Rainbow Pen Editing offers professional editing services to fiction writers.

I specialise in fantasy, romance, horror, and queer fiction, but I can also work with other genres. Don’t hesitate to contact me. We can discuss your project and needs to see if we’re a good fit.

I aim to create a collaborative, uplifting, and inclusive work environment.

Books from marginalised communities are more than welcome here.

Meet your editor

Hello Author,

I’m Jesse (he/him). My studies centred around languages, literature and cinema research (especially horror). After graduating from a Master’s degree in Japanese language and culture, I worked in a hotel for seven years as a receptionist, then assistant manager.

I always adored writing and fell in love with editing through a writer’s group where we critiqued each other’s work. The more I studied craft, the more my critiques resembled editing, and I realised this could be the right professional path. It was time for a change of careers to reconnect with my passion: stories.

While I studied fiction editing, I offered professional beta reading for about a year. I now freelance as a developmental and line editor. I’m a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA).

Certifications in editing:

Developmental Editing:

Developmental Editing of Fiction I (2025, EFA)

Developmental Editing of Fiction: Intermediate (2025, EFA)

Developmental Editing of Fiction: Advanced (2025, EFA)

Editing Romance (2025, EFA)

Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy (2025, EFA)

Editing Young Adult Fiction (2025, EFA)

Line Editing:

Line Editing of Commercial Fiction: Beginning (2025, EFA)

Line Editing of Commercial Fiction: Intermediate (2025, EFA)

Copy Editing:

Copyediting 1: Introduction (2024, CIEP)

Introduction to Fiction Editing (2024, CIEP)

Getting to Grips with Grammar and Punctuation (2024, CIEP)