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The Alliance of Independent Authors - Partner Member

Senior Editor

Cayce is the senior editor and owner of Kingsman Editing Services. Authors need a passionate professional partner, and that’s what Cayce wants to be for her clients.

In addition to an editing certificate from the University of Chicago’s Graham School, Cayce has an associate degree in journalism from Del Mar College and a bachelor’s in creative writing and English with a concentration in fiction from Southern New Hampshire University.

She discovered that she loved editing while working as a photojournalist and managing editor for the college newspaper. As a budding writer, she also created an online community called Authors’ Tale, where she realized her passion for helping people reach their goals and improve their skills.

Want to learn more about her portfolio and experience? Click here to find her on LinkedIn!

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Typesetter (Formatter)

Crystal Burton is a fantasy author and grammar aficionado. Her passion for words is enhanced by the detail, repetition, and aesthetics of novel formatting. She focuses on helping other authors by designing attractive, professional layouts for their books (exploiting her OCD as necessary).

When she’s not formatting, she runs a fantasy blog to help guide and support other writers in the genre. Her hobbies are just as fantasy inclined, including binge-watching fantasy shows and crocheting adorable fantasy creatures (the dragons are popular). She does all of this from the front porch of her rural Texas home.

She joined Authors’ Tale in 2015 to further her own writing. It only took a few months before she had immersed herself into the support and knowledge of the community, later becoming an admin and then a board member for the growing organization.

When she hits a wall in her writing, she likes to break through by distracting herself with HTML, CSS, and the underappreciated features of Microsoft Word. (And video games, especially ones with good writing.)

Want to learn more about her portfolio and experience? Click here to find her on LinkedIn!

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Assistant Editor

Autumn is a black labrador retriever mix with a big heart, a bigger bark, and a ready ear. She has been an assistant editor and the home office protector for Kingsman Editing since December 17, 2018.

Autumn’s hobbies include eating bones, breaking sticks into shrapnel-sized pieces, playing with the cat, and running from the vacuum.

She loves to roll in the dirt and, if she’s lucky enough not to get caught, her own poop. The neighbor’s chickens would be a fine treat she’d take advantage of if she could, but she’ll accept video-bombing the senior editor’s weekly live videos for now.

While she’s currently in school for service dog training, her other educational endeavors include learning how to catch a bug and tearing up the dictionary because all the senior editor really needs to know how to spell is Autumn, right? She will master in those one day.