Rebecca Blevins is the author of four published books. She has been freelance editing for several years and enjoys helping
clients put the final polish on their manuscripts. She reads The Chicago Manual of Style for fun, and her deep POV technique is currently taught in an English course at USU. She enjoys teaching classes at writing conferences and is currently pursuing her MFA at VCFA.
Her favorite manuscripts to work with are children’s chapter books and middle-grade fiction, adult contemporary speculative fiction, contemporary romance, and nonfiction.
Rebecca prefers her manuscripts PG-13 or lower. She is currently only doing proofreads for manuscripts that have previously had a line edit.
Sensitivity / Expert
- Personal neurodivergent experience includes anxiety, clinical depression, unofficially diagnosed ADHD and OCD as well as dyscalculia.
- Autistic
- Parent of four children including three autistic sons (elementary, teen, adult), with all children having a mix of ADHD, OCD, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, and executive functioning challenges. Does not support Autism Speaks.
- Brain health (OCD, general anxiety disorder, clinical depression, non-military PTSD, postpartum depression, bulimia, body dysmorphic disorder, fat phobia)
- Chronic illness
- Sapiosexuality
- Body positivity
- Natural lifestyle (vegetarianism/veganism/plant-based eating, natural remedies, etc)
- Homeschooling (graduating from, teaching own children, transitioning to public school)
- High-risk pregnancy (bedrest, hyperemesis gravidarum, placenta previa, diabetes, traumatic birth)
- Medical trauma, medical sexual assault
- Midwestern USA
- Certified group fitness instructor, dance fitness, weight training
- Rural, small-town living
- GED graduate
- Growing up far below U.S. poverty line and on government welfare
Preferred Genres
Children's Middle Grade Contemporary Romance Romcom Science Fiction Nonfiction Contemporary Fantasy
Avoided Genres
Erotica Slasher Horror
What Clients Say
It was a great experience working with Kim for my query letter, it was my first time writing one and she was so helpful in giving me advice. She gave me positive feedback and helped answer any questions I had. This was my first experience going through editing, creating a query letter and working with Salt & Sage Books and I loved it! I also got to work with Rebecca, Heidi and Erin. I was nervous throughout the process of writing and editing my first manuscript and query letter but with their help I felt confident and supported.
***** Five Stars! ***** Speedy, personalized, and everything I didn’t know I needed!
Erin Olds let me sample a few options and directed me toward which stage of editing I needed. Rebecca Blevins gave me a light Developmental Edit. She REALLY broke down my multiple genre plots and the importance of each chapter. She even helped me with some punctuation misunderstandings. I’ll definitely look into them for my next edits!