A Fresh Draft - Editorial Services

Senior Editors

These professionals have significant book editing experience and will help shape and/or complete your book.

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Joyce Jacobo

Developmental editing
Line Editing
Manuscript Assessment

Children's Books, Middle Grade Readers

Joyce has a soft spot in her heart for children's literature, finding it an especially creative genre that entertains and gets younger audiences interested in reading. One of her fondest memories as an editor is helping to edit and proofread Brooke Hampton's Enchanted Cedar...

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Anita Lock

Developmental Editing
Line Editing
Manuscript Assessment

Popular Fiction, Historical Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Paranormal, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Dystopian, Young Adult Fiction, Memoir

My topmost priority for editing is to help writers achieve their literary dreams. That is Anita Lock’s aim when working with authors.Her fifteen-year...

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Barbara Bamberger Scott

Line Editing
Manuscript Assessment

Nonfiction (religion, biography, sociology, self-help, philosophy, memoir), Poetry, Historical Fiction

As an award-winning wordsmith and lifelong student of language, Barbara has been editing, reviewing, critiquing, authoring and co-authoring books for more than twenty years.After receiving professional training in the art of editorship, she launched a writing...

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Mihir Shah

Developmental Editing
Line Editing
Manuscript Assessment

Poetry, Spiritual, Self-Help, Business, Memoir, Young Adult, Mystery, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction

The word is humanity’s heartbeat. Over the past two decades, Mihir has lived by this unyielding belief, writing and editing content including, but not limited to poetry, press releases...

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Junior Editors

These professionals have signficant editing experience, often in shorter works, and they seek to expand their book editing portfolios.

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Carolyn Davis

Developmental Editing
Line Editing
Manuscript Assessment

General Fiction, Nonfiction, Historial Fiction, Series Fiction, Children, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fantasy Mystery, Business, Memoir, Sports, Humor, Research

An editor and proofreader for several years, Carolyn has edited/copyedited manuscripts, dissertation, and...

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Yuliya Geikhman

Developmental Editing
Line Editing
Manuscript Assessment

Adult, Young Adult, Middle Reader, General Fiction, Adventure, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Humor, Speculative, Magical Realism

Yuliya has been writing online since 2009 and editing professionally since 2018. Along this journey, she's had the pleasure of tackling an incredibly...

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Mark Heisey

Developmental Editing
Manuscript Assessment

General Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Children and Young Adult Fiction

Through many years of teaching English and writing in high school and college, Mark has honed his editing skills to help author's write with clarity and confidence while engaging the...

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Yousra Medhkour

Developmental Editing
Line Editing
Manuscript Assessment

General Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Travel, Health and Fitness

As a book nerd and word lover, Yousra spent over the past eight years studying English and the craft of writing. She has a Post-Graduate...

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