writing coach • storyteller • editor
I’m Emily Jones, writing as Elle Michael River. I write curious fiction and perform heart surgery on manuscripts missing their souls. I’m currently querying my debut, post-apocalyptic horror novel, but when I come up for air from the ruins of the American wasteland, I love penning short stories, blogs, articles, and book reviews. As a writing coach, I've worked on two novels, proofread various short fiction, and workshopped theatrical pieces. I have my MFA in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University and my BA in English from Thomas Edison State University.
I run exclusively on hazelnut coffee, fluffy cats, and an unbridled weirdness some might call creativity, but I'd love to tell you a story. Check out my services below, send me an email to emichaelriver@gmail.com, or scroll to read some of my best work.
I’m Emily Jones, writing as Elle Michael River. I write curious fiction and perform heart surgery on manuscripts missing their souls. I’m currently querying my debut, post-apocalyptic horror novel, but when I come up for air from the ruins of the American wasteland, I love penning short stories, blogs, articles, and book reviews. As a writing coach, I’ve worked on two novels, proofread various short fiction, and workshopped theatrical pieces. I have my MFA in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University and my BA in English from Thomas Edison State University.
I run exclusively on hazelnut coffee, fluffy cats, and an unbridled weirdness some might call creativity, but I’d love to tell you a story. Check out my services below, send me an email to emichaelriver@gmail.com, or scroll to read some of my best work.
Need a clickable content post for your website? A professional, researched article? An inspirational social media post? You provide the topic, and I’ll get people slamming the share button.
$50 per 250 words ($0.25 per word)
Give me your notes, your night terrors, your in-the-moment inspirations, and I’ll find the right words. Whether a novel, a children’s book, scriptwriting or other content, ghostwriting is an intimate passion of mine.
$250 creative fee plus $0.30 per word
Changing industries? No experience? Too much? Employment gaps? No worries! I deliver a polished, professional resume so you can apply for jobs ASAP.
$50 per Resume
Professional feedback on your manuscript’s characters, plot, setting, dialogue, and writing style delivered in a detailed editorial letter.
$15 per 1,000 words
Just started your memoir? Finished a first draft and not sure what’s next? Need a road map to publish your work? I can help. I offer personalized coaching sessions, big-picture revisions, and actionable steps for publishing your book. I work with writers of all skill levels and my sessions are confidential and judgement free. Contact me today for a free consultation.
Send me your drafts or excerpts for a comprehensive sensitivity read to help identify any areas of bias, cultural inaccuracies, problematic stereotypes, offensive language, inauthenticity, or representation issues.
$100 reading fee + $5 per 1k words
Published on Medium: Yesterday, I read a news update from my state’s governor. He’s making changes: changes to how we address the pandemic, changes to how we train our police, changes to how we respond to protests. I think these are needed changes because the status quo isn’t working.
Published on Medium: After a rough day, a meltdown, or a tantrum over a splattered scoop of strawberry ice cream, I take my daughter’s hands and remind her that she has an amazing superpower: at any moment, she can choose to change.
There’s no way around this: you’re a bad writer, but that’s okay because I’m a bad writer too. A bad writer is not the same as an untalented writer. Below are five tips I gave a friend of mine the other night at 2 am (it’s always 2 am).
In 2019, I began work on my novel Her. Like most of my ideas, it started as an image: a mother holding her young daughter, looking out over a crumbling road as a weary sun set on a sickened, dying world. I didn’t know then—how could anyone?
Published on Where Writers Win: A quick checklist for writers looking to live dangerously and forgo an editor. Is your manuscript ready?
So, why write a book if you aren’t guaranteed anyone will even read it? What is the point of pouring hours, months, even years into a story that might never sell a copy?
Mistress of suspense, Rachael Tamayo, is back with another hair-raising thriller. Carnal Knowledge a riveting, heart-pounding, double-check-your-locks-and-close-your-curtains novel about a killer with an unquenchable lust for blood.
Published on APF: I wrote a member story for the APF about my experience living with HCP; I hope my story can show others with chronic illness they are not alone.
I haven’t read enough self-help books to offer an opinion on the genre, but Girl, Wash Your Face caught my attention because of the controversial reviews and the promise of a “cut-that-shit-out” narrative that would shock me into motivation. It was motivating, but probably not in the way Hollis intended it.
There are those books that grab you by your collar, pull you beneath their pages, and drown you in adventure before you’re fifty words in.
Isabella was a single white rose in the midst of half a dozen red ones. Held together by pin and lace, like a delicate, porcelain doll, she paused. Would she melt away if anyone spilled crimson wine on her ivory silhouette?
Elle writes curious fiction about weird, messy people, and performs heart surgery on manuscripts missing their soul. She’s currently revising her debut novel and drinking a lot of wine. When Elle’s not writing, you can find her onstage pretending she’s someone with her life together or panic-eating peanut butter in the upstairs closet.
Elle has her MFA in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University and her BA in English from Thomas Edison State University.
By subscribing to my Patreon, you’re helping put coffee in my cabinet, and I appreciate this more than you know.
In return for your support, you can access exclusive, unfiltered writing content.
Looking for a writer? An editor? A manuscript surgeon because everything’s wrong and the deadlines next week??
I can help. Check out my portfolio or send me an email about your project.
Elle writes curious fiction about weird, messy people, and performs heart surgery on manuscripts missing their soul. She’s currently revising her debut novel and drinking a lot of wine. When Elle’s not writing, you can find her onstage pretending she’s someone with her life together or panic-eating peanut butter in the upstairs closet.
Elle has her MFA in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University and her BA in English from Thomas Edison State University.
By subscribing to my Patreon, you’re helping put coffee in my cabinet, and I appreciate this more than you know.
In return for your support, you can access exclusive, unfiltered writing content.
Looking for a writer? An editor? A manuscript surgeon because everything’s wrong and the deadlines next week??
I can help. Check out my portfolio or send me an email about your project.
