When Abigail graduated with her MFA in creative writing at the end of 2019, she had many hopes and dreams of teaching, publishing, and designing book covers. The global pandemic laughed at those dreams, but she was not deterred. Her passion for the publishing world could not go unquenched. She started by building communities of authors who came together to produce literary anthologies. Diligently, she worked her way toward creating Wild Ink Publishing. With thirty years of design experience, graduate diploma in hand, and editorial experience, she was ready to go for it.

Now she considers herself more of a founder than an owner because Wild Ink has become bigger than just her. It has become a community effort. That community includes people with years of publishing experience, terminal degrees, and newer editors who learn under those with experience, all bringing passion and excitement to each project. Together, the Wild Ink team keeps Abigail’s ideal of community and collaboration alive. 

Abigail not only works with editors, artists, and authors through Wild Ink, but she also teaches creative writing for graduate students in an MFA program, nurtures the love for writing with undergraduate first-year students, is the director of the Young Writers Workshop at a small liberal arts college, and works with an anti-trafficking organization in central Pennsylvania creating graphics, writing, and speaking publicly. 

She has also authored a few books along the way.

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Brittany brings years of leadership and project management experience to Wild Ink. But, her expertise doesn’t stop there. She is an editor with a deep passion for helping writers achieve their dreams. As a graduate student receiving her MFA in Creative Writing, Brittany saw the need novice writers had for someone to assist them in refining their works. This need is what drove Brittany to create an online writing community for MFA students aspiring for publication, as well as branching out into freelance editing through her LLC, The Paraphraser. Brittany has an undergraduate degree in communication and has earned her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, as well as being a member of the Sigma Tau Delta English honor society. Brittany is our lead anthologist, providing ways for authors to gain new publishing credits.

Laura began her editing career shortly after she learned to read—at age two. By age three, she played on the moors with Dickon Sowerby, found the key to the garden with Mistress Mary, and thought Colin a lost cause—until he wasn’t. At four, preschool teachers called her “Scout” and, as with the real Scout, they complained that she read too much, too well, too soon. They didn’t take too kindly to Laura’s efforts to improve the words and world around her. A coach’s daughter, she was grounded in one-on-one coaching techniques from the age of ten. Since then, she’s coached writers from multiple continents, elevated stories of hidden voices, thrived as a university professor, and edited manuscripts by the thousands.

While from Colorado, she holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, has edited/authored three academic books and numerous journal articles, serves on American Copy Editor’s Society (ACES) and Editorial Freelancers Association committees, writes flash fiction, and leads her own micro-press.

As Lead Editor for Wild Ink, Laura works with authors in multiple capacities to help maximize connections between their stories, characters, and readers: book doctor, story consultant, full-spectrum editor, cheerleading coach. The secret to her success? Combining her love of possibilities and developmental editing with her commitment to preserving and elevating author voices. In short, she helps authors tell stories that are uniquely their own.

Noah studied literature, philosophy, and the classics at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, and is currently in law school, where his editorial skills come in handy. He has taught graphic novel writing and worked with large groups of teens as a theater director. He also tutors students in writing and physics.

He brings joy for the love of the written word and a desire to help artists find their stories. 

S.E. Reed has a bachelor’s degree in Middle Grades Education, a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, and a lifetime of coaching and encouraging people within her community. As an author, she writes across varying genres but tends to stay in the YA/NA contemporary, romance, and sci-fi/fantasy genres. She’s been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and won an honorable mention twice in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future program. Her work has been featured by SEMO Press, Parhelion Lit, The Writer’s Workout, Buzgaga, and others.

Emily St. Marie is a traditional media artist who creates covers and illustrations for children’s books, middle school, and young adult fiction. She uses mixed media in both traditional and digital methods. Her favorite media style utilizes ink and watercolors, and sometimes acrylics. She loves cartoon realism and studies the Golden Age of Illustration to bring that old-timey feel to her work. Emily also writes short stories and children’s books and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics. She loves working on a wide variety of genres and subjects, especially those related to dolls, nature, fantasy, and cute children’s rooms. She is passionate about books, and stories, and getting young people to read (and interact) with literature.

Ian boasts a Bachelor Degree in English with a Creative Writing concentration from Messiah University. After being a 2020-21 literary judge for writing contest Ink & Insights, he went on to content edit fantasy and historical fiction novels.

Ian considers himself blessed to work with brave writers and a dedicated publishing team at Wild Ink. In 2024, he looks forward to exploring other genres with new clients, as well as finally progressing his own novels. To him, the most profound stories seek to help us empathize with human experiences, whether in escapist fantasy or realistic history. 

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J.C. is a lifelong bibliophile who proofread and formatted her first book thirty years ago for a retired professor of microbiology (University of Florida). Ten years ago she began transcribing old texts for digital usage. She has found her way back to proofreading and copy-editing recently to assist writers, students, and charities. J.C. enjoys researching topics and putting the final polish on manuscripts. She has worked on projects such as young adult novels, tech manuals, legal documents, theological writings, and cultural histories.

Jacob loves nothing more than to dig into a trendy design and to write copy that reaches out and demands attention. He has a passion for reading and social justice, and loves novels that pay attention to the nuance of what is happening in our world.

Jacob studies Marketing at Penn State University, where he has grown a passion for data analytics.

He’s excited to help authors get noticed. 

He brings joy to the written word and a desire to help writers find their community of readers.

Fatimah Jan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social work and has experience editing and proofreading creative writing pieces, professional writing, and newsletter articles. She spends her time working and volunteering with vulnerable populations in her home city of Harrisburg, PA, and enjoys immersing herself in different cultural experiences. Much of her passions lie in helping authors bring to life their creative capabilities and ensuring there is always a focus on cultural sensitivity when writing about people and their lived experiences. 

Leta P. Hawk grew up in the small town of Millersburg, PA, where she spent most of her summers surrounded by books. She currently lives in Dillsburg, PA with her husband, teenage sons, and black lab Raven.

Leta is the author of the Kyrie Carter: Supernatural Sleuth series, which includes The Newbie, School Spirits, The Witch of Willow Lake, An Uneasy Inheritance, and Dandelion Souls. The sixth book, Outrun the Darkness, Outwalk the Light, is tentatively expected to be released in Summer 2024.

Anticipated future novels include a Young Adult series featuring Spook and Kyr’s teenage children, who will have supernatural adventures of their own.

Khloe is a deep-seated literature lover, but also a poet and writer. Her published works span many poems which can be found in anthologies from The American Library of Poetry, two short stories, and an article published on the Pennsylvania Department of Education website. Khloe’s creative range is quite broad as she has written plays, articles, flash fiction, screenplays, books, and most importantly, poetry. She hopes to not only assist the next generation of writers in any way she can but to learn from them as well.

Demi Michelle Schwartz
Freelance Publicist and Anthology Editor

Demi Michelle Schwartz is an author from Pittsburgh, PA, represented by Michelle Jackson at LCS Literary. She writes young adult fiction and primarily focuses on the fantasy and thriller genres. Since reading and writing have always been  passions of hers, it’s no surprise she has stepped into the shoes of an author herself.

Demi graduated summa cum laude with BAs in Creative Writing and Music from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA. With encouragement from her English professors, she went on to pursue her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill and graduated with her degree in June of 2022.

Along with writing novels, Demi has discovered a passion for writing short stories for anthologies. She is also a freelance fiction editor through her independently-run services, Amethyst Ink Editorial, and the host of Literary Blend: A Publishing Podcast. When Demi isn’t working on her manuscripts and finding ways to further her involvement in the publishing industry, she’s busy chasing her other dream as an award-winning songwriter and recording artist.

After years of doing her own PR as an independent artist, Demi is honored to be a publicist for Wild Ink Publishing. She enjoys working with authors to book reviews, interviews, book signings, and more, and most of all, she loves playing a role in making others’ dreams come true.

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Abigail F. Taylor
Freelance Publicist

Abigail F. Taylor is an award-winning author of Own Voices from Texas. Her novella, THE NIGHT BEGINS, debuted with Luna Press Publishing Feb 2023. Her short stories and poems can be found in Writer’s Digest, Globe Soup, Fractured Lit, Sixfold Magazine, and Illya’s Honey, among others. She once spent a year working on the film set for The Dinosaur Experiment and had a stint in religious studies. When she’s not writing, Abigail spends her time out in nature, practicing Aikido and cross-stitching. She lives with four cats, a small dog, and a sassy rooster. 

You can follow her on her website abigailftaylor.wordpress.com 

Emily Groff
Literary Analyst

Emily studies literature and business at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. She acted as editor and creator of a journal titled Affinity. She worked as the student reporter for Messiah’s alumni magazine, titled The Bridge, where she conducted interviews and wrote articles. Emily looks forward to working as Student-Life Editor at Messiah’s student magazine, The Swinging Bridge, for her final year at Messiah. She anticipates the publication of the anthology Comfort and Emotion, which features several of her creative works.

Emily has a strong love for the written word and is excited to take her part in it.

Ethan Reisler
Literary Analyst

Using an education in English, creative writing, and communications, Ethan has a history of writing, editing, and publishing works of fiction, poetry, and journalism. With a special fondness for fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, Ethan values the life a character-driven story can breathe into any work when connecting an audience to the world of the text.