About Riot Dogg
Started by Alex S. Johnson in 2015 as a one-man operation, Riot Dogg Editing Services has expanded into a cooperative venture that unites independent editors and proofreaders under one umbrella. Customers have a choice of working with any of our ultra-capable people.
Alex S. Johnson received his Master's degree in English Literature with a Rhetoric and Composition emphasis from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 2005, and taught English composition at a number of different campuses in the Southern California area. He is also the author of numerous works of fiction and poetry, including Bad Sunset, The Death Jazz and Wicked Candy. As an editor he has worked with authors on a variety of books, such as business manuals, novels, anthologies, short story collections and a New York Times bestselling memoir, Seeing Lessons by Tom Sullivan.
Alex is comfortable with most genres of fiction, especially horror and fantasy, non-fiction of all kinds, writing for children and YA.
He offers line-by-line editing for spelling, grammar, punctuation, rhythm, point of view, plot, structural problems, consistency, and more. He will offer suggestions or ask questions and stay in touch with the author throughout the editing process to ensure their needs are being met. He also offers straight proofreading in which he scans the text for all errors.
Donna Marie West is an educator, translator, author, and editor. As an author, she has published over 250 articles, short stories, and even a few poems in a variety of magazines, websites, and anthologies. As an editor, she has worked on some two dozen novels, including Beyond the Vale (Kerry Alan Denney), Fiction (Ryan Lieske), Dark Intentions and A Kingdom's Fall (Jonathan Ondrashek), and Zombified: Head Hunter (Kindra Sowder and Santiago Cirilo), as well as several collections of short stories and poems by New Zealand author John Irvine.
Donna is comfortable with most genres (particularly paranormal, sci-fiction, mystery, and historical), fiction and non-fiction, British and American English, writing for children, YA, and adult.
She offers line-by-line editing for spelling and grammar, continuity, structure, and plot problems, and goes through every story at least twice. She will research anything she has doubts about. She communicates regularly with the author with questions and suggestions in a sincere desire to help the author make the story or article the very best it can be.
David B. Harrington is a published author with over two dozen short stories, poems and a novella to his credit. David is well read in most genres, both fiction and nonfiction. When it comes to proofreading, David's philosophy is simple: Like a blemish on a beautiful woman's face, one single misspelled word can tarnish an entire story. With a sharp eye for detail, David is very meticulous at sniffing out even the smallest mistakes.
Shawn Pfister is a writer and editor. She has published short stories, young adult horror in various anthologies through the years, including her own compilation, My Vampire Prom Date and Other Stories.
Shawn prefers editing children’s books, young adult, and romance works, but is comfortable with most genres. Her services can vary from simple proofreading for grammar and spelling mistakes up to a full, in depth edit that can include consistency, continuity, fact checking, and basically pointing out any nitpicky thing that a reader may call the author out on.