Select Editorial Portfolio, 2018 - Present.

Full portfolio available upon request.

Freelancer of Record for the Following Companies:

• Kirkus Media

• Editorial Freelancers Association

• Gotham Ghostwriters Network

• University of California Riverside Press

THE 10 PRINCIPLES OF A LOVE-BASED CULTURE, Ivo Nelson. (Business self-help title, HC, PB, and e-book.)

• Provided substantive editing, line-editing, and copyediting for a rock star of the healthcare technology industry, as he embarked on writing his first book about leading companies as the anti-Machiavelli, privileging love over fear.

• LOVE-BASED CULTURE had 50+ five-star reviews within its first three months of publication.

• To date, it has sold at least 4,000 copies.

• For more information, visit https://ivo.com/.

ANTISOCIAL MEDIA, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Ph.D. (Oxford University Press, 2018.)

• Provided second copyeditor services to Mr. Vaidhyanathan.

• Listed in the Acknowledgments: “Jessica Hatch […] helped me avoid many embarrassing errors.”

• Among other accolades, ANTISOCIAL MEDIA was chosen as an NPR Best Book of the Year, 2018.

ASCENDANT,  J.S. Devey. (Ecological science fiction.)

• Provided manuscript critique for novel reminiscent of the work of Ted Chiang and Jeff Vandermeer.

• For more information, read this announcement in Marianas Variety, the author's local paper.

BANDIT DREAMS AND BEYOND, Victoria Bolt. (Self-published memoir.)

• Provided two rounds of editing—first developmental, then line-editing focused—as well as self-publishing advice for the poignant life story of a woman from blue collar roots making her way to Hollywood in the late 1980s.

• “In this debut memoir, Bolt offers a poignant, dynamic, and charming tale of love. As it rolls along, she offers anecdotes that may make some readers nostalgic for the Hollywood of decades past.”
  — Kirkus Reviews

BIG FAT F@!K-UP (Jimmy Cooper Mysteries #1), Lawrence Allan. (M.S. Wooten Press, 2022.)

• Provided structural and line editing services for playwright Lawrence Allan’s debut novel.

• The novel is the 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award Winner For Best Comedy and a 2023 Shamus Award Finalist for Best First P.I. Novel.

THE BRIGHT WAY, Diana Rowan, Ph.D. (New American Library, 2020.)

• Provided substantive editing and line editing services on Dr. Rowan’s inspirational self-help guide for fulfillment and balance in the artist’s life.

CHANCEY BOOK SERIES, FLORIDA BOOKS SERIES, and SOPHIA ISLAND SERIES, Kay Dew Shostak. (Self-published women's fiction, PB and e-book.)

• Of THE MANATEE DID IT (Sophia Island Book 1), the Florida Times-Union stated: “Fresh, well-paced, and so much fun. You’ll love it.”

• Provided copyediting and proofreading services for Chancey Book series through CHANCEY PRESENTS (Book 8).

• Provided manuscript critique for new, stand-alone novel BACKWATER, FLORIDA (February 2017).

• Provided copyediting and proofreading services for Sophia Island series through THE SHRIMP DID IT (Book 3).

• For more information: www.kaydewshostak.com.

THE FEMME FATALE HYPOTHESIS, David Roth. (Literary fiction.)

• Provided developmental editing for a literary novel about neighbors who know less than they think about one another’s lives.

• Roth’s debut novel will be published by Regal House Publishing in 2021.

• For more information: www.regalhousepublishing.com/dave-roth.

THE GEMSTONE GIRLS, Stef Kramer. (Upmarket women's fiction.)

• Provided developmental editing and two rounds of line editing for this novel reminiscent of Jodi Picoult, about an adverse childhood event in 1980s small-town Iowa.

• Thus far, manuscript requests from the likes of Jane Dystel of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret and Marlene Connor Lynch of Connor Literary Agency.

• Client was appreciative of Hatch Editorial's work and is eager to work together again on a future project.

Heartsome Books, A.E. Radley and Emma Sterner-Radley. (Multiple women-loving-women novels; cozy mysteries.)

• Provided various forms of editing, with a heavy focus on line editing, to A.E. Radley and Emma Sterner-Radley beginning in 2017. Many of their titles, including Sterner-Radley’s queer YA fantasy novel SILVER BEASTS, have hit #1 in their categories on Amazon.

• HUNTRESS, a screwball comedy/cozy mystery in which a barista discovers a USB drive and then finds herself on the run from MI6 and a freelance bounty hunter, won the Lambda Literary Award for the category of Lesbian Mystery Fiction, 2018.

• GOING UP, a women-loving-women novel that uses its romance to explore class differences in the UK, was shortlisted for a Selfie Award at the London Book Fair in 2020.

• The wife-and-wife team provides LGBTQ+ outreach in the form of free books sent to readers living in the 76 countries in which it’s illegal to be queer. For more information: https://emmasternerradley.com/lgbt-outreach/.

• To date, Hatch Editorial has provided editorial support for 20+ Heartsome titles.

• Learn more at http://aeradley.com/ and https://emmasternerradley.com/.

HOPE AFTER STROKE, Tsgoyna Tanzman. (Self-published medical self-help, e-book.)

• Provided Manuscript Critique and in-depth line-editing services for this optimistic yet realistic take on the life of a stroke survivor.

• In 2020, HOPE AFTER STROKE hit Amazon Bestseller status, momentarily sustaining a position above that of a book by Jill Bolte Taylor, which as been a perennial bestseller in the stroke community for more than a decade.

• HOPE AFTER STROKE hit #1 in three categories on Kindle Unlimited within its first week of publication, including Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, as well as Physician & Patient Healing.

• In 2020, HOPE AFTER STROKE became an award-winning finalist in American Book Fest’s 2020 Best Book Awards in the category of Health: Aging/50+.

• For more information, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Tsgoyna-Tanzman/e/B07NTBV436/.

I WAS BORN A BOY, FROM VENUS, Ella Marques. (Self-published memoir, HC, PB, and e-book.)

• Provided two rounds of copyediting and proofreading services for one woman's journey of courage and self-discovery, as she transitions from MTF at age sixty.

• Memoir hit Top 100 in Amazon's LGBTQ Biography/Memoir Category.

• Client interviewed by Miami Herald, booked speaking engagements in South Florida.

• For more information, visit: www.ellamarques.com.

JUICY’S LAST WILL AND TESTIMONY, Deborah Prum. (Cozy mystery.)

• Provided query materials services for this humorous, cozy mystery about a dysfunctional Connecticut family and the one nephew who wants to dig them out of debt and their dreary lifestyle.

• JUICY has received at least two “full manuscript” requests from literary agencies since our collaboration.

Laura Morelli. (Various historical fiction titles.)

• Provides developmental editing and line editing feedback for Morelli’s self-published historical titles.

• In our time collaborating, Morelli has succeeded in securing a two-book deal with trade publisher William Morrow. Hatch Editorial Services is proud to still provide editorial feedback on forthcoming self-published titles like The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo’s David and on assessments of trade-published works like The Night Portrait.

• Morelli’s debut novel, The Gondola Maker, received acclaim in the form of a PW Starred Review and Kirkus Reviews Indie Book of the Month selection.

• The Painter’s Apprentice received acclaim including the 2018 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Award’s honorable mention; the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize finalist; and a Historical Novels Review editor’s choice award.

• For more information: https://lauramorelli.com/books/.

LITTLE BIT OF DARKNESS, Erin Cox. (Literary fiction.)

• Provided proofreading and copyediting services for this novel about one woman's journey from New York to the mountains of Kentucky, from traumatic accident to complicated healing.

• LITTLE BIT OF DARKNESS received four "full manuscript" requests from top-tier agents.

THE PRINCE OF IMGERNIA, Rachel Hedeen. (YA science fiction, on submission.)

• Provided developmental editing, copyediting, and query letter services for a YA sci-fi novel.

• Since working with Hatch Editorial, THE PRINCE OF IMGERNIA has increased its partial manuscript requests by 100% (and is sure to get more in future!)

TINK AND TOD, Deborah Diner. (Middle grade fiction.)

• Middle grade fiction about two unlikely cousins who find themselves on an adventure through uncharted territory together.

• Manuscript requested by New Leaf Literary & Media.

THE ROSE AND THE CRANE, Clint Dohmen. (Self-published historical fiction, PB, e-book.)

• Provided developmental editing and copyediting/proofreading services for Clint Dohmen's debut novel.

• The novel has since scored critical acclaim, including a 4.2/5-star review on Indie Reader: "THE ROSE AND THE CRANE reads like a medieval Pirates of the Carribbean, featuring non-stop action-adventure with almost never a dull moment."

• Listed in Acknowledgments.

• Learn more on GoodReads.

THE SASSANA STONE Series, James Vella-Bardon. (Unbound, March 2018; full series forthcoming.)

• Historical fiction series in which a man press-ganged into the Spanish Armada and shipwrecked in Ireland must survive a new way of life in the last days of Gaelic Connacht.

• Provided manuscript evaluation for the first novel, The Sheriff's Catch, as well as book coaching for the series' outline. Series in progress.

• Speaking to the popularity of the text, Vella-Bardon's Unbound campaign became fully funded within 5.5 days, far less time than the 3 months allotted.

• Since publication, The Sheriff’s Catch has experienced much acclaim, including hitting #4 on W.H. Smith Books’ bestseller list.

SQUIRCLE, Francis Cholle. (Squircle Academy, 2020.)

• Worked with Francis Cholle on a copyediting project as a freelancer of record for Kirkus Reviews.

• Referred Mr. Cholle to the team at Authors Unite for book publicity and marketing.

• In September 2020, SQUIRCLE became a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling book.