Services

I can't cure insomnia, a case of hives, or the common cold–but with long experience in marketing my own writing, I may be able to help you market your writing. I also edit, and am available for commissioned works or syndication of my regular columns, such as "Sassy Senior."

I can help provide…

  • market possibilities for your
    • short stories
    • travel pieces
    • essays, based on my own experience marketing well over 1000 articles in over 70 periodicals, and my consistent review of the literature on available markets. I will provide a list of markets for a small fee, if you contact me.
  • editing of your
    • short stories
    • travel pieces
    • essays
    • books, whether you want a contextual overview or line editing (word-by-word). I have a traditional approach to grammar and a well-honed sense of what publishers are looking for. If I feel your piece needs editing, I'll give you an estimate at a reasonable rate we can agree on in advance.
  • reviews, by way of my twice-monthly workshops if you are in, or traveling to, Sedona, Arizona. Please see the contact me form for my schedule.

At the present, I am editing a book for a client of Telling Your Story, Inc., an editing and publishing house that helps people get their life stories into book form.

I am also editing a proposal and the opening chapters of a nonfiction book about the history of the turmoil in Israel as viewed by a woman who lived through much of it.

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May 15, 2008

Jane Fisher @ 3:45 pm:

I didn't now you would provide a list of possible markets. How do you charge. I especially have humorous comments on golf, on politics, and on family,, and would be happy to pay your fee.

November 12, 2008

Donna Ovist @ 7:30 pm:

Dear Willma,

I need your advice. I have finished a fantasy adventure novel in which I have used the names of real restaurants, hotels and other places in Naples Italy. I have taken pieces from tour books, encycolopedia and net concerning history of places of Italy and put them into my novel.

A friend told me I can not do that. I am unable to find the rules for this.
Will you tell me?

What do you charge to edit my novel, if using the aquired information from those sources is ok .
I have 104,626 words.
Thank you

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