2021/22 Events, Classes & Editorial Services
CLASSES—
I teach verse novel specific classes for The Highlights Foundation. Please check their website for upcoming classes. You may also email me at cordeliaj@gmail.com for more information.
I also teach verse novel specific classes for The Writing Barn. Please see their website for upcoming workshops.
EDITORIAL SERVICES—
I work with verse novelists at every stage of drafting their verse novels. I take on a limited number of clients per year. I offer detailed line edits, developmental story suggestions, an individualized review guide and a follow up call or email. Please email me at cordeliaj@gmail.com for more details.
Testimonials:
“Cordelia’s edit notes hit on so many problems that I knew in my gut needed to be fixed but that I couldn’t bring myself to change, her comments helped make this the story that it needed to be.”
–Aimee Lucido, author of Emmy in the Key of Code
“Thank you so much for your invaluable course materials and feedback as I worked on re-envisioning my manuscript. Your guidance helped me create a path through the thickets!”
–N.P., forthcoming verse novel with a Big Five publisher!
“Cordelia’s kept my manuscript for about three to four weeks, and when
she returned it, I eagerly sat down to read her comments. Her critique was
incredibly thorough. She looked at the novel from a birds-eye view, commenting
on overall structure and pacing. Then she examined each poem, one at a time,
commenting on the structure of the poem and the lyricism of individual lines. She
looked at the image system of the novel, and made suggestions about how to
make it hang together better, and places I could increase tension. She also made
herself available to answer any questions I had about the review.
I feel so fortunate to have discovered Cordelia as an editor, and I will
definitely hire her again for help on my next project.”
–Author Cindy Jenson-Elliott
“I have started and stopped numerous novels during my lifelong dream to write for young people. I lacked the confidence and discipline to complete an entire manuscript. I joined a few writing groups, but I needed more. Then the universe connected me to Cordelia Jensen and everything changed. Her expertise on verse and vignette novels energizes my writing spirit. I always leave our writing conversations feeling both empowered and challenged because she gives feedback that is specific, clear, and actionable. She always starts by telling me what’s working and WHY it’s working. That way I can replicate those techniques as I continue to write.
The questions she poses help me clarify plot and character and drive my revisions. Because of Cordelia, I have a better understanding of story promise and the need to follow it through to the end of the story. With the guidance and encouragement of Cordelia, I am proud to say I have a completed manuscript.”
–Educator Benadette Lambert
Events: SCBWI Mid-Atlantic Faculty Join me on a verse novel panel on Saturday, October 23rd!
To book school visits, book clubs, author panels & events please contact me through this website or at cordeliaj@gmail.com.
You can also contact my publicist Kaitlin Kneafsey, kkneafsley@penguinrandomhouse.com or penguinauthorvisits@gmail.com for SKYSCRAPING / THE WAY THE LIGHT BENDS related events/requests or Brooke Shearhouse bshearhouse@abramsbooks.com for EVERY SHINY THING related events/requests.
