Daniel J. Tortora – Editor

Let’s get you ready and excited to publish your book.🥳

Since my days as a fun, and enthusiastic professor (trained by a Pulitzer Prize-winner!), I’ve been the secret weapon behind dozens of polished and publication-ready book manuscripts.🥷

I work with young solopreneurs, coaches, attorneys, therapists, and hobbyists (along with a few retirees) for whom writing a book (or books) is an important goal.

The best fit for me? A book by that aims to inform🤯, empower or inspire🤩, or make people laugh.🤣 Something that’s a little different in terms of topic, approach, audience, or author.

When you work with me, you will . . .

✅Receive the guidance you need—so you can write better, dazzle readers, and create a high-quality book manuscript.

✅Get actionable edits and comments based on industry standards and best practices, your genre, your goals, and your readers.

✅Know exactly what’s needed and how to fix it—with to-the-point, objective, and, at times, humorous insight.

✅Be kept in the loop. (Regular updates=less stress.)

✅Feel motivated and inspired.

Books I’ve worked on have earned praise from the Wall Street Journal, gotten 200+ Amazon reviews within weeks of publication, and have opened doors for authors personally and professionally. I often work with authors on multiple books and I love seeing their talent and confidence grow.

🚀I’m here to help you get to the next level.

📩If you have a great book in you and need some expert assistance that is attuned to your goals and your readers . . . and that is precise, clear, and encouraging . . . tell me about your project and request a quote today!

First-time authors, unique approaches, and those in need of a quick turnaround: I got you!

📖Genres📖

• Self-Help & Self-Improvement

• Dating; Sex & Relationships

• US History, Biography, Local History

• Humor/Comedy

• Health & Fitness

• Reference

• New England, USA; USA travel

I do NOT work on memoirs, autobiographies, or family history.

Services

• Copy editing, line editing, editorial assessments, and developmental editing

• Book proposal coaching and editing

• Book outlines and planning out new book projects

• Book publishing coaching and strategy

🇺🇸 Editing is done in American English using The Chicago Manual of Style, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, and the Oxford (aka serial) comma.

😁 Fun facts: Former DJ—’80s music. Broke my leg twice in a year—in sixth grade. I love Detroit pizza, potato chips, UConn basketball, and muscle cars. Outdoorsy. A twice-traditionally-published author—with a trade press and a university press. Have written ~90 articles on writing, publishing, book marketing. Fav. musical instrument: the triangle.🤣