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Editorial Services
I help authors turn their literary ideas into completed manuscripts that exemplify their vision. Whether you have an idea for a book, a manuscript in development, or a nearly completed draft that needs to be proofread, I offer a variety of services in the medium of editorial preparation.
Consulting.
Consulting services are given at any stage of a project’s development. You may want us to talk about your book upfront, have me write it, and discuss its progress throughout its development. Or, you may want to talk with me while writing the book yourself. Whatever direction you take for your manuscript, our discussion aims to identify and explore the writing components that lead to strong work. The insight you’ll gain from our discussions will strengthen your manuscript and give you the confidence to share it with readers.
Writing.
You have an idea you want to turn into a completed manuscript ready to submit to an agent, publisher, or publish independently. If you hire me as your writer, I will be performing all of the services mentioned in this list, except doctoring, since that is eclipsed by generating a manuscript from scratch.
Doctoring.
You want to revise your manuscript and want new chapters or passages written or extant chapters altered with creative input. Doctoring enhances the quality of a manuscript by changing what’s on the page, often adding new pages to the document, and cutting lines or sections out.
Revising.
Revision involves identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a text, making organizational changes, and clarifying meaning. It may mean a few changes or great sections of the manuscript rewritten. Revision works through the good ideas of an unfinished draft to a completed manuscript that fully expresses your ideas the way you want them to be expressed.
Editing.
Your manuscript has been revised and can be improved by changing punctuation
and word choices and making cuts to bring it to its fullest power of impact. The revising
process should be complete when a manuscript moves into editing. A manuscript needing
editing may be conceptually complete, but its appearance must be improved to be shared
professionally.
Proofreading.
Your manuscript fully expresses your ideas in the way you want them to
be expressed. Proofreading is the process of getting a manuscript ready to be shared
professionally. It is the last step taken to prepare a manuscript for submission to an agent or independent publication.
Our collaboration
Experience
Dedication
Research
Excellent prose
Commitment
Attention to detail
You have my commitment to rapidly developing your story until it is submission-ready. I work only with one author on a book-length project at a time so you get my full attention while we collaborate. We will devise a submission schedule built around your timetable, so you'll get new pages when you want to see them. If you want to see changes to the developing text, I'll quickly make the rewrite needed. Ideas come at any time of the day, so I am reachable at any time while we are developing your book together. In a few months - often six to eight - you're book will be ready to submit to agents and publishers. With 25 years of experience behind our collaboration, you get dedicated research and excellent prose.
Are you ready to write your book?
I work with only you while we develop your book until it is complete.
Whether you want your ghostwriter to dive into the work and return six months later with the finished manuscript, or you want weekly updates on the action, we’ll work with the structure you want, and the result will be what you envision your book to be.
In our call, we will discuss your book idea, your goals for it, and how we would work together. If you want me to write your book, we'll schedule a follow up meeting to dive in to your idea and give it all the time it needs.