Editorial Services — The Editorial Practice

As an editor, my style is. . .

Conversational. Collaborative. Generous. truthful. Bespoke. iterative. pragmatic.

Editorial Services

Dissertation to Book

The transition from dissertation writing to book writing is daunting, exciting, and challenging. I offer full dissertation reviews along with an editorial letter laying out the major structural, stylistic, and scholarly revisions necessary to submit your manuscript for peer review and the academic publishing process.
Developmental Editing

I offer bespoke developmental editing services for book manuscripts in progress. Perhaps you have a chapter that you’re struggling with and need a second pair of eyes. Or perhaps the full manuscript is sitting on your desk and you want to know if it is ready to be sent out for review. I offer both full manuscript reviews with an editorial letter and targeted review services.
Book Proposal Development

Book proposals are marketing documents. While they have some similarities to research proposals, they serve dramatically different purposes in selling and articulating the vision for your book. A well-crafted book proposal also serves as a road map for the entire book. The book proposal is only one component of a broader publishing query package. I offer targeted reviews of query packages and book proposals.
Managing Peer Review

In the best-case scenario, you will receive extensive and constructive reader reports that light the way towards creating a better book. Integrating that feedback into the manuscript and tackling revisions in a timely fashion is its own unique challenge. I am available for brainstorming sessions and manuscript review services that target some of the sticky areas of the revision process.
Big Picture Consultations

Tell me about your research. Tell me about your book project. Tell me about what’s going well for you. Tell me about your challenges. Let’s strategize and make a plan on how to remove writing and thinking obstacles.
Book Completion Strategy

Finishing a book can be lonely and filled with the noise of external factors from the neoliberal realities of precarious labor to the tenure clock to finding reliable child care to long distance partnerships to departmental drama. For authors who want a regular supportive check in, I am here to listen, plan, and strategize.