Editors I recommend
A good editor is the best money you will spend on your book. Before a manuscript comes to me, it should have been through an editor’s hands: someone who reads every line, catches what you can no longer see, and makes your book sound more like you, not less.
These are editors I know and trust. They edit the manuscript. I take it from there to a published book: the cover, the interior, Amazon, and the launch.
Tara Cooper
T. Cooper Creative
Edits and coaches: writers, speakers, and entrepreneurs, from a first draft to a manuscript that is ready.
Tara has walked authors all the way to a finished, edited manuscript and then sent them to me for the publishing side. That handoff is how this page began.
Pam Lagomarsino
Above the Pages
Edits: nonfiction, Bible studies, devotionals, children’s books, and fiction. Also manuscript critique and proofreading.
Pam edited one of my books and was a big part of getting it published. Her line for what she does says it plainly: “helping authors encourage and inspire their readers.”
Robin L Reed
Robin L Reed Editorial Services
Edits: fiction and nonfiction; copyediting and proofreading.
Robin’s site says it plainly: She helps authors turn heartfelt manuscripts into professional-quality books. She told me first-time authors often ask her what comes after the edit. That is the handoff this page is for.
Ken Walker
Ken Walker Writer
Edits and ghostwrites: nonfiction; substantive editing, manuscript revision, and ghostwriting for authors whose book needs to grow.
Ken told me that a lot of book editing turns into ghostwriting, especially when a 20,000-word manuscript needs to become 35,000. If your book has a message but not yet enough pages, he is the one to talk to.
How this works
You hire your editor directly, and you work out the scope and the price with them. No fee changes hands between us, in either direction. I list these editors because I would send my own authors to them, and for no other reason.
When your manuscript is edited and you are ready for a cover, an interior, Amazon, and a launch, that is where I come in.
Editors: if you are helping an author publish and want an hour of my time on the mechanics, that is $150 for a 60-minute session.
Common questions
Do I need an editor before I work with Dr. Dan Lancaster?
Not to start. We can begin with an idea, a stalled draft, or a finished manuscript. But before a book goes to print it should have been through an editor’s hands, and these are the editors I would send my own authors to.
Who pays whom?
You hire your editor directly and pay them directly. No fee changes hands between the editors on this page and me, in either direction. They are here because I trust their work.
What happens after the edit?
When the manuscript is edited and you are ready to publish, tell me about your book. I take it from there: the cover, the interior, getting it onto Amazon the right way, and the launch.