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Who am I?

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Amy Acosta is a professional reader, writer, and editor of fiction who specializes in Adult and YA queer romance. In the pursuit of craft knowledge, they completed a Writing Popular Fiction MFA with a focus on YA Lit, and later became a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, volunteering with their Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB) group. While wrangling editorial passes, production schedules, and creating digital ad and print content for Entangled Publishing as their main job, they also works on bestselling titles for Penguin Random House Audio, St. Martin’s Press,  and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. One of their main goals is to help LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC voices rise in mainstream media and bring more diversity into the publishing world. Amy lives in Puerto Rico with three very bossy rescue cats, and they ardently believe that love has no boundaries, that representation matters, and that spaceships are very cool.

​Find them on Twitter @AmarilysWrites

What I've done...

Core Education
English Literature, BA - Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR
Writing Popular Fiction, MFA - Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Copyediting Certificate - University of California San Diego Extension


Extra Curriculars
Editorial Freelancers Association - Diversity, Equity, & Belonging (DEB), Volunteer
ACES - Interview with an Editor: Amarilys Acosta - October 2020
ClubEd Chat - Sensitivity Readers - May 2022

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Extra Courses
  • Developmental Editing Business (EFA) - February 5 to March 4, 2018
  • Copyediting Fiction (EFA) - March 6 to April 17, 2018
  • Sensitivity Reads Webinar (EFA) - March 13, 2018
  • Book Mapping for Developmental Editors (EFA) - April 2-27, 2018
  • Developmental Editing of Fiction: Intermediate (EFA) - April 2-29, 2018
  • Developmental Editing of Fiction: Advanced (EFA) - April 30 to May 27, 2018
  • Developmental Editing of Fiction: Beginner (EFA) - October 15 to November 11, 2018
  • Proofreading 101 (EFA) - May 2019
  • Intro to Editing Graphic Novels (EFA) - July 2019
  • Trans Allyship for Writers and Editors (EFA) - Webinar 2020
  • Sensitivity Reading and Beyond: Empowering Editors to Talk About Conscious Language and Representation (ACES) - Webinar 2020
  • Should Authors Write Characters Different From Themselves? by Writing the Other - Webinar 2021
  • ​Cultural Appropriation: What Is It & How To Avoid It  by Writing the Other - Webinar 2021
  • ACES 2021 (Online)
  • Coaching Writers 2021 - ClubED Freelancers, Classes by Jennifer Lawler
  • Editing Young Adutl Fiction (EFA) - August 2022

Freelancing
Art Assistant/Graphic Designer - Entangled Publishing (2021-Ongoing)
Creating social media packages for EP authors and graphics for promo, ad campaigns, print media, merchandise, and more!
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Acquisitions Editor
- Entangled Publishing (2020-2022)

Events:
  • Romance Slam Jam 2020 - Entangled Publishing Panel
  • Emerald City Writers’ Conference 2020 - Agents and Editors Panel, Pitches
  • ROSACon 2020 - Pitches
  • Savvy Authors - Autumn Pitch Fest 2020, Sweetheart/Spring Pitch Fest 2021, Polish Your Autumn Pitch 2021, Polish Your Spring Pitch 2022
  • IYWM 2021 - Pitches

​Production Editor - Entangled Publishing (2021-2022)
Managing the production process
--title scheduling, packaging meetings, coordinating CE and Proof freelancers, uploading to system and KDP, and more--of all twelve digital imprints: Amara, August, Bliss, Brazen, Crave, Crush, Embrace, Entangled Teen, Indulgence, Lovestruck, Scandalous, Scorched.

Authenticity Reader - Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, and St. Martin's Press (2019-Ongoing)

Audiobook QC Proofer - Penguin Random House Audio (2018-Ongoing)
  • Origen [Spanish] by Dan Brown
  • ¡Buen Día, Buenas Noches! by Lin Manuel Miranda
  • Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
  • The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich and Peter Evanovich
  • The Mister by E.L. James
  • Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson
  • The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
  • Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
  • The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
  • The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
  • Juliet Respira Profundo [Spanish] by Gabby Rivera
  • Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
And more!

Descriptive Copy Translator - Penguin Random House Audio, Spanish and Original Content
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