Francesca G. Varela | Author, Nature Writer, & Copy Editor

 2025 Francesca Varela

My books range from realistic fiction to sci-fi, taking readers from Oregon forests to dystopian trash islands to alien planets. I’m honored to be the recipient of the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Award for Science Fiction and the 2014 Moonbeam Bronze Medal for Best First Book.

COPY EDITING

FOR INDIE AUTHORS

My editing style focuses on more than just punctuation and grammar—I spend just as much time looking at the prose itself, providing in-depth feedback on sentence structure, word choice, and flow. Most of my clients are indie authors who write romance, fantasy, and science fiction, but I’m open to all genres. Head to the editing page for testimonials, FAQs, and more. Now booking clients for summer and fall 2025!

A BLOG CELEBRATING

THE OUTDOORS

My nature writing blog, All the Winds of the World, explores the human connection to the more-than- human world, inviting readers to develop a sense-of- place by learning more about the plants and animals around them.

AWARD-WINNING NOVELS

ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD

The Independent Publisher Book Award gold medal.

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards bronze medal

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COPY EDITING FOR

INDIE AUTHORS

My editing style focuses on more than just punctuation and grammar—I spend just as much time looking at the prose itself, providing in- depth feedback on sentence structure, word choice, and flow. Most of my clients are indie authors who write romance, fantasy, and science fiction, but I’m open to all genres. Head to the editing page for testimonials, FAQs, and more.

AWARD-WINNING

NOVELS ABOUT THE

NATURAL WORLD

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I write about sense-of- place, connecting with nature, and exploring the outdoors on my nature writing blog, All the Winds of the World.

NATURE WRITING

The cover of Francesca's novel, The Seas of Distant Stars.

The cover of Francesca's Novel, Blue Mar.

The cover of Francesca's novel, Call of the Sun Child.

ALL THE WINDS OF

THE WORLD BLOG

Notebooks, envelopes, and a cup of coffee on a table

Hi there! I’m Francesca Varela, a freelance copy editor and the author of four environmentally- themed novels: Call of the Sun Child, Listen, The Seas of Distant Stars, and Blue Mar.