Ciara SmithCiara Smith was raised by an editor who instilled in her a love of reading and writing. In her youth, she penned short stories, but left writing behind when she joined the US Navy. But, of course, that love for words never wavered even during her service, and she readily volunteered to edit and review any and all paperwork, reports, and regulations she could get her hands on. After becoming a parent to two beautiful daughters, she decided to leave the military to pursue various creative arts and returned to her first love of writing and editing.
Ciara earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and joined a small press as a freelance editor. She provides editing and beta reading services to friends she's made in the writing community and is elated at the chance to support authors even more as she builds her list at Corvisiero. Ciara is especially excited for the opportunity to champion diverse, ND, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ authors. |
If you would like to query Ciara, please submit your query through Marisa's box and address it to her.
Ciara has a wide range of interests from YA to NA and Adult. Particularly she's interested in:
Nonfiction:
Tropes I'm Excited to Discover:
Anti-MSWL
Ciara has a wide range of interests from YA to NA and Adult. Particularly she's interested in:
- Fantasy that's a little unconventional and weird. Or cozy like LEGENDS & LATTES.
- Would love to see African, Asian, or Indian secondary worlds and/or mythologies à la THE POPPY WAR, KAIKEYI, and THE GILDED ONES, and morally gray characters like GIDEON THE NINTH.
- Would love to be immersed in an epic secondary world fantasy.
- Science Fiction that is very futuristic, particularly space operas, aliens, and really craving cyberpunk.
- Also love cozy in science fiction, A LONG WAY TO A SLOW ANGRY PLANET, and morally gray characters like in THE MURDERBOT DIARIES.
- Literary Speculative/Dystopian Fiction that makes me worry about the world in the way that THE HANDMAID'S TALE and THE POWER did.
- Romantasy that has an element that I haven’t seen. (Only form of romance I am seeking at this time)
- Historical Fiction that will make me cry like THE MIDWIFE OF AUSCHWITZ or that has the same feeling as reading Jane Austen. Ancient cultures, like the Roman empire or Chinese dynasties, are a huge plus.
- Horror that makes me scared of the bumps in the night.
- Thriller and suspense that have me on the edge of my seat from the first page.
- Military fiction that shows the complex feelings of serving, both in war time and in between, or the transition to civilian life. Prefer own experiences at this time.
- Any genre blending of the above.
- In all of these, I would love ND, disabled, LGBTQIA+, and BIPOC #ownvoices
Nonfiction:
- Pagan, witch, or spiritual nonfiction that helps expand minds and witch practices
- Memoirs from marginalized experiences or military (particularly women) personnel
Tropes I'm Excited to Discover:
- Rivals or enemies to lovers
- Star-crossed lovers
- Found family
- Deal with the Devil
- Dysfunctional Family
- Ticking clock
- Twist Ending
- High Stakes
- Grumpy/sunshine
Anti-MSWL
- Age gap romance
- Strong Christian elements
- SA or violent murder in the first chapter (later is ok, with trigger warnings)
- Mystery
- Picture Book
- Middle grade
- Contemporary without speculative elements unless requested
- Women’s fiction
- Time travel
- Child brutality or abuse on the page, or implied without consequences