Overview
If that’s the kind of editor you want, we won’t work well together.
On the other hand, if you want an editor who will ask questions, make suggestions, challenge you to make what's good even better, call you out when you sabotage your own authority or let your emotions take over your writing, nitpick over using the exact right word, remind you of the quote "explain it to me like I'm a six-year-old," obsess over the clarity of your writing, and give you a loving kick in the ass from time to time, all in the interest of making your book the high-quality business asset we both want it to be…nice to meet you. :)
If you’re still reading, I’m pretty sure I know three things about you.
1. You want to write a GREAT book. Not a fast book, not a cheap book, not a halfway decent book--a truly excellent book. A book you're proud of. A book your audience can't put down. A book that changes lives and may even change your industry. Most importantly, a book you know will add six figures or more to your business in its first year out, double your revenue in three years or less, and be a foundation for even greater business growth for the next decade.
2. You know what you’ve created thus far, while pretty good, isn’t great yet. You’ve written a draft of your text. (Maybe you’ve written several.) You’ve got an awesome vision of the finished masterpiece. And you've got a strategy for using the finished book in your business that goes well beyond "make it an Amazon bestseller and hope for the best." But you also know you've also done all you can by yourself. To make this book worthy of the vision and strategy you have for it, you know you need help. But...
3. ...you're not just looking for any help. You're a premium provider in your industry and an authority to your audience, and you got that way by having high standards for your own services. You also know the value of investing in high-level support, because you've already done that to grow your business to where it is now. So when you look for someone to help you make your book awesome, you're not looking for an outsourced contractor. You're looking for a mentor, a partner, and an expert who's as much of an authority in their industry as you are in yours.
In other words, you're looking for a master wordsmith.
That’s where I come in. :)
As the folks at Farmers Insurance put it, I know a thing or two because I've seen a thing or two. I've been helping six-figure business owners write, publish, and monetize high-quality books since 2014. I'm the author of Don't Write A Crappy Book!, a comprehensive guide to avoiding costly writing and publishing mistakes business authors don't know they're making. Within the self-publishing industry, I've seen the high end and the low end, the half-assed and the whole-assed, the programs for bootstrappers and the programs for CEOs. I've worked for Chandler Bolt (Self-Publishing School), Tucker Max (Scribe Media), and whole lot of people in between.
And I will put my dedication to creating high-quality, truly excellent business books up against any of theirs any day of the week.
I'm James Ranson, The Master Wordsmith(TM), and I can't wait to work with you. :)
Services
Non-Fiction
Languages
Work experience
Self-employed
Book Launchers, Inc
Thanet House Books
Scribe Media (formerly Book In A Box)
Authors Unite
Self-Publishing School