Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan - Editor

I'm the author of over a dozen fiction and nonfiction books, textbooks, and online educational resources. I'm also published crafts, recipes, articles, and stories in magazines like Highlights for Children. I'm the Regional Advisor for SCBWI Pennsylvania: West. I also teach in the Writing for Children and Young Adults Certificate graduate program at McDaniel College.

I love birding, baking, board games and reading. I'm a lifelong runner and avid community scientist and I'm pretty good at delivering punchlines.

When I work with clients, I try to tailor my feedback to each person's specific goals. I like to find out what each person hopes their project will be, and work to help them reach that goal. This means I often provide different feedback from person to person.

I've helped several people revise and edit short stories with deep emotional significance that were then self-published and shared with family and friends. I've also worked with writers by reviewing and editing manuscripts for submission to work-for-hire editors and for submission to agents and publishers.

I like to use the SCBWI Gold Form to structure my feedback and discuss all aspects of the work. But some people just want an experienced editor to provide proofreading and copyediting, and I'm happy to do that, too!

I can offer:
Proofreading and copyediting
An editorial letter with feedback
Substantive editing with in-line suggestions
Feedback on a story outline

I can also offer a Zoom meeting or phone call on the topic of "How Do I Turn my Story Idea into a Real Book?" consultation. This consultation can be tallied to discuss self-publishing or traditional publishing questions. Zooms/Phone calls are billed in addition to manuscript editing. If you're interested in this consultation, please tell me in your project brief. A one hour call is $75.00