Kevin Gross

Kevin Gross – Editor

Author/Editor will help you find your best voice.

Overview

Your best voice struggles to reach your readers. You're so close to your manuscript, you can't see the forest for the trees. You love your plot, your characters, and your prose, but niggling doubt plagues you.

You need a coach.

I know. I've been there. I remember sending my first manuscript to my editor, and the existential crisis that followed. I know your pain, and what it takes to get up off the floor and create something you're proud of.

I've edited other writers off an on since 1978. I've provided manuscript assessments that have drawn rave reviews from my clients. I've read fantasy, science fiction, magic realism, and conventional novels for forty years, observing with amusement the changing faces of the genres. And I've done this during a long career in Information Technology. I know the tools. I'm available on Facebook, Discord and Linked-In.

I stand behind my work. Send me your troublesome chapters during the rewrite, and I'll give you a supplemental assessment. If you still don't understand, I'll analyze the story points from the chapter, write an example and show you what I'm trying to convey.

My rates are affordable, negotiable, and based on word count.

Stop struggling. I have your back.
Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Fantasy Horror Romance Science Fiction Short Story Thriller & Suspense Urban Fantasy
Languages
English (UK) English (US)
Awards
  • Advisers Award, Merced College Mercury 1980

Work experience

Self-employed

Feb, 2018 — Present

I've written two books and edited many more. I've provided preliminary assessments on several chapters by unpublished authors, giving them firm assessments and suggesting resources to improve their manuscripts.

Portfolio

Indiana Jones wannabe finds adventure a little tougher than she expected. It’s 1987. Geologist Sam Harris is a woman in a man's world - naive and underpaid, but resilient and passionate. Desperate for her first job, she accepts a contract with a dodgy entrepre... read more
A feisty geologist working in the diamond fields of West Africa is kidnapped by rebels. Can she survive the ordeal or will this adventure be her last? It’s 1998. Geologist Sam Harris is desperate for money so she takes a job in a tinpot mining company working ... read more
Sex, serendipity, and a city whose fate rests with two high-functioning alcoholics...Whenever Rachel Bennett gets drunk, unbelievable things seem to happen. One night, the awkward exchange student manages to seduce the hottest guy in the room. The next day, sh... read more
Energy Fix is a thrill ride from start to finish. Electricity is dangerous, sometimes deadly. Accident or murder? Co-workers collaborate to uncover the truth. An anonymous letter warns MC Fiona to get out. Suspenseful and engaging, greed and corporate cover-up... read more
An enigmatic boss. Suspicious results. Stock market shenanigans. Can Sam Harris get to the bottom of it before they silence her?Geologist Sam Harris has been round the block, but she's prone to nostalgia, so she snatches the chance to work in Sierramar, her ol... read more
Problems are mounting at the failing Masaibu project. Can a courageous geologist use her skills to navigate the sea of corruption?It’s 1993. Geologist Sam Harris gets a call in the middle of the night that takes her to the Masaibu project in eastern Lumbono, i... read more
What have a missing diamond, a voodoo priestess and a civil war disappearance got in common? Can a courageous geologist use her skills to unravel the truth? Geologist Sam Harris goes to Simbako in West Africa to work in the diamond fields of Fona. She is soon ... read more
In the course of mere days, the incomparably ambitious Aine Pennington has been transformed from singer and bank heiress to the Lady Aria, peer to the realm and fiancée to Prince Valentino of the Tsiarkeh royal family. She’s never held more power.Yet the Duche... read more
Aine Pennington is young. Beautiful. Famous far beyond County Pim and through all of Turalynn for her rhapsodic voice. Between her concerts, her bank fortune, and her mastery of the futures markets, she can buy and sell most earls and lords.And she wants so mu... read more

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