Build your best book from the ground up
Authors grow books for publication at the Writers Workshop. Your bedrock is editorial service: the evaluation, revision, and development you need to create the best book possible. With so much of traditional publishing outside our control, creating a compelling read is well within our grasp.
Authors grow books for publication at the Writer’s Workshop
40 years of publishing experience
Together we’ll shape your book to entice, entertain and inform readers. When you add a professional to your team, your storytelling leads to discovery.
Make your book the best it can be. Get personal editing with professional results. Polish, present, and publish.
We build and refine the book
- Strong story structure
- Elegant and effective language
- Skills in summary for better discovery
- Strategy & experience in publishing production
- Character design and motivations
Books from my authors
Seasoned Author
My experience as an author guides your book.
Stealing Home
“Tenderly poignant, wise and affecting. A beautifully stirring reflection on the joys and challenges of fatherhood.” Kirkus
Viral Times
Viral death battles love and faith in a time when a pandemic makes the slightest touch fatal.
Sins of Liberty
Immigrant Anna has a child with her parish priest in 1901, marries in secret, then must rebuild after he returns to priesthood. Anna starts anew, reborn into suffrage campaigns. A bishop pursues her past, threatening her work for liberty.
Seasoned Author
My experience as an author guides your book.
Stealing Home
“Tenderly poignant, wise and affecting. A beautifully stirring reflection on the joys and challenges of fatherhood.” Kirkus
Viral Times
Viral death battles love and faith in a time when a pandemic makes touch fatal.
Sins of Liberty
Immigrant Anna falls in love with a priest in 1901 Raisinville. Searching for a better life as a woman, she finds the courage to lead other women in suffrage toward liberty.
A personal writing trainer, plus a hawk-eyed editor.
Some editors coach, and other coaches edit. I provide a full spectrum of skills for every book. See what to add to your story, as well as what you can set aside. Hit your expected word counts.
Together we’ll build a book, looking forward to publishing it. Years of expertise give you a full view of getting your work into the world. Get professional results from a personal editor.
See what I specialize in
With my help and your good work, agents request your pages. Editors ask for your manuscript. Also, authors publish themselves for maximum control — so their books can be discovered, savored, and recommended.
Editing
Line edits, copyedits, and more. Evaluations of drafts, full or partial, or notes on your synopsis. Query letter reviews.
Coaching
As your book coach in regular meetings, I’ll help you develop structure & theme. We'll keep you working with a plan.
Publishing
Take your book into the world with a strategy and skills for Real Self Publishing. Learn what is expected of any publisher.
Workshops
Attend a Finishing School series to build productivity and community. Learn Scrivener one-to-one to manage your work.
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Personal editing.
Professional results.
I’ve been editing authors for more than three decades: books, stories, and articles, in fiction, memoir, and nonfiction. I’ve published a novel, Viral Times. My books — the memoir Stealing Home, plus a my historical novel Sins of Liberty — have earned their way to Finalist shortlists in the Writers’ League of Texas.
Get personal editing with professional results
- Editing manuscripts on three levels, from development to line editing to copyediting
- Author coaching to create books while learning & practicing skills
- Production editing that publishes completed books for print and ebook editions — including promotion and media plans
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