Developing a Book

Are you a busy professional with a great concept for a book but lack the time (or patience) to develop it?

The Virtual Writer provides complete editorial services: substantive and structural editing, ghostwriting, rewriting, copyediting and proofreading for fiction, non-fiction, poetry and scripts.

Manuscript Consultations

Manuscript evaluations are a speciality at The Virtual Writer. Part consultation, part teaching tool, the evaluation process can save a self-publishing author extensive editing and revision costs by offering do-it-yourself advice. Or it can turn a rejection letter into an acceptance letter, if you are hoping to take a more traditional path to getting published.

Book Jacket Copy

Need marketing copy to promote your book? The kind of copy that compels the indecisive browser to make a purchase? I can write it or simply review and edit what you have written. And don't forget ad copy, media releases and website content. Poorly written promotional material can spell missed sales for the book you have worked so hard to produce.

What My Book Clients have said ...

"I have reviewed your evaluation twice now, and find it to be very clear and concise. Thank you for that. I have found it very difficult to decide what to do next with the manuscript, so your comments fit the bill nicely."
- B. Phyllis, first-time author.

"I've definitely made the right decision to let you edit my book. You have polished my book so well that not only do I feel good reading your edited copy, I feel proud of my own little book. Thank you." - Pauline Yong, stockbroker and author of I Love Stocks.

"I read your rendition for the back cover. You're a genius." Mike Kaspers, author of Where The Sea Meets the Sky