Here’s what I love about what I do

I help people get heard. We work together to bring their ideas to life, their authentic voice to the fore, their story told.

Here's what I hate about what I do even though I've spent the last almost 40 years doing: the writing part. At least the getting-started part. And the finishing-up part. (Weirdly I like the squishy middle part.) I'm like James Michener (“I'm not a good writer. I'm a good re-writer”) without the tan. Or maybe Gloria Steinem (“I do not like to write. I like to have written”) without the groovy hair. I hate that first draft. Really really hate it.* 

I've worked with hundreds of authors; the ones I love the most share that 3:00 a.m. Dark Night of the Soul conviction that everything they've written is total bat guano. As a published author, I've been there myself. So I understand where you're coming from.

I don't care if you think you're not a good writer. I'll make you better. And we'll have barrels-of-monkeys fun doing it.

Here's how I can be of service:

Book Proposal Development
I spent 21 years as a professional book editor reading and evaluating these; I've spent the last 19 years writing them. I know what sells; I write the proposals that contain exactly the elements top-level agents and editors need and want.
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Manuscript Review
I've worked with dozens of best-selling authors in fiction and nonfiction. I offer three levels of service to help you deliver a polished, publishable manuscript.
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Private Editorial Services
I write, edit, and ghostwrite blogs, websites, promotional materials, you name it.
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Private Writing Coaching
I'll kick your authorial ass in a loving and life-affirming way.
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College Admissions Essays
Oh, joy! It's College admissions time! And you have no idea how to write that all-important essay or personal statement—not to mention all those supplemental ones—because you have no idea what to say, and no idea where to start, and the whole process is just scary as all hell. Don't worry; I can help.
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Stay tuned for more info on my upcoming Book Proposal Tele-Seminar and Book Proposal Retreat!

*Here is a partial list of all the stuff I did while assiduously avoiding drafting this page: Googled writing quotes. Dug out my copy of Bird by Bird so I could read Anne Lamott on writing and still call it work. Played a few games of Chain Factor. (Do not. Do not. Do not go on chainfactor.com or you'll never do an honest day's work again.) Let the cats in and out a few dozen times. Checked the Dow. Posted on Facebook. I could go on, oh lordy, how I could go on.