Charles Davidson – Editor

"CRAFTING YOUR STORY, YOUR BOOK" (SM)

EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT — DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING — COPY AND LINE EDITING

As an editor I devote my analytical, evaluative, developmental, and compositional skills to assist you with crafting your book-length manuscript. From beginning to end, I maintain an open channel of communication with you as a valued client whose writing is of great importance to me as your editor. I bring to your project six decades of experience as a published author and editor.

FROM CLIENTS

“When things began to get a bit tangled in my mind, and I felt I was unsure of a clear perspective in evaluating the manuscript draft of my project, Charlie was able to show how it needed to be pulled together and reset in clear, revealing ideas and examples. He seems to be able to do this with ease. He has got it in him to provide editing that opens up all kinds of new, coherent, explicit language and structure, and his personal and professional support was critical for me in the successful completion of the book. I highly recommend him.” —Douglas Heidt, The Love That Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian Is Not What You Think

"I wish to thank my editor, Charles, for the amazing way that he has walked with me, encouraged me from the very moment he set eyes on the manuscript, has helped to broaden and deepen my writing, and has believed in this project from the beginning of our work together. Charles gave the confidence to me that I needed to launch this project and was just the editor I needed to do so. I will be forever grateful." —Conrad Kanagy (Reedsy client), A Church Dismantled, A Kingdom Restored: Why Is God Taking Apart the Church?

THE PROCESS

(1) We first get acquainted via a Zoom interview to assess whether we are a good fit for one another. I may ask you to submit additional material for review. (2) Once we agree upon the nature and scope of the project, you receive a formal offer based upon the type of editing you require, the timeframe, and my fee schedule. (3) After contract acceptance, I proceed with editing and send you chapters as they are completed. (4) You offer your feedback and I make final edits. (5) You receive the finished manuscript and we conclude with an optional Zoom conversation to discuss your manuscript and the publication of your work. (6) I remain available to you throughout the publication process to answer your questions and address your concerns.

PUBLICATIONS (list upon request)

Editor, with biographical introduction, George Buttrick’s Guide to Preaching the Gospel (Abingdon Press); Author, Bone Dead, and Rising: Vincent van Gogh and the Self Before God (Cascade Books); articles, biblical commentary, curricula, and essays in various professional and academic journals.

A retired Presbyterian Church (USA) minister and psychotherapist, Charles was an undergraduate instructor of philosophy and professor of history, as well as a graduate professor of pastoral theology, care, and counseling.