About

Marissa worked in-house in the editorial department of a small education press before briefly switching to freelance editing in fiction, specializing in science fiction and fantasy in the 2010s. Nowadays she keeps a day job in digital marketing while writing novels, novellas, and short stories and maintaining this website.

You can find her writing at Marissa’s Take On column on O.C. Writers.com, where she reviewed 100 books on the craft of writing. If you’d like to hear what she’s up to lately, please sign up for the newsletter.

Marissa holds a Master of Arts Degree in Medieval Studies (Literature Pathway) from the University of Birmingham (UK), as well as a Certificate in Copyediting from the University of San Diego Extension.

She attended Richard Bausch’s Community Writers Workshop and is a regular at local poetry open mics. Ongoingly, she is an active member of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) and founded and coordinated programing for the former Orange County Chapter of the EFA.

Marissa lives in Southern California where she loves gardening, visiting new bookstores, and attending to her many other interests. Her hope is to finish her fantasy novel sooner rather than later.