A comprehensive review of your query letter, synopsis, and first 10 pages with inline comments.
Everything included in the submission package critique and a 30 minute consultation for querying strategy and materials.
A comprehensive developmental edit of your short story complete with in-line comments and an edit letter
In-depth edit pass focused on plot, pacing, character arcs, and story structure with in-line comments and a comprehensive edit letter.
Sensitivity reads covering Sri Lankan, Diasporic Indian and Tamil cultures, Diaspora, Displacement, LGBTQIA+, race, class, neurodiversity, and more.
A 30 min call to discuss cultural and sensistivity issues across your work.
Refines writing style at the sentence level to improve clarity and readability while preserving your unique voice.
Final pass to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and minor style or formatting errors.
Rukman Ragas is an award-winning writer and editor from Sri Lanka. He was mentored by Christa Desir (Editorial Director of Bloom/Sourcebooks) through the Tessera Editorial programme. Rukman currently is a fiction editor at Otherside Spec magazine, a writing mentor for the We Are Not Numbers (WANN) programme, and a freelance editor specialising in short fiction, submission package critiques, sensitivity reading, and developmental editing. They were also the Octavia E Butler scholar for the 2025 Clarion West workshop.
Rukman’s sensitivity reading expertise includes Sri Lankan, South Indian, and Tamil culture, diaspora and immigrant experiences, decolonial and anticolonial perspectives, climate fiction, neurodivergence, language, LGBTQIA+ representation, racism and colorism. They work in kidlit and adult fiction across picture books, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance, and thrillers.