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CaTyra is an amazing editor! It was a true pleasure working with someone as anal as I am. Our most profound moment while working together was when she told me to remember, “We are shooting for excellence over perfection.” That is when I knew that I was in the right hands.
Tysharda Thomas
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The absolute best of the best! When loooking for a great writing team or service. Please DON’T HESITATE to work with this team. I recently asked the team to take a look at one of my essays. They did an EXCELLENT job!. They refined the writing in such a way that made things even more clear to the reader and the overall audience
Mark Nixon
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Thank you Ms. Polland!! It is a pleasure running into a woman who wants to see you do your best!”The Praying Force” is my very first book! She helped me to think beyond the ordinary, and meet people where they are! I would definitely use her services again!! Book number two, here I go!!! Teamwork!!!
Angela Hall
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Meet The Founder
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CaTyra Polland, M.A.
CaTyra Polland, M.A. is the founder and CEO of Love for Words (an MWBE editing and copywriting boutique for writers and authors.) Through Love for Words, CaTyra helps creative people with professional editing services while supporting their creative vision. In this capacity, she serves as an editor, mentor, and supporter of each writer’s creation. She is also a published author, poet, and keynote speaker.
Her ambition garnered recognition as a 2023 ATHENA International Finalist, 2023 Rochester Business Journal Elevating Women Honoree, 2018 Rochester Business Journal 40 Under 40 Honoree, and a national Point of Light Honoree.
She created the Literacy Love Scholarship for high school students in Rochester, NY. She is also the hostess of Editor Knows Best, an international podcast for literary creatives. Last but not least, CaTyra founded National Black Authors Day (May 4), and she mentors up-and-coming editors.
CaTyra’s mission is to promote literacy, empower others, and see her wildest dreams come to fruition.
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American Fiction: The Plight & Pleasure of Black Authors
Special thanks to the Rochester Association of Black Journalists for inviting me to be a panelist to discuss the critically-acclaimed movie, American Fiction. Also, thanks to Ebony Nicole Smith for being the moderator. Side note: I'm the one in the red hat! I...
Elevating Women Honoree
Congratulations! I want to be the first to congratulate you and your organization on being named one of the Rochester Business Journal’s inaugural 2023 Elevating Women award winners. Winners were selected by an internal panel of judges based on a variety of criteria...
Rochester NY, Newest “IT GIRL” CaTyra Polland
This post was originally published on Black Womens Voices May 9, 2023 In a time when literacy rates point to a complex picture for educational disparities in the United States. From elementary, high school for students of color are often at a disadvantage....
National Black Authors Day was established in Rochester: Here’s how to celebrate
This post was originally published on democratandchronicle.com by Robert Bell of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle CaTyra Polland noticed a gap in exposure for Black Authors, so the local writer took matters into her own hands and established the first Black Authors...
Rochester celebrates first ever National Black Authors Day
This post was originally published on Rochester Beacon by WHAM Staff Thu, May 4th 2023, 11:28 PM EDT Rochester, N.Y. — Rochester celebrated the first ever National Black Authors Day on Thursday. The holiday was started by author and Rochester native CaTyra Polland to...
A day for Black authors
This post was originally published on Rochester BeaconBy JACOB SCHERMERHORN | December 9, 2022When Rochester editor and author CaTyra Polland started the process of creating National Black Authors Day earlier this year, she viewed it as filling a gap.“This is a way to...
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