A Selective Process for Professionals

I offer specialized developmental editing for professionals who are ready to bring a serious manuscript to publication. With over three decades of experience—and a long-standing presence as a vetted editor on Reedsy—I work with a limited number of clients each year to ensure every project receives the depth of attention it deserves.

I view editing as a partnership. I only accept projects where I see a “good fit”—meaning our goals align and your manuscript is ready for the deep-structure evaluation I provide. You can contact me directly through this LINK TO REEDSY.

• Initial Inquiry: Please reach out through Reedsy about your project (it will prompt you for the information I need).
• The Fit: If we are a match, we can discuss your request.
• The Contract: All bids and contracts are processed securely through Reedsy.

What My Developmental Editing Provides

For both fiction and nonfiction, my focus is on structure, clarity, and market readiness. This is not surface-level editing. It is a comprehensive evaluation designed to elevate the manuscript to a professional standard.

• Detailed editorial report addressing strengths, weaknesses, and revision strategy
• Scene-by-scene or chapter-level guidance where needed
• Practical recommendations to strengthen clarity, flow, and positioning
• Fiction: Character development, narrative arc, pacing, and story cohesion
• Nonfiction & Memoir: Focus, thematic development, organization, and reader engagement

Experience the Results

For more than 30 years, I have worked closely with writers at every stage of development—supporting award‑winning, bestselling, traditionally published, and successful self‑published authors across memoir, narrative nonfiction, mystery, thriller, suspense, science fiction, and military action. I find my greatest rewards through these successes of my authors:

• Medical thriller author and ER physician Daniel Kalla is now internationally published by Macmillan
• Retired ER physician Doug Kane’s The Broken Cure trilogy, developed from a first novel into a three‑book series
• Christopher Dainton, an emergency physician and global health researcher, found his dystopian novel Rapture of the Deep, the recipient of a bronze medal in the UK‑based Wishing Shelf Awards
• Susan Furlong’s multiple traditionally published mystery series has been published by Berkeley and Kensington
• Gary McAvoy’s bestselling self‑published mystery and thriller series brought him Amazon’s Top 100 Kindle All Stars status with thousands of reader reviews
• Retired physician PJ Peterson’s long-running cozy mystery series led to the launch of a new, also successful, series
• Glenn Bever, retired Deputy Director for Research and Engineering at NASA, branched off from his nonfiction with his first fiction book, Addison’s Gambit
• Military thriller author Jim Hancock won a silver medal from the Military Writers Society of America; is a winner of BookShelf 2023 Writing Awards; achieved the Literary Titan Silver Book Award in 2024; and was a finalist in the Adventure Writer’s Competition with his book The Hawk Enigma, all leading to commercial publication
• Science‑fiction author and retired civil engineer Brian Roberts’ EPSILON thriller series enjoys multi‑star reader reception
• Military action novelist and US Navy an Electronics Technician R.T. Breach began, then expanded, his fan-building spy‑thriller series

Your Path Forward

Contact me directly through this link to Reedsy with details about your project.