About Us
Honeycomb Author Services began in early 2023 when a group of like-minded friends decided to take on the publishing industry. With professional editors and inspiring writers working hard every day, we love our little hive this side of the Internet!
Meet our team!
From bookworm to busy bee, we have a devoted team whose biggest passion is helping authors.
Rachel Freise
Managing Editor
Rachel Freise is and has always been a storytelling nerd. She specializes in fantasy novel writing and editing, but her eye for descriptive detail and intuition for grammar and linguistics apply quite nicely to anything with words. As a child, she assumed everyone had an inner spellcheck like she did, since she spent most of her time reading. Luckily, she has since gained social skills through ren faires and comic cons, having discovered cosplay as another form of storytelling.
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Rachel holds a Bachelor's degree in English, paired with a Creative Writing minor, from Cedarville University. While there, she dabbled in multimedia storytelling with the Inklings and founded the RPG Alliance, a student org for TTRPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons.
Brianna De Man
Associate Editor
From stapling construction-paper books together at eight years old to being in the publishing industry for the past three years, Brianna De Man has always been a lover of all things creative. She strives to amplify author's voices through her work and rekindle their passion for storytelling.
Brianna currently works as a full-time Content Editor for Our Daily Bread Ministries. She first gained industry experience as an associate editor and project coordinator for Innovo Publishing LLC, then as the Lead Line Editor and Proofreader for Story-weaver Publishing LLC. She has a Bachelor's in Professional Writing and Information Design and minors in Editing and Publishing and TESOL from Cedarville University.
Gabrielle Ham
Associate Editor
Even before Gabrielle Ham could read, she was fascinated by stories. From making books with scraps of fabric as a toddler, to spending nights scribbling stories on printer paper in middle school, to running the creative club in college, storytelling has been a central feature in her life. Now she works to help other storytellers strengthen their craft and recognize the potential in their novels.
Gabrielle currently works as a freelance editor, helping writers cultivate strong stories and clear prose. She has a Bachelor's in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Editing & Publishing from Cedarville University.
Emily Vest
Associate Editor
Emily Vest has always loved storytelling, from orchestrating adventures with her backyard neighbors to working on her own fantasy novels to pursuing a career in publishing. Now, she hones her passion for writing and editing by helping fellow writers polish their own stories and reach publishing success.
Currently, Emily serves as the Fiction Publicist for Bethany House, an imprint of Baker Publishing Group. She first entered the industry as the Lead Developmental Editor with Story-weaver Publishing LLC and a proofreader with Innovo Publishing LLC. You can read her published works in Adelaide Literary Magazine, The Albion Review, and The Cedarville Review. She has a Bachelor's in English Literature and minors in Creative Writing and Editing & Publishing from Cedarville University.