Fiction editing serivces -- Bristol Services Intl.

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Critiques by email

And back to you with my editing!

YOUR CHOICE:

Submit by e-mail for fast response without postage or printing costs! I can return your file with changes highlighted. Just remove highlights of the changes you want to keep and avoid retyping!

Ask for MS Word's Track Changes feature to save yourself even more time. You can accept or reject individual or groups of suggestions as you go.

Company Background

Since 1985 Bristol Services Intl. has assisted individual writers and commercial publishers in many aspects of writing, editing, proofreading and promotions. We have published consumer magazines geared to special-interest audiences and, since 1994, offered free writing technique information at our web site. In addition, from 1990-1999 we published Writers' Intl. Forum, a magazine devoted to helping writers become more successful in their writing endeavors.

As editor for Bristol Services Intl. I have supported thousands of writers with critiquing, technical suggestions, and marketing analyses. These efforts have resulted in publication with local, regional, special interest and national publishers for many of my clients. I offer professional--and personal--services designed to assist both fiction and nonfiction writers.

Let me help you become the writer you want to be.

Personal Background
--Sandra E. Haven--

I have provided editing services for writers and book publishers in the United States and Canada since 1990. My article "The Writer's Secret Weapon" was featured in the 1995 "Novel & Short Story Writer's Market" published by Writer's Digest. I was profiled as a leading editor for inspiring young writers in the latest edition of "The Market Guide for Young Writers." My personal writing has been published in the United States and Europe--from short fiction to human interest articles, and from mainstream to genre, including humor, mystery, romance, satire and science fiction.

From 1990 to 1999, I edited Writer's Intl. Forum. This magazine, with its international audience of writers, was instrumental in helping authors to become more successful in their writing endeavors. I was proud to receive recognition for the efforts of all of our staff when Writers' Intl. Forum placed in Writer's Digest's Top 50 Fiction Markets from 1994 through 1997. Prior to 1990, I edited special-interest consumer magazines.

Writers' Intl Forum--Rated in Top Fiction Markets by Writer's Digest

You may not feel ready for the world of publishing, or maybe you simply need some assistance on a specific writing project. That's fine. As your personal coach, I want to address your general or specific writing and/or publishing questions. I treat each writer as an individual. Every manuscript evaluation includes a close look at your strengths and how they can be best emphasized, as well as a thorough review of potential weak spots, technique variables or genre considerations as applicable. Any project that you send me will be handled on a very personal, one-on-one basis.

Wish to see a sample of my work? I have provided a sample critique of another author's story at Rosedog Website for Writers

Want to try out my service on YOUR story? For $30 I will critique up to 3,000 words of your manuscript. Click here to request your critique.

Genres:

Mainstream, stories for children, fantasy, suspense, mystery, science fiction, and biography/memoir

Lengths:

From short stories
to novels

From Robin L. of Maine:

        "Just wanted to say thank you for the help you've given me so far. It really made a difference.
        "I've been working on this book for a number of years without input of any kind. I was frustrated because I knew the writing could be better ... but as hard as I worked on it I couldn't see where the problems were.
        "I'm now so excited. It's like I've got this magic flashlight that shows me where the problems are whenever I shine it on my story. Thank you, thank you for showing me there was a better way. Your suggestions breathed such life into my story and I truly had fun with the revisions."

ENDORSEMENTS

SUCCESS!
"You did a very helpful editorial critique of two of my short stories. After I used your critique to improve the story, 'A Tale Told About An Idiot,' I knew it was a good piece.
It has now been accepted for inclusion in the forthcoming book of stories and poems, READER'S BREAK, and I am grateful to you (and will undoubtedly be calling for your help when I write some new stories)."

--Richard Kerckhoff, Florida

DISCOVER NEW OPTIONS!
"Thank you! I've read your comments twice and I kept thinking, 'Well, of course.' No doubt I've been involved with this book for such a long time that it has been almost indelibly imprinted on my thinking. You gave me options that hadn't occurred to me."

--Dixie Wright, Washington

SEE IT ALL!
"I am not a careless writer but I do have a 'blind spot' when I'm reviewing my own work. I appreciated your balanced viewpoint. If ever I discover an opportunity to share a 'tip' with another writer, I will say, 'If you want a spotlight directed into the dark corners of your manuscript, send it to Bristol Services Intl.' Thank you for your time, your personal comments, and your thorough appraisal."

--Lois Lurvey, Texas

$$$!
"You gave my story 'Timing is Everything' an Honorable Mention in your writing competition. Alive! published the story. I received a copy along with a generous check. . . your comments on my stories were so important."

--Dede Hammond, Florida

ACCEPTED!
"You were nice enough to suggest two other markets [for one of my manuscripts]. Right away I sent it to Writer's Haven Newsletter. No word from that editor until a couple of weeks ago when she telephoned me on a Sunday evening (!) to ask if she could publish it. I said I'd be delighted. Thank you again!"

--Frances Grimes Yeargin, Texas

BOOK PUBLISHED!
"The opportunities you offer aspiring writers is wonderful. It was exactly the type of encouragement that keeps me writing. As a result, I am very happy to announce the publication of my young adult novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Sea, by Pineapple Press, Inc. and which is available from Amazon.com."

--Margaret Nolan, Florida

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Contact Bristol Services Intl., P.O. Box 1000, Carlsborg, WA 98324-1000