Design and editing services

For all of my books, I have the privilege of residing with two very creative people.  All but two of my book covers have been created by Steve,my husband and AJ  my son. Our son is a professional graphic artist and Steve is simply very talented in this area.  The reason two had not been designed by either of my resident artists was because I jumped the gun and got impatient. As you can see, the latest cover for my final episode of Something in the Blood, final episode,is absolutely beautiful.  These covers are on my paperbacks and my Kindle books as well. Steve designed the latest cover and I couldn't be happier.


I also have started an editing business, I have a few clients and always accepting more all the time.  Our prices are very affordable and you will be pleased with the finished product if you decide to inquire.  We will gladly quote you our prices by email. Our services are as professional as they get and we take pride in our highly satisfied customers.  All of our customers have been strictly by word of mouth so far. They stem from our happy clients showing our work we did for them to their friends and coworkers. We wish to thank them too.


One final note though.  While beautiful covers are a big plus, what sells good books is good writing that appeals to a large amount of audiences.   Research shows that it is the first few pages that sell a book. Below are just a few of the covers we created.

Designed from a picture Steve took

Picture taken in Coudersport, PA.

Designed from a picture of our Granddaughter

 

Picture taken in our back yard, she is now known as Cheryl the heroin of the book

Designed from a photo I took at the cemetery

Photo taken at Veterans cemetery last winter

Our latest cover designed using photoshop

So,if you want a flawlessly edited manuscript and/or a beautiful book cover designed,please contact us through our email on this site.

On writing

Writing can be very satisfying,but it is also quite isolating. Whenever I'm working on a book and I decide to do something else; i.ego to dinner, sit by the lake enjoying the day, I start to feel guilty and I need to just get over it.


I give myself deadlines for getting my books completed, because, frankly, if I did not, I'd procrastinate something fierce.  So I end up writing, and writing, in the wee hours of the morning, in the afternoons and I need to give myself more breathing room.


Can a person edit their own material?  Well, yes, if you know what you want to say,and if you have the patience to go line by line, very slowly.


Memoirs can be difficult because most of us have them either in our heads, or in a journal form, both of which can be difficult to glean into a manuscript form, which would be interesting for anyone to read, and that is a difficult task.


When writing, we have to remember, steamy love scenes can make us blush, but also remember, your mom isn't looking over your shoulder, so you can be unfettered when describing them.


The most difficult thing when writing about our selves is, we have to remember no one is going to judge us about our past decisions.  So if you can take your most embarrassing  or your most not proud of yourself, moments, place them on paper and allow the world to read the real you, that is half the battle.  Remember that how you felt or reacted in an unflattering light, is still your reaction and your feelings, do not be afraid of them.  People could judge, but really, do you know those readers personally?  No you do not.  So let your feelings flow and share when you are not always proud of how you felt, but you did feel like that and somewhere, someone will relate to you being human. 


Happy writing. 

Something I have learned

I want readers to know that I do editing on manuscripts for books. Am I a 'professional editor?' Well, I guess that depends on Your definition of professional. Do I write my own books? Do I edit my own books? Do I self-publish? A resounding YES to all of the questions. I do okay in the selling department and I'm learning about promoting and advertising my books.

Are my books good? Yes they are and if I'm not on the 'best seller' list right now it is because of lack of knowledge about advertising, but I absolutely am learning that part too. So if people have not discovered my books,it is simply because I cannot afford a huge ad in Times Square. That's fine, I WILL get there.

If you self-publish because you have been turned down by publishing companies, does that mean your stuff is no good? THAT would be a resounding NO! Why? You have to understand that editors and those publishers are taking an educated guess. There is NO magic bullet for success. Have Enough money and You Too can sell anything. Marketers will tell you this too. Publishers go with celebrities because celebrities are already known, so a Big chance publishers are Not taking by banking on a celebrity. The rest of us are unknown, at least for now because we don't have Big Advertising buckaroos! So what? It just means people like you and I have to be more creative with less bucks.

I have read blogs written by people who had popular subjects, got book deals and one blogger became an editor. Do I think making ONE book deal makes anyone a professional editor? Nope!

So hang in there, keep writing and publishing,come up with creative ways to market and contact me,if you like, about my editing fees.

Thanks for reading and if by chance, you want to offer me tips on shoestring marketing ideas, well, I'm Always open to suggestions.