In this one I hope to draw some visitors who are writers and might need a little help with their manuscripts. I'll ask for a negotiated, nominal fee. Maybe I'll throw in a publishing deal if I love the work and the writer is interested.
I'm more interested in finding some blossoming writers than making money, though I could certainly use a few more bucks now and again, which is why I now have a donate button at this site.
I've managed to do some decent editing on various projects unrelated to mine in recent years, and I think it may be time to put my skills to use--or attempt to.
I'm absolutely convinced I'm a better editor than a writer. The proof is in a number of books I've helped RBP authors bring to fruition in the past. I get jazzed when I read manuscripts that have the potential to evolve into something special.
Everyone needs an editor, I say. Even the so-called geniuses have or had editors in their corner. Thomas Wolfe and Kerouac come to mind. It's said Fitzgerald was an atrocious speller.
In a sense, writing is a solitary experience that can drive you nuts like solitary confinement in a jail. But the publishing end of the experience turns out to be collaborative, like a stage play or a jailbreak.
Someone has to be able to figure out what in the hell the writer is trying to say! Even if that is as clear as a bartender's "last call," further work will usually be necessary.
Maybe someone out there will take a leap of faith and give me a shot while figuring out that I'm a very discerning, detail-oriented reader, if at times a sloppy writer who dashes off stuff here and there like an anonymous poster at any newspaper website.
My intent is to demonstrate when I mean business, I mean business.
TS
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