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EDITING

Over 30 Years of Superlative Editing

At Your Service ~ Naomi Rose

(And for a different flavor of excellent editing,

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Ralph Dranow)
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Almost all writers understand that editing helps their manuscript to be error-free, read more clearly, and have a professional-level integrity. Nevertheless, the thought of being edited can cause a writer with a fresh, newly completed manuscript to cringe. "I tried it once," I heard one writer lament, "and my pages came back with so many red marks, you could hardly read the original."

This, in my opinion, is not what good editing is about at all. A good editor is not your critic (you have a resident one in your own mind, anyhow), but your ally. The editor's talent and task is to sense the jewel in your work, and free it from the "rock" of prose that imprisons or camouflages it.

If you have a manuscript that needs editing in order to reveal and polish the jewel of your writing, I offer my extensive editorial experience at your service so that your writing comes out clean, clear, flowing, beautiful, and sounding like you. This will make it accessible and interesting to your potential readers and publishers. Since 1970, I have turned many hundreds of manuscripts into highly readable, publishable form for publishers, nonprofits, businesses, government ~ and authors like you.

The subjects of the manuscripts I have edited have spanned a wide and fascinating range, including psychology, spirituality, health, gardening, history, self-help, fiction, business, poetry, law, and scores of others. But really, the subject is almost secondary. Good editing is good editing. I have not always needed an intimate knowledge of the subject to make its structure sound, its words ring clear and true.

Levels of Editing Available

If your manuscript is complete on your end, and now ready to be edited (or for future reference, once your manuscript is complete), I can offer you any of 3 levels of editing:

Copyediting, in which I address the mechanics of grammar, spelling, and sentence structure so that your manuscript has the professional-level dignity it deserves. (No computer "editor" or spellchecker can replace the discernment of a real-life good editor.)

Substantive, in which I address the organization, clarity, and wording of your existing writing ~ rearranging sections and paragraphs to maximize clarity and reader interest, suggesting transitions to make the writing flow, and advising you where to fill in missing pieces.

Rewriting, in which (with your permission) I actually reword the writing to fulfill your deepest intentions for your work, and add missing examples, phrases, or structural material so that in the end you can say, on reading my revision, "Yes, that’s exactly what I meant to say!"

Professional Background and Credentials

I have won awards for my editorial contributions, received flowers from grateful clients, and been acknowledged for my keen understanding of the subject and the author’s intentions. In one case ~ a statistics text ~ I was been told by the enthusiastic author, "You must have quite an aptitude for the subject," although I had absolutely none, just a native sense of how to make a rough draft professional and engaging. Good editing is good editing.

I have worked for such publishers as:

I have worked for businesses such as:

I have worked with such authors as:

Titles I have worked on include:

The New Holistic Health Handbook | High-Level Wellness | Ortho Books series, e.g.: All About Roses . . ./ All About Vegetables. . ./All About Perennials…/Breakfasts & Brunches | Writing, 2^nd ed. | For the Love of God | To Be or Not to Be: Tales for Your Inner Journey | Sometimes Love Is Enough | River's Grace | In the Lap of the Gods | Dark Innocence | Guide to the Relationship Galaxy for Dates and Mates | Flattened Fauna | Dore | Tasker L. Odie, Statesman | Industrial Real Estate | Minority Groups and Housing: A Bibliography, 1950-1970 | Property Development: Effective Decision-Making in Uncertain Times | Management by Objectives II: A System of Managerial Leadership for the '80s | Retail Distribution of Small Computers | "Newsline": Newsletter of the Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union, Berkeley, CA | "Off To A Good Start": Newsletter of the Blind Babies Foundation of San Francisco | HIV Prevention Plan 2000 for the Oakland Department of Public Health | Understanding Basic Statistics | The Almanac of Investments | Everything Out of Place Is Dirt | That Damn Romantic Fool | and many others.

I am listed in various Who’s Whos for my editorial and written contributions. After more than 30 years in the publications field, I am a master of the craft. After all your work writing your manuscript, you deserve to have it edited by someone who can bring the jewel out of the rock and make it gleam for all to appreciate.

How We Can Work Together

If you decide to engage me as your Book Developer to help you bring your book into form, your manuscript will benefit from my editorial expertise. I can also mentor my Book Development clients learn to edit their own manuscripts, if desired.

And if you want editing only, and not book development as part of that, I refer you to Ralph Dranow, editor, ghostwriter, and oral historian. You can find his website simply by clicking on the his name at the menu to the left.

To discuss the possibilities, contact Naomi Rose:

(510) 465-3935, or e-mail: naomirose@lmi.net

A Sampler of Naomi's Edited Work in Print:

Don Ardell, MD. High-Level Wellness, 10^th Anniversary Ed. Berkeley, CA: 10-Speed Press, 1986.

Richard Carlson and Benjamin Shield. For the Love of God.

San Rafael, CA: New World Library, 1990.

Shepherd Bliss, content editor. The New Holistic Health Handbook. New York: Stephen Greene Press, 1985.

Ortho Books series: All About Roses / . . . Vegetables / . . . Perennials / . . . Breakfasts & Brunches, etc.

San Francisco, 1981-1984.

Elizabeth Cowan Neeld. Writing, 2^nd ed.

Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman and Company, 1986.

Sr. Susan Knutson, To Be or Not to Be: Tales for Your Inner Journey. Berkeley, CA, 1991.

Shirley McGinnis. Sometimes Love Is Enough: 40 Years in the Classroom. Oakland, CA, 1998.

Helen L. Grieco. The Guide to the Relationship Galaxy for Dates and Mates. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1994.

Roger M. Knutson. Flattened Fauna: A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streets, and Highways.

Berkeley, CA: 10-Speed Press, 1987.

Alan Crittenden, ed. The Almanac of Investments.

Novato, CA: Crittenden Books, 1984.

Byrl N. Boyce and Sidney Turoff. Minority Groups and Housing: A Bibliography, 1950-1970. General Learning Press, 1970.

William N. Kinnard, Jr., Stephen D. Messner. Industrial Real Estate, 2^nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Society of Industrial Realtors, 1971.

John McMahan. Property Development: Effective Decision-Making in Uncertain Times. New York: McGraw Hill, 1976.

George S. Odiorne. Management by Objectives II: A System of Managerial Leadership for the 80s.

Belmont, CA: Fearon Pitman Publishers, Inc., 1979.

Retail Distribution of Small Computers.

San Jose, CA: Creative Strategies International, 1980.

Oakland Department of Public Health. HIV Prevention Plan 2000.

"Newsline": The newsletter of the Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union. Berkeley, CA: 2000-2003.

"Off To A Good Start": The newsletter of the Blind Babies Foundation. San Francisco: Blind Babies Foundation, 2000-2001.

Yuval Feldman, paper on legal aspects of medical ethics.

Shai Lavi, paper on religious aspects of medical ethics.

Harvey W. Kushner and Gerald De Maio. Understanding Basic Statistics. San Francisco: Holden-Day, Inc., 1980.

University of Nevada, Tasker L. Odie, Statesman.

Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, 1972).

Jeanne Beckett. Dore. Berkeley, CA: Amberly Press, 1992.