As an editor and publishing consultant, my goal is to help writers solve any problems that may be keeping their books from reaching their greatest creative potential – and their rightful place in today’s competitive publishing market.

I also work with businesses on print and online sales and marketing materials.

I work with:

• Fiction writers (mainstream, literary, popular fiction)
• Nonfiction writers (proposals and full manuscripts in health, medicine, current events, psychology, memoirs, spirituality, other areas)
• Screenwriters
• Publishers (all levels of editing)
• Writers who want to self-publish (development, editing, project management, marketing)
• Agents (“problem” projects)
• Businesses and professionals (sales and marketing materials, Web content development and management)

I work with writers on everything from evaluations and one-on-one developmental guidance to line-editing and proofreading. Because it’s crucial in today’s marketplace to think “career” as well as “book,” I take an active role in trying to link my clients with agents and publishers, and to help them plan and create long-term careers.

I work with self-published writers to offer them editorial, project-management, and online marketing services, as well as assistance in developing speaking careers.

In the business area, I work on everything from sales letters to books for back-of-the-room sales, and for promotional and other purposes. My track record includes developing creative and inviting “sticky site” content that turns visitors into customers. As with authors, I help businesspeople to develop their speaking careers.

In the business area, I develop sales and marketing materials, including books for back-of-the-room sales and other purposes. A special focus is on working with businesses to make cost-effective and profitable use of the Internet by creating content that turns visitors into customers.

A few details about my background:

• Coauthor of The Ideal Entrepreneurial Business for You (Wiley)
• Published author with a national and international background in journalism and editing
• Former executive editor of Writers Lifeline, a division of AEI, a Los Angeles-based literary management firm
• Presenter and speaker at many writers’ groups and conferences (Santa Barbara Writers Conference, International Women Writers Guild/IWWG, Pasadena City College Writers Forum, SouthWest Writers Conference, LA Writers Conference, Independent Writers of Southern California/IWOSC)
• Independent consultant and former chief copywriter and developmental editor, www.unlockthegame.com
• Other professional association memberships in addition to LAEWG include: Publishers Association of Los Angeles (PALA), PEN USA, Editorial Freelancers Association, IWOSC, Freelancers Union, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)

 

As good an editor as any writer could hope for.—Stephen Altschuler, author of The Mindful Hiker: On the Trail to Find the Path (DeVorss); named best biography/self-help and book of 2005 by the Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR)

I know about the hand, but without [Monica’s] help I would not have been able to pass this knowledge on to my readers.—Steven J. McCabe MD, author of 101 Questions and Answers About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (McGraw-Hill)