If it’s made of words, I can help you
A seasoned, trained editor
Are you messaging strategically or just spending money and hoping for the best? Good intentions and enthusiasm will benefit from confident, organized, skilled editorial oversight. Bring me your first best effort, fiction or nonfiction, business-related or personal. I’ll reduce unneeded verbiage, smooth out the rough construction, choose more perfect words, provide consistency of tone, and make your writing soar – and your name will be on it. I’ll keep it “yours” but make it better.
Sometimes you need a writer
In some cases, ownership is not important – skilled, effective sentences and paragraphs are all you need. You want to delegate that writing project to one who has mastered correct grammar and usage, who knows how to shape a message for a targeted audience, and who does the work with precision and love of words. Let me just draft it for you. Then, if you prefer, we’ll tweak it and finalize it together. (I’ll even be your ghostwriter, if that’s what you want.)
Grow your communication skills
Maybe you want to develop some communication independence, some confidence in your writing or speaking. You’ve found a seasoned communication skills teacher who loves to help writers and speakers become the very best they can be. If you really want to learn to communicate more effectively on an independent basis, contact me. I’d love to help with your writing or speaking skills – or both.
a short summary of 3 key books
Having lived a long life from the days of “We like Ike” through the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement and the Watergate crisis, the election of our first Black president, the real possibility of electing a woman to the White House, and the chaos and uncertainty of 2025, I’ve seen a lot. And I’m nervous. If you are a regular visitor to the Speakeasy, you know I turn to books when I’m confused or worried, and I share my learning here.