource that I’ll return to in the future.”—Cy Stein, author of The Medicus Codex
Marcela Landres
Editorial Consultant
718-208-5810
marcelalandres@yahoo.com
https://marcelalandres.com
Consulting:
I help writers become well-published authors by editing their manuscripts and educating them about the book business. While I edit fiction and non-fiction for writers of all colors, cultures, and classes my mission is to amplify Latino voices.
Select Clients:
Lolita Hernandez, recipient of PEN Beyond Margins Award and author of Autopsy of an Engine
Daniel José Older, author of the New York Times bestseller Shadowshaper
Elba Iris Perez, author of the USA Today bestseller The Things We Didn’t Know
Speaking:
Present workshops, participate on panels, and moderate events for organizations such as the Miami Book Fair, Columbia Journalism School, and Dominican Writers Conference.
Select Accomplishments:
Co-Founder of The Comadres and Compadres Writers Conference
Author of e-book How Editors Think: The Real Reason They Rejected You
Publisher of award-winning e-zine Latinidad®
Simon & Schuster acquisitions editor for bestselling authors Karen Rauch Carter and Dora Levy Mossanen
Community:
Literature Grant Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts
Peer Panelist, National Association of Latino Arts & Culture Fund for the Arts
Literature Panelist, New York State Council on the Arts
Board Member, Kweli Journal
Instructor, Publishing Certificate Program, City College of New York
Member, Brooklyn Literary Council
Judge, PEN Beyond Margins Award
Judge, Latino Book Awards
Judge, Scholastic Art & Writing Award
Affiliations:
Women’s Media Group
Las Comadres
Education:
NYU Summer Publishing Institute
Barnard College, Columbia University – B.A. in English Literature, cum laude
Marcela Landres 