About House of Words

House of Words is a boutique editorial collective founded by four accomplished writers and editors — Annie Ward, Ann Marie Jackson, Laureen Vonnegut, and Lindsay Moran.

Our careers and friendship span continents, genres, and decades of storytelling, and now we are colleagues with a shared desire: to foster the work of other aspiring writers in the same way we did for one another over the years. 

Not only will we help you to elevate your work, but we hope to make writing a friendlier experience by inviting you to work with us. 

At House of Words, you will find accomplished professionals, but we are also approachable, present, and deeply invested in helping you produce the best work possible. We handle a wide range of projects including fiction and nonfiction, film scripts, treatments and pitches, books and articles, early drafts, and final manuscripts. Some clients come to us for deep, developmental collaboration; others for precise, line-level editorial support. In every case, our approach is the same: rigorous, thoughtful, and grounded in respect for the writer’s voice.  

We are not just editors. At our core, we are storytellers with hard-earned industry wisdom alongside idealistic vision. And we believe in the power of strong editing not just to refine a piece of writing, but to elevate it and bring clarity, structure, and impact to ideas that deserve to be heard. Whether working with first-time authors or seasoned voices, we are committed to helping writers shape their work with confidence, and to supporting stories that might otherwise go untold.