![]() Pacing: Does your story move along at a good pace, or is it dragging (or leaving your readers behind)? Plot: Is your work strongly plotted? Are there some holes you might need to fill? ![]() The Story Premise: Is the idea/concept of your story original, compelling and marketable? If not, how can it be improved? In short, all that nit-picky stuff you need to take care of before you send your manuscript out. Manuscript Basics: Your formatting, punctuation, grammar competency, dialog tags, spelling, etc. * current faculty member in Seton Hill University’s MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction * former editor for the professional fiction magazines HMS Beagle and Strange Horizons * former director of the Context Writing Workshops * graduate of the the Goddard Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program ![]() I have considerable experience in providing constructive feedback to fiction writers. * Nonfiction manuscripts aimed at general or technical audiences * Paranormal fiction (but keep in mind that I am not a romance reader) ![]() * Other genre fiction such as mysteries or plot-driven mainstream fiction * Speculative fiction: writing that falls somewhere in the realm of science fiction, fantasy, or horror I offer professional critiques and developmental editing of short stories, novellas, novels, and nonfiction manuscripts. ![]()
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