developmental editing

Help turn your idea into a book proposal and/or manuscript; offer strategies to improve structure, clarity, and pacing; suggest rewrites

Linda Tate, PhD | Tate Communications
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A former English professor, I have provided quick, efficient, eagle-eyed editing for both short and long projects for 35 years. Specialties: business, nonprofit, physical sciences, academic (humanities, social sciences), memoir, children’s issues, health/wellness, K-16 education.
Rick Killian | Killian Creative
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Killian Creative has worked with both authors and publishers since 1999 to complete more than 90 manuscripts that have sold over 5.4 million copies combined, including two NYT bestsellers. Our passion is helping mission-driven entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders magnify their messages and build their organizations.
Caitlin Berve, MFA | Ignited Ink Writing, LLC
[email protected]505-402-4599
As an editor, I make your story linger with readers to keep them turning pages until dawn. As a content creator, I ensure your ideal clients know how you can help them reach their burning desires. Specialties: fiction (especially fantasy, mystery, YA), memoir, health care, blogs, tutorial videos.
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I have worked as an acquisitions editor, most recently at an association where I developed books about business, medicine, and pets. I have also been a freelance writer and editor. My personal essays and short stories are published in print and digital publications, and I edited and contributed to an anthology published in 2007. My specialty is developmental editing, and my areas of expertise include business books, memoirs, and fiction for adults and young adults.
Julie Cameron | Landon Literary
[email protected]720-557-7355
I am an award-winning author of novels and screenplays with more than 15 years of experience in content editing, coaching, and fiction writing consultation for writers of any genre both published and not-yet-published. I am highly skilled at converting screenplays into novels for clients.
Jason Brandt Schaefer | Empathic Editing
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Writer, musician, and CU-Boulder English professor Jason Brandt Schaefer specializes in book-length fiction, creative nonfiction, and marketing copy for book jackets, bios, websites, and more. His empathy-based approach to editing delivers feedback with such sensitivity, clients may believe he can actually read their hearts and minds.