Molly Watson – Editor

I'm an editor and writing coach with more than two decades of experience working with writers at all stages of their careers—from those just discovering their writing abilities to published professionals.

I have a mix of academic, food writing, and tech backgrounds. My portfolio includes cookbooks, memoirs, craft guides, art books, academic works, and a variety of other projects.

Whether you're figuring out how to get started, writing your memoir, putting together a cookbook of family recipes, or want to improve your writing skills, I can help.

As an editor and writing coach, I offer a critical, detailed eye, along with a warm and supportive approach that focuses on building strengths. Perhaps best of all, I have the ability to explain the "why" behind every edit.

I believe in chunking big projects into manageable pieces. Together, we can create a plan for your book that is doable within your schedule and timeframe.

I’m also a writer, so I understand the challenges—including the emotional ones—of completing that first draft, often pulling it apart to make it better, and polishing it to be the best it can be. I also understand that visions of the perfect can be the enemy of finishing a project. I will help you channel any perfectionist tendencies for the good of the project and learn how to avoid letting them become blockers to finishing.

I hold a PhD from Stanford, which some people find very impressive, but my 20-plus years of experience as a professional writer and editor prove more useful on most projects.

I don’t know what I love more, fellow writers or fabulous sentences—I’m grateful every day I get to work with both!

I can't wait to help you bring your project to life!