C.J. is available for manuscript critiques of both short stories and novels. Please use the contact form to query for pricing and availability. Since 2009, C.J. has been guiding graduate MFA students on their paths toward short story and novel publication. She designed and implemented the novel writing track of courses offered at Rosemont that has seen students and alumni sell their books to Big Five Publishers and win national awards. 

Editorial

Editorial Director, Philadelphia Stories, Inc. • 2012-2023

Fiction Editor and Co-Publisher Philadelphia Stories (Literary Magazine) • 2004-2012

Editor and Publisher, PS Books • 2008-2022

Edited—PS Books

The Best of Philadelphia Stories, 10th Anniversary Edition (2014)

Extraordinary Gifts (2014)

Forgotten Philadelphia (2013)

The Best of Philadelphia Stories Volume 2 (2009)

The Best of Philadelphia Stories 2004-2006 (2007)

Supervised Student Editors

50 over 50, various (2015-2016) Anthology

Another Breath, various (2014) Anthology

Home with Henry, Anne Kaier (2014) Memoir

Feig, Richard Bank (2014) Novel

Second Oldest, Blythe Davenport (2013) Poetry

Yield Signs Don’t Exist Kathryn Ionata Poetry 

Come As You Are (sequel to Broad Street) Christine Weiser (2015-2016) Novel