As a cultural consultant, authenticity and sensitivity reader with a background in post-colonial literature, I help both fiction and nonfiction writers craft richer narratives and storylines, more vivid, natural settings and more nuanced, multi-dimensional themes, characters and imagery. My aim is not to censor or “cancel-proof” your work but to enrich and strengthen it.
As an authenticity reader, I’m a lot like your very own subject-matter expert or cultural consultant. By giving you my personal insight, knowledge and lived experience on a particular topic, I’ll help you accurately capture an experience, culture or identity that’s outside your own.
You will get thoughtful, informed criticism on your framing of a subject, and a review of your work which addresses any inaccurate representations, harmful stereotypes or cultural assumptions.
Ageism, older female imagery, Black female imagery, Black hair/Afro hair, women’s issues, Caribbean culture, natural heritage, natural environments and island landscapes.