How It Works

how it works

ghostwriting

book doctoring

Start to First Draft Delivery: 4-6 months

We discuss your goals and needs to see if we're a good fit. This is a long-term, strategic relationship; trust and chemistry are important.
Assuming we're both all in, we do the paperwork to make it official.
We brainstorm ideas, and I put together an outline.
We discuss the outline and tweak as necessary until you're happy.
I put together a list of questions and discussion topics based on our conversations.
We spend a few days talking about your project in a series of recorded interviews, which can be in person or over the phone.
I have the recordings transcribed and get to work writing a first draft. I use additional research and fill in gaps with my interpretation of your vision.
You review the draft (and perhaps your literary agent or acquisition editor too) and make revision requests.
I revise the manuscript until it's just right.

If we're also doing a book proposal, we will work on that throughout this process.

As your strategic partner, I'll stay actively engaged through the pitching and publishing phases and beyond your book launch to help you and your book get into the hands, hearts, and minds of readers.

Start to First Draft Delivery: 3-5 months

We discuss your goals and needs to see if we're a good fit. This is a long-term, strategic relationship; trust and chemistry are important.
Assuming we're both all in, we do the paperwork to make it official.
I do a developmental review of whatever content you have and deliver my notes and recommendations.
We discuss the options and choose a direction.
Depending on what I have to work with, I either start rewriting or do a series of recorded interviews to get the information I need and then start revising.
I may use additional research and fill in gaps with my interpretation of your vision.
You review the draft (and perhaps your literary agent or acquisition editor too) and make revision requests.
I revise the manuscript until it's just right.

If we're also doing a book proposal, we will work on that throughout this process.

As your strategic partner, I'll stay actively engaged through the pitching and publishing phases and beyond your book launch to help you and your book get into the hands, hearts, and minds of readers.

book coaching

developmental editing

Duration: 6 Months

The goal of book coaching is get you from page 1 to a finished draft in 6 months.

We discuss your goals and needs to see if we're a good fit. This is a long-term, strategic relationship; trust and chemistry are important.
Assuming we're both all in, we do the paperwork to make it official.
Through a series of coaching calls, homework assignments, and as-needed document reviews, I walk you through a systamitized approach to crafting a well-structured manuscript in a reasonable amount of time.

If we're also doing a book proposal or query letter, we will work on that throughout this process.

As your strategic partner, I'll stay actively engaged through the pitching and publishing phases and beyond your book launch to help you and your book get into the hands, hearts, and minds of readers.

Project Launch to Delivery of Feedback and Custom Video Tutorials: 1 month

We discuss your goals and needs to see if we're a good fit because trust and chemistry are important.
Assuming we're both all in, we do the paperwork to make it official.
On or before your project launch day, we reconnect to discuss any special concerns or questions you have that may have come up since your initial consultation.
You send me your best draft, and I evaluate it based on my tried-and-true, genre-specific methodology.
Approximately 1 month later, I deliver: 1.) my developmental editing report with general observations and recommendations, 2.) your manuscript with in-document comments with more specific comments and recommendations, 3.) and custom video tutorials in which I explain more complicated ideas.
We have a follow-up brainstorming session, then you revise according to the feedback that resonates with you.
Because we're both interested in excellence and the results that depend on it, I will review and offer high-level feedback on up to 2 additional revised drafts.

If we're also doing a book proposal or query letter, we will work on that during the editing and revision phases.

As your strategic partner, I'll stay actively engaged through the pitching and publishing phases and beyond your book launch to help you and your book get into the hands, hearts, and minds of readers.

I value autonomy within community and am, therefore, an inclusive businessperson. I do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, country of origin, age, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, gender identity, or sexual orientation in any of my activities or operations. Whenever possible, I avoid working with people and vendors who demonstrate a disregard for the dignity, safety, and overall well-being of any other person or group. My clients and I agree that without intellectual integrity and respect for human dignity, our work has limited value. Therefore, we place the wellbeing of readers in the forefront of our minds and agree to focus our efforts on educating and empowering them.