Warm Blanket Books

Warm Blanket Book (n.)

1. Your go-to read on dull, rainy days when all you want to do is wrap up in a warm, cuddly blanket, and settle into your favorite comfy chair with a hot drink by your side.
2. A literary adventure that whisks you away to another place and time, wrapping you in beautiful prose and timeless storytelling.
3. The combination of your creativity and style with our knack for drawing out and fine-tuning the best aspects of your manuscript.

Julie Paris is a Raleigh-based editor with a passion for helping authors to shape their book manuscripts into Warm Blanket Books, the kind of books you reach for when you want to sit down in your favorite chair, cuddle up with a blanket, and go on a memorable literary adventure.

Raised in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, she graduated with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she double majored in Spanish and communication studies. Julie went on to earn her juris doctor at the UNC School of Law. After five years as a civil rights litigator, she found herself longing for a career that would allow her to showcase her artistic creativity and further nurture her love for fantastic writing, gorgeous diction, and the beauty of a well-told story.

She dove headfirst into the editing world, working as an acquisition and line editor for Literary Wanderlust. Simultaneously, she served as a proofreader with Joffe Books in London, reviewing their books as a last stop before publishing. She continues to reach out to writers and other editors alike, inspired by and learning from each artist. She is intensely devoted to the literary world and the people in it, and she is grateful for each opportunity to help an author reach her or his greatest potential.

Julie is a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network and the Freelancers Union.

Warm Blanket Books offers a full range of book coaching and editorial services, from guiding you through those difficult stages of developing your plot to proofreading your final draft before you publish your work.

Editiorial Services

• Developmental Editing
• Copyediting
• Proofreading

Manuscript Assessment

• Written Assessment (includes a follow-up phone call)
• One hour phone consultation

Book Coaching

Our rates fall within industry standards. Please contact us for a rate quote on your project.

“Julie Paris is an excellent proofreader. She has a wonderful work ethic and pays great attention to detail. She is enthusiastic and hardworking. I highly recommend her.” Jasper Joffe, Publisher, Joffe Books (London).

“Julie has an incredible ability to interact well with authors and is very thoughtful with regard to acquisitions and editing tasks. She is energetic, adaptable, and eager, as well as thoughtful and willing to learn.”    – Susan Brooks, Editor in Chief, Literary Wanderlust

“Julie is an excellent editor! Friendly, encouraging, professional and incredibly smart. When she advises changes, she always has solid, well-thought out reasons for doing so. This is invaluable to an author like me who has trouble seeing the forest for the trees.  My manuscript is so much better for having worked with her on it!”     –Ches Smith, Author, The Author is Dead

Warm Blanket Books
Julie Paris, Editor
julie@warmblanketbooks.com

For rates and further information about our services, contact Julie directly via email or the form below.