"I had the great pleasure of having Nancy work with me on the developmental edit and copyedit of my novel. She did more than just edit--she is like the best kind of massage therapist: She got the kinks out of the manuscript and made me feel better in the process. I cannot recommend Nancy highly enough."
Celia Jeffries, author of Blue Desert
"I am so fortunate to have found Nancy, who did a masterful manuscript evaluation for me. The project, a memoir written by my sister and me, was complicated and huge, and she tackled it with infectious enthusiasm. Nancy stayed in touch with me throughout, offering me many resources and suggestions. For example, she suggested that I include photos of the 'cast of characters' which would bring the story to life. She was able to suggest how to organize the story, and which parts should be cut as they didn't push the story forward. Nancy was warm and easy to work with, generous with her time and her ideas, and her excitement for my project renewed my own determination to finish it. I can't recommend her highly enough."
Ann Buscho, author of How Will We Know When She's Dead (forthcoming) and Birdnesting: A Child-Centered Solution to Co-Parenting During Separation and Divorce (2020).
Celia Jeffries, author of Blue Desert
"I am so fortunate to have found Nancy, who did a masterful manuscript evaluation for me. The project, a memoir written by my sister and me, was complicated and huge, and she tackled it with infectious enthusiasm. Nancy stayed in touch with me throughout, offering me many resources and suggestions. For example, she suggested that I include photos of the 'cast of characters' which would bring the story to life. She was able to suggest how to organize the story, and which parts should be cut as they didn't push the story forward. Nancy was warm and easy to work with, generous with her time and her ideas, and her excitement for my project renewed my own determination to finish it. I can't recommend her highly enough."
Ann Buscho, author of How Will We Know When She's Dead (forthcoming) and Birdnesting: A Child-Centered Solution to Co-Parenting During Separation and Divorce (2020).
"After seven years of working on my novel, and readings by friends and family, I took the next step and hired an editor. By the whim of the gods, Nancy and I found our way to each other. It was the match every writer dreams of. From deep inside her brilliant and witty mind, Nancy draws upon a rare and beautiful empathic ability. She didn't just read my words; she immersed herself into the story's soul. And from within that space, she showed me where my story had opportunity to shape itself into the exact form I wanted it to have. Throughout the process I was reminded of the goddess Athena, who ensured that Odysseus' appearance always benefited him. Nancy was my Athena. Invisible to the reader and yet the powerful transformer making my story look great. Thank you, Nancy! Excelsior!"
Mathias Dubilier, author of Ithaca (forthcoming)
Mathias Dubilier, author of Ithaca (forthcoming)
"Nancy, I just want to tell you again how invaluable your comments were, and just the marvelous way that you have with giving feedback."
Cynthia Reyes, Associate Professor
College of Education and Social Services
University of Vermont
"We were so pleased to have Nancy join our Creative Partners team of freelance editors at Rootstock Publishing. The first task we assigned to her, an assessment of part of a book manuscript submitted to us, resulted in an articulate, insightful, well-organized and in-depth response that was very useful for both Rootstock and for the author. Our second project we assigned her was a major edit of a full book manuscript we have decided to publish. The superb, professional edit of that manuscript by Nancy is part and parcel of our decision to publish the book. We definitely plan on using Nancy again on further projects, small and large alike."
Stephen McArthur, Co-Publisher
Rootstock Publishing
Stephen McArthur, Co-Publisher
Rootstock Publishing
