Editor
Fatima Hassan
A full-process editor, with particular strength carrying a book end to end as a single editor — first read to finished pages.
Selected work — coming soon
Work samples will appear here once available.
The Roster
The professionals behind the work.
Editorial, cover design, audiobook production, ghostwriting, and web — every Westdraft engagement is carried by a named professional with a real track record. Not a gig-economy profile, an offshore queue, or a machine.
Some work shown here was produced for Silent Clamor Press by people who also contribute to Westdraft. It appears as related portfolio work by shared personnel, shown with permission. Silent Clamor Press is a separate, selective publisher; nothing here implies that Westdraft clients are published by Silent Clamor Press.
Editorial
Every editor here can take a manuscript through the entire process — assessment, developmental work, line, copy, and proofreading. Each simply has a stage they're strongest in.
Profile forthcoming
A full-process editor, with particular depth in developmental work — structure, arc, and voice, and the hard decisions a draft needs.
Headshot, full bio, and work samples coming soon.
Profile forthcoming
A full-process editor, with particular depth in the final proofread — consistency, correctness, and publication-readiness once the writing is settled.
Headshot, full bio, and work samples coming soon.
Design & Audio
Profile forthcoming
Custom, hand-made covers — author direction, three concepts to choose from, and two revision rounds of the chosen concept; full print wrap with the ebook cover included.
Headshot, full bio, and cover samples coming soon.
Profile forthcoming
A working audio director with a decade of audiobook production behind him. Casting, directing, dialog editing and mastering, quality control, and distribution-ready files — with optional full sound design and an original score.
Headshot, full bio, and audio samples coming soon.
Words & Web
Profile forthcoming
Builds a full manuscript from interviews, notes, and source material — by application, with scope defined before any work begins. Limited commissions each year.
Headshot, full bio, and work samples coming soon.
Profile forthcoming
Designs and builds a credible public home for the book and its author, with optional ongoing maintenance.
Headshot, full bio, and build samples coming soon.
Story Sessions — available soon
Interviewer & Host
J. Bradley Minnick
Creator & host, Arts & Letters Radio (KUAR · NPR affiliate) · Professor of English, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
For more than a decade, Brad has created and hosted Arts & Letters Radio, a public-radio program celebrating the humanities — recognized among the country's top NPR arts podcasts. He has spent years in the studio drawing stories out of authors and artists and shaping them for the air, which is exactly the craft behind a Story Session: a recorded conversation that finds the book inside your material. He also created the radio spot “Facts About Fiction.”
- Story Sessions — recorded interviews for your book
- Conferring & guidance for writers
- One-on-one tutoring
Who runs Westdraft
John W. Jarrett
Founder
John founded and runs Westdraft, bringing together the editors, designers, and writers on this roster.
Have a manuscript or a project?
Tell us where the book is, and we'll point you to the right person and the right next step.