Bettie Business Bureau: Kandi Zeller
BETTIE BUSINESS BUREAU
BETTIE BUSINESS BUREAU
We want Kandi!
My name is Kandi Zeller (she/her), and I’m a writer and editor at the intersections of spirituality, creativity, and justice. I love connecting writers and readers with words that help them find their magic as they resist injustice.
“All shall be well, all shall be well....for there is a Force of Love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us go.” -Julian of Norwich
I edit fiction and nonfiction manuscripts at all levels (manuscript critique, developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading), and I’m a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association and the LGBTQ+ Editors Association. As a disabled and queer survivor of religious trauma, I also write in various spaces about trauma-informed and interfaith spirituality, including at All The Threads, my weekly Substack newsletter, and in my forthcoming book about disability and witchcraft with Microcosm Publishing.
I’ve been writing and editing about spirituality, creativity, and justice since I could hold a pen.
But I wasn’t always free to express my whole self. Today, through my work, I try to create safe spiritual spaces where all are welcome to show up as their magnificent, magical, and unique selves.
What’s the best advice you could give someone looking to move into your field of work?
Be yourself as much as is possible and safe for you. In the creative field of writing and editing, you’re more likely to find projects you love and are passionate about if you can express your magical self fully.
What’s your recipe for the perfect day?
A visit to the bookstore, thrift store, and/or craft store, followed by an evening with friends watching comedy movies—with servings of ice cream, popcorn, and deep conversations.
If you could change one thing to make the world a better place what would it be?
Making more spaces inclusive. I long for a world where, in all spaces, we have a lens of celebration of what makes each of us unique (rather than a lens of hostility against anything new).
