Services

Developmental Editing

Copy Editing

Editorial Assessment

Book Coaching

David Samuel has 43 reviews

Professionalism

Quality

Value

Responsiveness

Karin S.

Oct, 2023

Great as always...you can count on David for honest, helpful, and insightful comments.

Grant K.

Sep, 2023

Very good work, and fast

Robert C.

Aug, 2023

STAY AWAY! He's expensive, pretentious and his work is totally worthless. Actually of negative value as you have to waste your time reading it. I asked him certain specific questions regarding my manuscript and he didn't even try to answer any of them. Instead he sent me a pile of academic ****** cribbed from articles on the internet, that were irrelevant to what I retained him to do. He's u...

Reply from David Samuel L.

I dislike it when clients aren’t satisfied. But Robert never asked for what he wanted in the brief and decided that it’s my fault his book isn’t better than it could be. I’ve never had such a lousy...

Karin S.

Jul, 2023

David is a topnotch editor: insightful, professional, dedicated, big-picture. During our extremely valuable follow-up Zoom meeting, he made some brilliant creative suggestions that'll make my book better. This was my second experience with David and I can't imagine going through the process without him. He goes above and beyond. Never rushed. A delight to work with...ten stars, if possible!

Reply from David Samuel L.

Karin, you are an absolute star and a fantastic writer. Please start another Wine Country Cold Case, so I can enjoy it while editing! DSL

Robert C.

Jul, 2023

Very responsive, insightful commentary

Reply from David Samuel L.

Hmmm. Five stars all around except for value? Gosh, Robert, I’d say I’m surprised by this, but given what I read and edited, I’m definitely not. Good luck!