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First Reader Editing
If you are a regular reader of this blog who is seeking a freelance editor, I offer one-on-one developmental editing services for manuscripts and book proposals. If you would like to explore the possibility of whether I would be a good fit for your project, please e-mail a 1-paragraph description of your project, as well as brief indications of the book category, your target market, submission history, and any deadlines that might be hanging over the project to me at anne@annemini (dot) com.

I also give professional feedback on marketing materials, such as queries, synopses, and book proposals by advance appointment. If you would be interested in learning more about this service, please e-mail a 1-paragraph description of your project, the book category, your target market, submission history (if any), and deadline requirements to me at anne@annemini (dot) com. Please don’t just post your query letter, synopsis, or any portion of your book proposal here or e-mail it to me, unless I specifically request it.

Also, please do not e-mail me general questions about writing, formatting, or marketing — see below — as answering these questions on a one-on-one basis constitutes editorial advice. Because this blog is devoted to sharing general information on these subjects for free with everyone, I ask my readers to post these kinds of questions as comments on the blog.

Please be aware that I am extremely selective about what book projects I take on, as the right match between editor and manuscript is monumentally important. Also, I am generally booked up at least six months in advance; for book-length projects, my client list is already mostly full for 2010. I do maintain a waiting list for unexpected openings, which sometimes turn up with very little advance notice.

If I am not the right editor for your project, I might be able to steer you toward a good fit elsewhere. If you are interested in a recommendation, please provide me with — wait for it — the book category, intended target market, and a one-paragraph summary of your project.

All other questions
Part of my purpose in setting up this website is to provide as much information about the writing life and publication process as possible to aspiring writers, as well as providing a forum for creating community amongst writers at all levels. To that end, I am always happy to answer questions posted by readers, provided that the questions are general enough to be of interest to all.

Please post these questions as comments, rather than sending them to the e-mail address above. If I answer a question via e-mail, it helps one person; if I answer it on the blog, it’s available for everyone. Also, it’s substantially more time-consuming for me to respond one at a time to similar questions.

Please be aware, however, that due to heavy demand, I can no longer answer readers’ requests for free manuscript-specific advice or personal writing career guidance that are sent to me through this forum. If I answered all of the questions I receive individually, answering my e-mail alone would be a full-time job!

Also, I’ve covered a great deal of material on this blog over the years, so if you check the category list at right or run a search in the box in the upper-right corner, you may find the answer you are seeking more quickly than asking me directly. The archives remain posted for a reason, and that reason is to help writers!