I’m not just a self-publishing consultant and book editor, I’m also an author. If you’re an author, I understand exactly what it feels like.

My first book was a rush project. When COVID-19 became a global pandemic and schools closed or moved online, many parents chose to homeschool. Negative comments from some parents about the transition were circulating in the media. However, I had already been homeschooling my kids for years and I knew it didn’t need to be a bad experience. In fact, it could be a great experience!

I set out to create the book I wish I had when I was just getting started—a book meant to help homeschooling parents know they’re not alone, that they can do it, and that it can be an amazing experience (while also acknowledging the inevitable challenges along the way). And I wanted the book to not just tell my story, but tell the stories of many homeschooling families from different backgrounds and with a variety of homeschooling styles.

I brought on a co-editor and together we gathered essays from two dozen other homeschooling parents and self-published the book, Why I Love Homeschooling. The book went from idea to published work in just two months. A year later, my co-editor and I followed it up with Why I Love Homeschooling Neurodiverse Kids. In addition to editing/authoring these books, I have published in the academic world and I create children’s books under the pen name Daisy Rains.

My editing and proofreading career started many years before I became an author. While a student at Brigham Young University, I worked as a proofreader for CultureGrams, “a leading reference resource for reliable cultural information on the countries of the world” and became an editor for the university’s Forever Families website. I’ve worked as a content editor for large websites; magazine articles published in Fast Company, Forbes, TIME, Mashable, and TechCrunch; and academic publications.

I recently edited Beyond the Building, which became a Wall Street Journal bestseller, 60 Days to LinkedIn Mastery, which became a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, Get Hired!, The Intentional Engineer and The Intentional Engineer Workbook, and books for other executives and entrepreneurs.

As a book editor and proofreader, I’ve worked directly with authors who self-publish as well as with traditional and hybrid publishers.