Francesca Varela

Copy Editor, Nature Writer, & Author

COPY EDITING FOR ROMANCE AUTHORS

I’m a freelance copy editor who specializes in romance, sci-fi, and fantasy novels. Sign up for a free 1,000-word sample edit today!

ENVIRONMENTAL NOVELS

My environmentally themed novels explore topics like climate change, pollution, and the human place in nature.

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NATURE WRITING BLOG

I write weekly blog posts celebrating the beauty of the Pacific Northwest through poetry, prose-poetry, and lyrical narratives.

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Copy Editing for Romance, Sci-Fi, & Fantasy Authors

Let’s take your writing to the next level! As a copy editor, I provide in-depth feedback on sentence structure, word choice, writing style, and mechanical errors. My goal? To make your manuscript the best it can be!

I’m currently booking new clients, and I offer a free 1,000-word sample edit! Head to the editing page for testimonials, FAQs, and more information about the copy editing process.

Editing

Francesca Varela is a member of the Northwest Editors Guild

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Nature writing blog

A Blog Celebrating the Outdoors

My nature writing blog 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.

Blog

Poetry

Snow Clouds

Francesca

March 1, 2026

1–2 minutes

The clouds are threaded with mountain-pink, andthe kind of muted purple that reflects from pondwater as it lies still at the moment of dusk, and the ravens blink the snow away, calling in their Cascade dialects, throaty songsthat catchin the fir needles like sunlight, and the snow falls in patches between the canopy and atop
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Rain on the Ocean

February 8, 2026
Moonlight on the Windowsill

February 3, 2026
Fallow

January 13, 2026

Environmental FICTION

Award-Winning Novels About the Natural World

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.

Books