Local author Jody Hobbs Hesler will read the first page of your short story or full-length manuscript and offer constructive commentary as a jumping off point for a meaningful revision of the entire work. A writer with decades of experience writing and publishing fiction, essays, and other expository work, Hesler also serves as assistant fiction editor for the Los Angeles Review literary journal and has acted as a panelist for the Virginia Festival of the Book’s annual Moseley Speed Critique for the past six years. Whether you’re in the final straits of revision or the earliest drafting stage, Hesler will highlight where your work shines and where it could shine a little brighter, leaving you ready to jump back into the story.
Jody Hobbs Hesler has written ever since she could hold a pencil and now lives and writes in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Growing up, she split time between suburban Richmond, Virginia, and the mountains outside Winchester, Virginia. Experiences of all these regions flavor her writing. She is the author of the novel Without You Here (Flexible Press) and the story collection What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better (Cornerstone Press). She teaches at WriterHouse in Charlottesville, Virginia, and serves as assistant fiction editor for The Los Angeles Review.
