Developmental Editing
Manuscript Assessment
If you send me a sample of your writing, and an idea of how long the manuscript is, what you want to do with it, and your deadline, I will be able to give you detailed feedback on areas that I feel need attention from a narrative and conceptual perspective.
Line Edit
If you send me a 10 page sample of your writing, I can produce a sample edit for just USD$50 to see whether you like my amendments. In addition to correct grammar and spelling, I capture a consistency of your voice and strengthen how your prose fits together to convey your story. Once we agree on what you need, and the terms, I will send you a contract.
Developmental Edit
I provide everything in the manuscript assessment service (above) including recommendations on how to structure your manuscript so that it is more marketable as a book. Sometimes authors are too close to the material and cannot see a conceptual way to package their knowledge. I can help you create the right vehicle for your stories.
Bespoke editing and coaching
Maybe you have a manuscript and it has taken you a great deal of blood, sweat and tears to get it to this stage. You need a consultation on how to work on it until it is done, published and out there! Make an appointment for a complimentary call and we can work on a plan for you.
My Approach
Think, sense, feel, act - move, write, read & share
As your editor, I work with all of you. I get to know you as a writer and as a person and find out how you want to receive feedback and we collaborate on how you end up choosing to implement my suggestions (or not!).
I’m a nonfiction book coach, and an embodiment coach. I feel that writers embody their work to the extent that they live and breathe the material, and they also find they cannot gain enough distance from what they have captured on paper (or digitally). They need another set of eyes (and hands and a heart) to give them the perspective they seek. I work with writers on their precious work, through Zoom calling, with presence, compassion and my editorial expertise. I take your response to my feedback seriously and we learn ways to integrate our emotions and processes as we both grow through the editorial relationship.
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