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.
Brianna De Man
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
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
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.
Alayna Drollinger
Ever since her Pennsylvania days of writing poems on a wooden swing, Alayna Drollinger has pursued beautiful words in whatever form they might take—novels, poems, history, friendly anecdotes, etc. In her quest to fill the world with words, she has dedicated herself to encouraging writers in their creative journeys and helping them draw the most potential out of their work.
Alayna has a degree in English at Cedarville University, along with minors in Creative Writing, Editing & Publishing, and History. She works at the university writing center and leads a creative writing workshop, helping students and aspiring writers cultivate their craft.
Meghan Wells
Meghan Wells has woven stories since her single-digit years. Obsessed with words and imagined worlds, she seeks to shape ideas, polish prose, and illuminate stories that make life more beautiful. With a love for writers, she empowers every brand of storyteller.
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Meghan holds a Bachelor’s in English, along with minors in Creative Writing and Editing & Publishing. For two years she served as a yearbook copyeditor and an editor of her university’s literary journal. Currently she teaches high school English. Her creative work can be found in The Cedarville Review.
Grace Thornsbury
Raised by an engineer and a history teacher, Grace Thornsbury has always had a passion for storytelling, as well as a desire to understand the world as it is and could be. In poems, essays, and short stories, she loves to parse out truth through precise and intentional language. More than anything, Grace loves to invest in other writers and help their work shine.
Currently, Grace works as a tutor and freelance editor. She completed her B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Editing & Publishing.
Taylor Brown
Having grown up with a paintbrush in one hand and a book in the other, Taylor Brown has always loved the colorful characters and vivid imagery that bring a piece to life. She is fascinated with the artistry of storytelling and enjoys developing rounded, realistic characters in worlds drenched in symbolism and rhetorical language. No matter the genre, Taylor aims to help writers create meaningful works and bring out their inner artist.
Taylor has a Bachelor’s degree in Professional Writing and Information Design at Cedarville University and minors in Creative Writing and Honors from Cedarville University. She has completed written, artistic, and graphic design commissions for universities and individual clients alike. A fan of the sciences, Taylor has also had experience as a technical writer for Cedarville University’s IT department and has a love for nature and the outdoors.​
Rachel Freise
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.
