Christina Palaia – Editor

You did it! You just poured your heart—not to mention years of hard-won life experience and buckets of effort—into writing a book. Congratulations! The manuscript seems sturdy—everything is where it’s supposed to be and the book’s structure could withstand an earthquake. But it reads a little rough around the edges. It’s a little weak; it wanders. It lacks impact.

Are you ready to take it to the next level?

If you’re looking for assistance elevating what you’ve written—fiction or non—I can help. For more than thirty years, I’ve been assisting traditionally published authors with polishing their prose, honing their words, voice, and style so that their story sings and serves their readers the exact experience they wish their book to deliver.

I offer two levels of editing that directly address the words you use, or any gradation in between:

--Essential Copyediting: A thorough technical check of language use that improves grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and phrasing. Copyediting includes light fact-checking for consistency and correctness.

--Artful Line Editing: A stylistic review of your manuscript that improves flow and readability while heightening the artistry and elegance of your words. Line Editing enhances your style and voice and increases the text’s effectiveness and reader engagement, whether you’ve written nonfiction or a novel. It also includes all the tasks of Copyediting.

Writing is a craft. Words are our tools. Masterful arrangement of words on a page can cut across time and space and touch your reader's heart and mind. I'd like to help you find the most elegant, evocative, engaging use of language, which will make your book memorable.

From Memoir and History to True Crime and Mystery, Adventure and Thriller to Self-Help and Suspense, I focus on:

--Decluttering sentences

--Removing redundancy

--Trimming turgid prose

--Clarifying meaning

--Showing . . . or telling

--Improving narrative drive

--Employing rhetorical devices

--Intensifying mood and emotion

--Invigorating word choice and phrasing

--Balancing action, dialogue, and description

--Addressing inconsistent voice, tone, or POV

Essentially: Elevating your unique voice and story

I scour every line, interrogate each word. Ruthlessly. So your story shines.

Let’s collaborate and unlock the potential of your manuscript. Please message me today to discuss your book-to-be and for a personalized quote.

Please note my policy on AI:

I perform all editing personally and do not employ AI tools to review, rewrite, or generate any portion of the author's manuscript. I ask that authors/clients warrant that the manuscript submitted for editing is their own original work and has not been substantially generated or rewritten by AI tools unless expressly disclosed as such in writing at the time of engagement with me.