Manuscript not quite where you want it?  Or have you been sending it around for a while and need a fresh set of eyes? Whether it’s a first book or your 15th, I’d be happy to work with you to find the right shape, rhythm, order, and material for it to take its final form.  I bring years of experience as an editor, decades of experience as student of creative writing, and lifetime as a close attentive reader with excellent insight and intuition.  I can provide macro-level developmental editing as well as finely tuned individual line edits. 

• Line editing
• Developmental editing
• Sequencing, ordering, and manuscript architecture
• Identifying outliers and problem pieces
• Advice on presses and contests to target, as well as overall viability