Writing
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accurately the exact focus or theme that best captures
ideas...great at discussing options for presenting my
message...and no one is better at choosing the clearest,
briefest written language."
Mary L. Ford,
Four-Term Mayor of Northampton, MA
"As a veteran magazine
editor/publisher, I'm inherently hypercritical...
[You] blow me away! Then, I read your summary of my
workshop. Nobody has ever caught the essence of what I try
to say better than you did in that piece. Thank you for the
thought...and respect...that represents. With your
permission, I'd like to use that article in the material I
send to potential workshop sponsors."
Donald J.
Jonovic, Ph.D., Family Business Management Services,
Cleveland, OH
"You did a GREAT article. I really
appreciate your catching the nuances of the
presentation."
Ingrid
Bredenberg, Human Resource Innovations, Montague,
MA
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Peter Bowerman, www.wellfedwriter.com
"Wow wow wow - a writer who comprehends word limits! I'm impressed on so many levels. If you had any idea how many back and forths it usually takes me to get someone to do a kudo that fits the criteria, you'd faint. Thanks so much,"
Sue Katz, Editor, National Writers Union newsletter
Editing
Boy, I should have hired YOU to edit
this thing! I'm so grateful for -- and impressed with -- all
your feedback
Marilyn Ross,
author, Jump-Start Your Book Sales
(after we spotted a number of errors when she asked for a
blurb)
"Your additional paragraphs create a
clarity in a section that I now see was muddy. It just
amazes me how the changing of one word, such as from
"increase" to "expand" makes the sentence so much "crisper.
Well done!"
Dr. Ivan
Delman, author, The Business of Chiropractic: How to Prosper
AFTER Startup
I worked at a story for eleven drafts,
showing it to a committee of people who all eventually
blessed it and told me it was great. Music to my ears, and I
was ready to submit it. At the final hour, I decided to ask
you to review it for me, hoping to gain from your
copyediting expertise. Honestly, I was hoping you'd just fix
a comma or two, and tell me it was terrific. You did fix a
few grammatical boo boos, but you also suggested a way to
enrich the story that I hadn't thought of before. At first,
my reaction was, "oh no, not another rewrite!" But I have a
great deal of respect for you, so I listened. The end result
was several more hours at the computer, and the development
of a new story that is lightyears better than what I had
produced before. Thanks, Shel, for your insight and for
pushing me to do my best!
Azriela
Jaffe, author/speaker/coach
"After dealing with one literary
predator after another, I was beginning to give up hope.
Then I found you. Not only did you do a superb edit on my
book, but you finished the job ahead of schedule and well
under your very reasonable estimate! Thank you for restoring
my faith that there are editors with integrity and
professionalism. I will definitely be back for my next
book."
Bill Drury,
author, "A Typical Male"
