Overview
I love working with first-time authors. It allows me to share my knowledge of self-publishing and the psychology of how consumers consider books. I enjoy the aspects of author coaching that are part of developmental and copy edits. I put my heart into the books I edit as if they are my own.
For background, I am also the managing editor for an Orlando editing house, and I have six years' experience with Xulon Press, the largest Christian self-publishing company in the nation. I'm highly experienced in non-fiction and fiction Christian books, but am not limited to that genre. Self-help, autobiographies, and parenting books are ones I edit frequently.
I am a self-published author myself, so I know how hard it is to birth your book. Let me leave you with this -- YOU CAN DO IT!
Testimonials
Dr. John Maples – Faithful Families Today: Instilling Spirituality in Your Family
Services – Author Coaching for development of book; Developmental Editing; Publishing Coordinator with his publisher, Xulon Press; managing all aspects of getting the book produced for print; managing his email marketing.
"Michelle, I absolutely love the way you edit! There is not even one tiny aspect of your excellent work that I do not fully appreciate. I love your experience, your expertise, your astute capture of my message, your precision, your full measure of competence. It comes across clearly and repeatedly! And, more, I love the way you enjoy the process. "
Dean Nelson – Beyond the Threshold: Simple Transformational Techniques to Awaken Your Potential (his third book)
Services – Heavy Developmental Editing
"Michelle is brilliant! She did an outstanding job editing my latest book, Beyond The Threshold. She encouraged and motivated me to dig deeper and create more meaningful, easy to understand passages. She inspired me greatly and helped bring out the very best of my writing skills. Michelle is the most talented, intuitive editor I have worked with. She will be the only editor I consider for my future books. Thank you, Michelle, for guiding and directing me with such precision, for making my book far better than it would have been, and for believing in me."
Don Newman –Don't Just Speak It, Write It
Services – Line Editing, co-creation
"I want to thank Michelle who has been a co-creator and editor for both of my first two books. She worked tirelessly on this book, Don't Just Speak It, Write It, like it was her own and actually added the appendix at the end of the book to further help every ministry leader write and finish their own books."
Services
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Awards
- Reedsy Top 200
Work experience
Self-employed
Word of Mouth offers an affordable range of writing, editing, career-focused, and business marketing services.
• Book Editing
• Author Coaching
• Self-Publishing Support
• Book Reviews
• College Admissions Essay Coaching
• Student Papers, College Thesis Editing
• Professional Resume Writing
• Website Content
• Business and Personal Marketing Materials
• Business Marketing Strategy and Development
The Ghost Publishing
Accept and assign all editing projects from client publishing companies, monitoring jobs from start to finish.
Quality control edited manuscripts before sending back to clients. Provide feedback to editors on jobs completed.
Manage workflow, complete billing, and continuously train editors.
Xulon Press Publishing
Oversaw the work of department editors, holding them to in-house quality standards.
Established Xulon Style Guide for editorial freelancers. Educated all providers on editorial products and expectations for fulfillment.
Revised/created author education pieces regarding editing basics.
Portfolio
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