Coaching Packages

  • Brush and Paint

    If you want monthly accountability to help you finish your writing goals, this coaching package just might be for you.

    It includes:

    • one 30-minute check-in call to discuss creative aims and goals

    • detailed edits and comments on up to 20 pages that you submit for review

    • one 60-minte coaching call to discuss feedback and next steps

  • Pencil and Eraser

    If you have an idea for a story but are unsure where to take it, this package should give you the confidence you need to write it.

    It includes:

    • weekly accountability emails to help you reach your story goals

    • instructions on the basics of character, plot, and, theme

    • personalized exercises to help hone your story vision

    • and up to four 60-minute coaching calls to discuss feedback and next steps

    • a one-month, two-month, or four-month track to fit your schedule

  • Pen and Paper

    If you have a completed manuscript, this package will help you polish it and get a clear sense of its overall trajectory.

    It includes:

    • everything in the Pencil and Eraser package PLUS…

    • instructions on the basics of setting, style, and revision

    • detailed edits on your manuscripts first two chapters or its first 20 pages

    • a full manuscript evaluation outlining strengths, weaknesses, and next steps

    • up to four additional 60-minute coaching calls to discuss feedback and next steps

    • a two-month, four-month, or eight-month track to fit your schedule

  • Practicum Packages

    As part of my book coaching certification through Author Accelerator, I am offering free coaching services to up to three clients. For more information, please read my blog post.

consultations

Critique and Editorial Services

Critique

Beta Reader Questionnaire

A beta reader is a beta tester for your writing project. Ideally, they’re a part of your project’s target audience and can provide reactions and feedback that help you revise your book before it’s published.

This beta reader questionnaire service includes:

  • inline comments on your fiction manuscript

  • a completed beta reader questionnaire sheet

  • an overall evaluation letter of your manuscript

  • an expected turnaround time of up to five weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turnaround time of up to three weeks (fast track)

manuscript critique letter

A manuscript critique letter is a thorough, in-depth evaluation of your manuscript’s strengths and weaknesses. It is informed by craft methodology, traditional storytelling conventions, and some sense of marketability.

This manuscript critique letter service includes:

  • inline comments on your fiction manuscript

  • a full manuscript evaluation letter with suggested next steps

  • an expected turnaround time of up to five weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turnaround time of up to three weeks (fast track)

MFA APPLICATION CRITIQUE

For applicants of graduate creative writing programs, it’s often necessary to have an engaging writing sample and compelling essays that tell more about their writing and personal background.

This MFA application critique service includes:

  • inline comments on one fiction writing sample

  • inline comments on up to two personal statements

  • an overall evaluation letter of your application materials

  • an expected turn around time of up to three weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turn around time of up to one week (fast track)

editorial sensitivity letter

An editorial sensitivity letter takes a manuscript critique letter one step further. It assesses a manuscript’s strengths and weaknesses, but it also take into a consideration potentially offensive content with an aim to reduce it.

This manuscript critique letter service includes:

  • inline comments on your fiction manuscript

  • flagging potentially offensive content within the manuscript

  • a full manuscript evaluation letter with suggested next steps

  • an expected turnaround time of up to five weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turnaround time of up to three weeks (fast track)

query package critique

Writers who are looking to traditionally publish need a query letter, a synopsis, and an opening of their manuscript that turns the heads of literary agents, editors, and other publishers.

This query package service includes:

  • inline comments on your query letter

  • inline comments on your synopsis (up to 10 pages)

  • inline comments on your manuscript’s first 10 pages

  • an overall evaluation letter of your query package

  • an expected turn around time of up to three weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turn around time of up to one week (fast track)

Editorial

Proofreading

Proofreaders are the unsung heroes of the publishing world. They are primarily responsible for ensuring that a book’s formatting is correct that that there are no typos or other errors in the final version before it goes to print.

This proofreading editorial service includes:

  • inline comments and edits on your fiction manuscript

  • corrections of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and formatting, errors according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

  • an expected turnaround time of up to five weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turnaround time of up to three weeks (fast track)

Developmental Editing

Developmental editors focus on the big picture elements of a fiction manuscript. They might suggest cutting out entire passages in service of improving the pacing in addition to the usual work of other editors.

This developmental editing service includes:

  • inline comments and edits on your fiction manuscript

  • corrections of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and formatting, errors according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

  • suggestions for improving language and style for the work

  • suggestions for addressing overall issues within the manuscript

  • an expected turnaround time of up to five weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turnaround time of up to three weeks (fast track)

Copyediting

Copyeditors are who people usually think of when they think of editors. They are responsible for ensuring that a book is published according to its house style guides and that the manuscripts reads clearly before it goes to final quality checks.

This copyediting editorial service includes:

  • inline comments and edits on your fiction manuscript

  • corrections of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and formatting, errors according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

  • fact-checking and house style adherence with a style sheet

  • an expected turnaround time of up to five weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turnaround time of up to three weeks (fast track)

editorial sensitivity Reading

Editorial sensitivity readers combine an editorial acumen and a focus on addressing offensive content within a work. It is the highest level of editing that I offer in that it combines personal, professional, and academic aspects of my understanding of storytelling.

This editorial sensitivity reading service includes:

  • inline comments and edits on your fiction manuscript

  • corrections of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and formatting, errors according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

  • suggestions for improving language and style for the work

  • suggestions for addressing overall issues within the manuscript

  • flagging potentially offensive content within the manuscript

  • an expected turnaround time of up to five weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turnaround time of up to three weeks (fast track)

Line Editing

Line editing, or “heavy copyediting,” addresses the sentence or paragraph level of a written project. The main aim of this kind of editing is a focus on improving a language’s style or text for clarity or aesthetic purposes.

This line editing editorial service includes:

  • inline comments and edits on your fiction manuscript

  • corrections of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and formatting, errors according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary

  • fact-checking and house style adherence with a style sheet

  • suggestions for improving language and style for the work

  • an expected turnaround time of up to five weeks (regular track)

  • an expected turnaround time of up to three weeks (fast track)