Editing

I edit just about anything: blogs, features, articles, marketing communications, real estate, business, newsletters and books.

My particular talent is making your writing what it was meant to be, using your own voice. I look for holes, and then I fill them. I look for weak writing, and I make it strong.

My editing services are comprehensive. Not only do I correct the basics — spelling, punctuation and grammar — but I also perform a thorough developmental edit.

For fiction, this involves improvements to the book’s plot, story, characterization, dialogue, structure, logic and readability. If you’re working on nonfiction, I also perform fact-checking and technical editing.

I’ve edited more than 40 manuscripts, including fiction and nonfiction. Categories include:

• Mystery/Thriller
• Contemporary Fiction
• Chick Lit
• African-American Fiction
• Christian Fiction
• Etiquette
• Travel
• Crafts
• Spirituality
• Psychology/Self-Help
• Personal Development
• Memoir
• Academic
• Medical

Style Guides I Know

• Chicago Manual of Style
• AP Stylebook
• AMA Manual of Style
• APA Publication Manual
• MLA Style Manual

If you’d like a quote, please email a sample of your writing to tamar@crankyeditor.com.