“Re Gwaltney is an excellent sensitivity reader. They provide thorough, actionable, and compassionate feedback in a timely manner, taking into consideration both author's needs and reader expectations. I highly recommend their services to authors who want accurate, empathetic, and thoroughly developed characters, especially in the realms of gender, trauma, psychology, and different physical abilities.”

— Trisha Wooldridge, author of Heart, Wings, and Fire

Services for Writers

Sensitivity Edits ($30/hr)

I offer sensitivity edits for authors writing characters or situations that are outside their lived experience. A sensitivity edit is a specialized developmental edit focusing on a particular element to ensure that it is handled authentically and respectfully without accidentally doing harm to the community in question. Edits will consist of comments in the manuscript (ms) and a 60-minute call with the author and any releveantto discuss my feedback at no extra charge. My primary sensitivity subjects are: 

  • Disability

  • LGBT+ and Nonbinary

  • Polyamory

  • Autism

  • Trauma / Abuse / PTSD

Writing Consulting ($50/1hr + $30/additional hour)

I offer consulting for writers looking to develop concepts into full, workable stories with consistent worldbuilding, compelling characters, fleshed out plotlines, and unified themes. I will also work closely with the writer on improving basic writing skills and tools that will allow them to work independently at a higher level.

I have extensive experience with CYO, dynamic, and branching story structures, especially those compatible with gaming and visual novel formats.

My favored genres:

  • Fantasy

  • Horror / Dark Fantasy

  • Romance (all gender pairings!)

Anything Else

Have any questions or comments? Contact me!

Testimonials

“Re is an experienced sensitivity reader capable of expressing nuanced issues in a nonthreatening way, which made handling the sometimes difficult concerns that they raised as easy as it could be. They brought an organized professionalism to the job along with a great positive attitude, which made them both easy and pleasant to work with. We highly recommend them as a sensitivity reader.”

— Anthony Francis & Liza Olmsted, Editors of Neurodiversiverse

“As a new writer, Re helped me to develop the core components for sustaining a plot and essential elements of storytelling. Throughout the process they were very flexible, kind, and supportive; I thoroughly enjoyed my time during writing consultations with Re!”

— Tiff, Consulting Client