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    </div><p id="2d67">I’ll put my money where my mouth is. Here are <a href="https://stephenieedits.com/testimonials">testimonials</a> for what it’s like to work with me. Given the rough and almost comically ignorant circumstances in which I was raised, it’s a miracle anyone likes me at all. For people to tell me that working with me changed their lives and their careers…well that fills me with a joy I never thought would belong to me.</p><figure id="0225"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*wxEKbcBQUJh43eBm.jpg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><blockquote id="a4a5"><p><b>SEE ALSO: “<a href="https://thedrillmag.com/missing-a-step-crafting-your-unique-writing-lifestyle-to-embolden-creativity/">Missing A Step? Crafting Your Unique Writing Lifestyle To Embolden Creativity</a>”</b> — Michael Lee Simpson interviews Stephenie Magister at Drill Magazine (offsite link)</p></blockquote><p id="ea49"><a href="https://readmedium.com/buy-this-book-today-so-you-can-read-it-tomorrow-a52de5a8c3b8">Here’s</a> one of my most recent authors celebrating her debut novel shattering every expectation of what an author can accomplish when they thought their best years were behind them.</p><div id="595f" class="link-block">
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    </div><p id="4462"><a href="https://readmedium.com/avengers-age-of-consent-9b157f33e9ce">Here’s</a> something I wrote recently. Not every editor can also write, but holy heck when they can! (that’s me yay ❤)</p><div id="02b0" class="link-block">
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    </div><p id="96f7">If you want me to wow you with some storytelling of my own, check out these queer retellings of popular characters.</p><p id="41ec"><b>QUEER RETELLINGS</b>

<a href="https://readmedium.com/wait-the-little-mermaid-was-trans-part-1-of-4-e835f0afce80">Wait…the Little Mermaid was trans?</a> <a href="https://readmedium.com/wait-doctor-strange-is-non

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How To Support Your Girl (that’s me!)

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Hi, it’s Stephenie!

Believe it or not, I do this for a living.

After everything it took me to get here, I still can’t believe it either.

PREVIOUS MEMOIR SHORTS I Am Trash (surviving trans conversion therapy) Kite The Book I Risked My Job To Publish That One Time my Beard Saved my Life I Was Today Years Old When I Understood My Family Sent Me to Trans Conversion Therapy What Do I Do Now That The World Didn’t End? (…yet) How to Support Your Girl

BUT I’M OKAY NOW! :) I’ve spent over the last ten years helping people tell and sell their stories. A few of them — like The Penthouse Prince by Virginia Nelson (Paperback, Kindle, and Audible editions) — even hit the USA Today best-seller list and won awards. That book is perfect for fans of Jerry Maguire.

I’ll put my money where my mouth is. Here are testimonials for what it’s like to work with me. Given the rough and almost comically ignorant circumstances in which I was raised, it’s a miracle anyone likes me at all. For people to tell me that working with me changed their lives and their careers…well that fills me with a joy I never thought would belong to me.

SEE ALSO: “Missing A Step? Crafting Your Unique Writing Lifestyle To Embolden Creativity — Michael Lee Simpson interviews Stephenie Magister at Drill Magazine (offsite link)

Here’s one of my most recent authors celebrating her debut novel shattering every expectation of what an author can accomplish when they thought their best years were behind them.

Here’s something I wrote recently. Not every editor can also write, but holy heck when they can! (that’s me yay ❤)

If you want me to wow you with some storytelling of my own, check out these queer retellings of popular characters.

QUEER RETELLINGS Wait…the Little Mermaid was trans? Wait…Doctor Strange is non-binary?? (SPECIAL GUEST: non-binary literary agent Naomi Davis)

HOW TO SUPPORT STEPHENIE/TRANSGENDER SOAPBOX

If any of my content brings you a moment of comfort, hope, and confidence, consider all these different ways to practice Good Patronage.

FREE PATRONAGE: Hold that CLAP button until it reaches your max (each person can add +50 claps). Subscribe to me and your other favorite authors. Click that Newsletter icon so you get notified every time I publish something new (I hope you like a lot of content muahahahahahahahaha).

PAID PATRONAGE: If you sign up for a subscription at Medium (it’s only $5!!!), you support me providing more content like this.

SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE: Everyone who uses this link to subscribe to Audible supports me here on Medium (and beyond). May I recommend Stephen King’s On Writing (offsite links)? Then read what me and Jeffrey Reddick (creator of Final Destination) had to say about Steebo Kingo while he was too busy writing.

HIRE ME TO HELP TELL YOUR STORY: Listen, I too often skip to the end of the article first. But if you started at the top, you saw that I’ve been an editor for best-selling and award-winning books for over a decade. Ready for me to help you tell and sell YOUR story? Head to Stephenie Edits (offsite link).

TIPS: Or you can just buy me a Ko-Fi :)

| SUPPORT ME FOR FREE | SUPPORT ME FOR $5 | HIRE ME TO HELP TELL YOUR STORY (offsite link)| SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIBLE (offsite link)| BUY ME A COFFEE (offsite link)

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NOTE: this article was written while listening to Aretha Franklin

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