Book Proposal Assistance

Need assistance in shaping your book proposal? Want help with sample chapters, query letters, market research, or the basic formatting and presentation involved with a professional book proposal?  I can help.  Use the contact page to inquire about scheduling and costs.

Social Media Guidance & Brand Building

Do you realize you must have a social media presence as a writer, but have no idea what that involves?  Do you believe you have something valuable to say and want to effectively get it out into the world?  Whether you need help setting up an author website, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, or an author page on Facebook, I can assist you in finding and polishing your message and building your brand.  As a professor teaching professionals to brand themselves for the past ten years, I have a wealth of knowledge to share. Use the contact page to inquire about scheduling and costs.  Online workshops or in person intensives are available.

Basic Editing/Comprehensive Editing/Proofreading

With more than 40 years of editing experience -- I was a child prodigy, what can I say? -- and three years' teaching experience helping college students hone and polish their editing and proofreading skills, I can assist you in making your prose shine. Whether you need basic editing (grammar, formatting), comprehensive editing (a holistic approach that includes everything from grammar, punctuation, and spelling to formatting, set up, font choice and visuals), or proofreading (a simple, once over for typos just prior to publication), I can help make your writing the best it can possibly be. Use the contact page to inquire about scheduling and costs.

Manuscript Review & Feedback

Having trouble working the kinks out of your story?  Getting lost in unrelated details that derail your narrative? Weighing your prose down with enough detritus to sink the Titanic?  I can help you 'kill your darlings' and clean up the mess afterward.  Every writer needs someone who can help find the diamonds in 'coal chute' and polish them up.  If you want honest (but not harsh) criticism and assistance with creating your best work, contact me about helping you to doctor your manuscript and get it to sing. Use the contact page to inquire about scheduling and costs.

Building a Room of Your Own as a Writer

Want a writer's life? Want to find a way to effectively make a living doing something that makes your soul soar?  Want to wake up every day excited about the work you are doing?  I can help you to find your way into creative and deeply satisfying work, just like I did.  I left the corporate grind and built a room of my own. It wasn't easy. It wasn't always pretty, but I found my way into a life of teaching and writing. Whether you want to set up a home writing business, work as an editor, build your own publishing empire, or simply write a memoir to leave as a legacy to your family, I can show you how it's done. Use the contact page to inquire about scheduling and costs.

The typical hourly rate for most intensive editing and review projects can be done on an hourly basis or by page/length of the project.  Editing costs run between $50 - 75 an hour or $3 - 5 per typewritten page.

Writing mentoring is done on a project basis and depends on the time commitment and the number of writing and review sessions we schedule.

Please use the contact me page to reach out to me if you are interested in these services. Once we discuss pricing and details, you can pay via the Products and Services page.