Editorial Services

For Independent Authors

Make Your Words Shine With Aggie!

As a writer, you’ve done the difficult work of taking an abstract idea and bringing it to life on the page. Congratulations! This is no small feat.

Now, your hard work needs to be looked at by someone who has a trained and experienced editorial eye to help work out any potential issues in clarity, readability, and consistency.

I have that editorial eye, and work with you in partnership, offering astute queries, skillful suggestions, and artful changes that maintain your unique voice and perspective.

You can hire me to provide a single service or a bundle of services, from manuscript evaluation to proofreading and indexing that save you time and money. With every service pass I make on your project, I become that much more familiar with it, thinking with you and bringing an invaluable fresh perspective to help you with both big-picture issues and the nitty-gritty details.

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My Services

Manuscript Evalution

After reading your complete manuscript — book, chapter, article/essay, thesis/dissertation — I’ll provide an appraisal of the writing’s strengths and weaknesses, make recommendations for editing services, and provide a sample edit of 5–10 pages.

Developmental Editing

I’ll work with you to structure or restructure your manuscript so that its content and organization meet your intention and the reader’s need for clarity and accessibility, consistency, and completeness. 

Line Editing

I’ll literally work at the sentence and paragraph levels, looking at paragraph structure and organization; sentence structure, clarity, and variety; and word choice.

Copy Editing

 I’ll fact check and edit grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage, correcting errors and ensuring consistency according to an agreed upon professional style manual and any additions to that manual included on a style sheet for the project.

Heavy Copyediting

I’ll line edit and copyedit your manuscript simultaneously in a single pass.

Proofreading

 I’ll read to ensure style has been applied to final revisions and previous copyediting has been entered correctly, ensuring all parts of a manuscript are placed and formatted as they should be.

Indexing

 I’ll create a subject and/or author index to your desired level of detail.

Beta Reading

 I’ll read your draft book manuscript, fiction or nonfiction, and provide a 5–10-page reader report of its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.

Holistic Writing Coaching

Please see the Holistic Writing Coaching page for details.

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Testimonials

Working with Aggie was a game changer for me. I’d been stuck in overwhelm, procrastination, and self-doubt for several months, and the first time we worked together I wrote more in the next two days than in the previous two weeks. Every step along the way, she offered me embodied practices that helped me meet obstacles impeding my writing progress with kindness and self-compassion. As an author, editor, writing teacher, and holistic coach, she has an abundance of skills to masterfully shepherd writers of any genre. Her insight and compassion gently guided me to confidently finish my book with clarity and ease, while her knowledge of editing and publishing prepared me for what was to come. I highly recommend Aggie.

Leila S, author of Experiential Anatomy

I’ve been doing co-mediation with Aggie for several months. These practices have enabled me to connect with and remain more present in my body as I practice on my own, profoundly impacting my personal mediation practice. The deepening of this connection allows my creativity to flow much more freely. I’ve found it easier to write descriptions of new programs, not to mention the educational materials for them. Aggie is a skilled co-mediator; she knows just the right amount of space and pause as well as the right number and type of prompts to allow insight and understanding to emerge. I highly recommend co-meditation with Aggie along with her other holistic writing services. She is a skilled, compassionate practitioner.

Andrea C

There’s a difference between doing things better (improving) and doing better things (transforming). Aggie is the epitome of transformative writing. I requested her expertise in editing my PhD thesis which captured a complexity of six publications woven into a coherent narrative that focused on impact, value, and reach of the depth and breadth of a decade of scholarship and research activity. As a researcher, my focus was on detailing content, not necessarily the writing. Aggie systematically ensured that the quality of the overall thesis was enhanced through her meticulous attention to detail, her compassionate approach in supporting the writer not only the writing, and her ability to reframe complex ideas and concepts in accessible ways for a diverse readership.

Aggie was always willing to ensure the work not only met the required standards but surpassed them. She worked tirelessly to encourage better writing and framing of content within the broader context of the writing. I wholeheartedly recommend Aggie for any writing assignment safe in my confidence that she goes the extra mile to ensure the quality of the work. Her service and support is exemplary, ensuring all deadlines are successfully met.

Thanks to Aggie's careful and systematic approach to writing refinement and enhancement, my final thesis passed the examination, requiring very minor amendments. The examiners made positive comments about the overall quality of the writing.  Thank you, Aggie, for clarifying my writing voice and bringing to life the focus of my work.

Professor Earle A.,  Scholar, Author, and University Educator

I have ADHD, which shows itself in difficulty managing my time and structuring my writing, especially non-fiction. As a development editor, Aggie has been a real lifesaver in helping me organize my manuscript and in holding me accountable.

Maxine Francis R, author of the forthcoming No Heels, No Problem: Surviving Your Twenties with Dyspraxia and ADHD

Aggie’s astute observations, warm care, specialist industry knowledge, and utter commitment to her writers makes her a blessing. I love her ability to hone in on a question with clarity and consideration. When I’m not sure of something I’ve written, I ask myself ‘would Aggie let this pass?’ It has helped shape my writing enormously. You want this woman to champion you too!

Lisa P, author, somatics innovator, and yoga teacher