Editor

JAM Manuscript Consulting

Ana Manwaring

JAM Manuscript Consulting offers developmental editing and coaching, copy editing, proofreading and critique for most genre of fiction, short fiction, memoir, personal narrative, essays and other creative non-fiction. We also edit poetry and anthologies.

Business Name
JAM Manuscript Consulting
Phone Number
415-827-1468
Business Description

JAM Manuscript Consulting offers developmental editing and coaching, copy editing, proofreading and critique for most genre of fiction, short fiction, memoir, personal narrative, essays and other creative non-fiction. We also edit poetry and anthologies. All our work is custom contracted with clients.

Contact Ana Manwaring for a free preliminary consultation and sample edit. If we aren't right for your job, we are happy to help with referrals.

Many Redwood Writers and Napa Valley Writers have benefited through Jam Manuscript Consulting. References on Request.

Bio

Ana Manwaring teaches creative writing and autobiographical writing at Napa Valley College and privately. She is the founder of JAM Manuscript Consulting where she is both a writing coach and developmental editor.

Active in the writing community, Manwaring sits on the board as Treasurer for Sisters in Crime Northern California. She is past treasurer, membership chair and program chair of Redwood Writers and active in the newly formed Napa Valley Writers. She is the 2011 recipient of the Helene S. Barnhardt award for service to the writing community.

Manwaring holds a B.A. in English and Education and an M.A. in Linguistics: Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Development. She has attended the Tomales Bay Writers Conference and several Left Coast Crime conferences.

Three years of traveling and working in Mexico inspired Manwaring’s thriller, The Hydra Effect, A JadeAnne Stone Mexico Adventure and Saints and Skeletons, a memoir of her transformative experiences in Mexico at www.saintsandskeletons.com.

Find her book reviews at www.buildingabeterstory.com.

Address
P.O. Box 1093
Penngrove, CA
94951

Robbi Bryant Edits

Bryant’s Comprehensive Editing

ROBBI SOMMERS BRYANT'S services as a developmental, content, and copy editor are listed below. I offer a FREE 10-PAGE EDIT with no commitment or strings attached. That way, you can see how I edit, and I can see how you write. I edit all genres—take a look at https://robbibryant.com/editing-reviews/ to get an idea of the work I do. I’m proud to say I’ve never received a negative review.

Business Name
Robbi Bryant Edits
Website Address
Business Description

FREE 10-PAGE SAMPLE EDIT OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT

Robbi Sommers Bryant's comprehensive editing includes:
1) Correcting errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
2) Correcting incorrect word usage (such as affect for effect).
3) Changing passive voice to active voice.
4) Eliminating wordiness and cliche’.
5) Suggesting deletions and revisions, noting them at the sentence and paragraph level.
6) Consistency in spelling, hyphenation, and creating variations at sentence and/or paragraph structure to tone and tempo.
7) Style and Syntax.
8) Rewriting and restructuring the text.
9) Moving entire paragraphs and sentences to improve flow.
10) Character Development.
11) Plot.
12) Character and Story Arcs.

Bio

Robbi Sommers Bryant's award-winning books include a novella, 4 novels, 5 short story collections, and 1 book of poetry. Her work is published in magazines including Readers Digest, Redbook, Penthouse, college textbooks and several anthologies. Robbi’s work was also optioned twice for a television Movie of the Week. She is past president of Redwood Writers and is a current Vice President. She specializes in developmental, content, and copy editing. She also works as a writing coach.

Joelle Burnette

Burnette Writers’ Services

Joelle Burnette is an award-winning journalist, writer, and artist. In addition to being the author of several books, including two coloring books for adults, she designs and maintains websites, and is a graphic designer.

Business Name
Joelle Burnette
Website Address
Business Description

Services:
• WEB DESIGN & EDITING:
— Joelle Burnette is the web editor for the Redwood Writers website, along with other sites, including JoelleBurnette.net, 4GenerationArtists.com. As well, she produces web content for sites such as HubPages and blogging.
— Preferred CMS: WordPress. She has used this platform on behalf of Redwood Writers, KRON4 News, Press Democrat, and more sites.
— Intuitive, attractive, engaging website design and management including use of plugins, building widget blocks, WP media cycle, embedding video and CSS coding, HTML and theme manipulation, SEO management, multiple e-mail management, and so on.

• GRAPHIC DESIGN: (online, print, book covers, and so on)
— Calling upon her art background, her vibrant, detailed graphics are eye-catching.
— See graphics samples @ JoelleBurnette.net or LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joelleburnette

• BOOK FORMATTING:
Professional print and e-book formatting using Adobe InDesign to produce print-ready documents.

• MARKETING MATERIALS DESIGN: (Using professional Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Bookmarks, postcards, fliers, newsletters, posters, etc.

• COPY EDITING & PROOFING:
— Chicago Manual of Style (books)
— Associated Press Syle (media)

Bio

Joelle Burnette is an award-winning journalist, writer, and artist. In addition to being a KRON 4 News web content producer, she reported for the Press Democrat and more newspapers for many years before writing her first book, Cancer Time Bomb. She also writes and illustrates children’s books, including Freedom Doesn’t Just Come Along with a Tree which promotes tolerance and diversity, and has turned her pen drawings into her two coloring books for adults, Hearts: Love’s Journey and Snowflakes. Burnette’s magazine writing was awarded Gold by the International Parenting Media Association that represents more than 100 magazines worldwide.

Prior to having received her master’s in journalism from Stanford University, she applied her love of writing to her work in congressional offices on Capitol Hill and in California, and media relations on presidential and other regional political campaigns. Follow her writing at JoelleBurnette.com and her art on Etsy at JBBurnetteDesigns.etsy.com.

Address
94928

North Coast Stories

Crissi Langwell

After years of publishing my own books, I have learned the ins and outs of many aspects of self-publishing and have managed to save myself a lot of money. My goal now is to offer these services to other indie authors just starting out at an affordable price, from book formatting to creating a website, and to also be a support to new authors as they begin their publishing careers. I specialize in book formatting, and in creating basic Wordpress websites. I aim for a quick turnaround time with each service: 1 week for most services, and 2 weeks for copy editing. I encourage you to visit my website at northcoaststories.com to find out more information about what I offer, to learn tips on marketing and publishing, or just to connect. If you'd like to become more familiar with my writing and publishing style, you can find my books at crissilangwell.com.

Business Name
North Coast Stories
Website Address
Bio

My name is Crissi Langwell, and I’ve been an indie author since 2013 when I published my first novel (and a writer since many years before that). I am a member and former newsletter editor of the Redwood Writers, and the Online Content Producer of Northern California newspaper, The Press Democrat.

Along with the many aspects of book publishing, my passion is writing. I have a particular love for writing about the triumph of the underdog. I have written literary fiction, young adult fiction, magical realism, poetry, personal essay, and self-help non-fiction. I am also an avid reader, and appreciate the wonderful art of storytelling in a wide variety of genres.

Dr. Angela Literary: Dr. Angela® Programs, Publications, and Professional Services

Dr. Angela Literary Services

Expert literary services offered by Dr. Angela who brings her 30 years experience in editorial, writing, ghostwriting, editing, developmental editing, coaching, and publishing skills to clients. Having authored over fifty books of her own (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), and ghostwritten or assisted in developing and publishing hundreds of books and documents for other persons and organizations around the US and world, Dr. Angela provides literary services online and in person out of her Petaluma office, and teaches riveting writers' workshops.

Business Name
Dr. Angela Literary: Dr. Angela® Programs, Publications, and Professional Services
Business Description

Dr. Angela Literary was founded and is operated by Dr. Angela Brownemiller. Dr. Angela Literary offers authors high quality, highly informed, caring services, helping authors to find their voices, their skills, their insights, to bring themselves into words and print (and digital-electronic formats as well). Dr. Brownemiller serves both fiction and nonfiction authors, also playwriters and poets, with her commitment to excellence and high service. Having served hundreds of individual and organization clients, and written over fifty books or her own, Dr. Angela Literary has a proven track record. Among the literary services Dr. Angela Literary offers are: a range of editing services, specializing in to developmental editing, and a range of publishing consulting services, specializing in Amazon publication set-up, layout, and processing. Dr. Angela Literary is well known for her exciting, inspiring, sometimes even life-changing writer’s workshops from which writers walk away with new understandings of their goals and next steps as authors. Email us at [email protected] and see also DrAngelaLiterary.com

Bio

Dr. Angela Brownemiller, also known as Dr. Angela®, values Human creativity, sees our creativity as inspiration and guidance. Bringing this creativity into writing is one of Angela's primary drives in life. Dr. Angela has authored over fifty books under this and several pen names. In addition to her role as writer, she is a journalist, clinician, psychotherapist, and speaker. The views of Angela Brownemiller are centered on the great potential of the human mind, heart, and soul, and on the rights of all of us, who and whatever we are (or think we are). Angela Brownemiller views the human consciousness as a wealth of opportunity for exploration, insight, knowledge – and survival. For more information on her work in the literary fields, see DrAngelaLiterary.com. For information on her other work, see DrAngela.com and AngelaDeAngelis.com, also AddictionStoppers.com.

Address
PO Box 2505, Rohnert Park, CA 94927

Word by Word Writing Design

Ida Rae Egli

From my years of experience in the English department of Santa Rosa Junior College, I know how to encourage developing writers. I am good at coaching fiction and non-fiction writers and enjoy reading their work, no matter whether novice or advanced in scope. I specialize in developmental and content editing: the first two or three read-throughs. I offer extensive comments and analysis—and welcome our coming together in conference. I offer complimentary samples of my work. Ida Rae Egli

Business Name
Word by Word Writing Design
Website Address
Phone Number
707-292-8405
Business Description

Word by Word Writing Design is owned and operated by writer-educator-editor Ida Rae Egli. She has been teaching writing and memoir for thirty years and editing and coaching developmental writers for ten.

Bio

A Californian whose roots go back to the Gold Rush era, Ida Rae Egli was raised in Mendocino County. She moved to Santa Rosa to teach language arts and literature at Santa Rosa Junior College—for twenty-five years, serving as chair of the department. Still captured by the beauty of Sonoma County, she writes fiction and non-fiction, teaches memoir writing, and coaches writers, editing their developing manuscripts.

Address
6642 Stone Bridge Road
Santa Rosa, CA
95409

Wordrunner Publishing Services

Jo-Anne Rosen

Since 1982, dba Wordrunner, Jo-Anne Rosen has served the small business, academic, health care, human services, literary and performing arts communities as well as nonprofit and governmental agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area and far beyond. She prepares books, manuals and newsletters for publication with a focus on perfect bound books (trade paperbacks) for small presses and self-publishing authors. She also custom designs and maintains websites, including WordPress sites.

Business Name
Wordrunner Publishing Services
Website Address
Phone Number
(707) 934-0555
Bio

Jo-Anne Rosen’s short fiction has appeared in Other Voices, The Florida Review, The Summerset Review, The Dickens and several other journals. She is a book and website designer, living in Petaluma since 1998. She also publishes an online literary journal at www.echapbook.com and is co-editor of the Sonoma County Literary Update (www.socolitupdate.com). Excerpts from her stories were performed in 2014 at the New Short Fiction Series in Hollywood, California as well as at Off the Page Readers Theater in Sebastapol and Cotati in June 2016. *What They Don’t Know* is her first fiction collection. More info: www.joannerosen.us.

Rainfall Press

Kymberlie Ingalls

Kymberlie Ingalls has been writing in various forms for over three decades, specializing in memoir, personal essay and short fiction. She lectures on topics such as marketing/branding, social media, inspiration and crafting techniques. Kymberlie is also active in many branches of the California Writers Club, which includes leading a successful members' marketing support group at the Berkeley Branch. She has created critique groups and taught creative writing in Adult Education programs... Her style is firm and honest in edits, coaching and writing.

Business Name
Rainfall Press
Website Address
Phone Number
925-324-5106
Business Description

Editing: Genres generally accepted are short stories, contemporary fiction, novels, comedy/satire, memoir, essay, articles, blog content. I'm open to most work, let's see if we're a fit.

Services are tailored to meet client-specific needs. For marketing, branding, social media, etc. I offer advisement and consultation, but do not provide these specific services.

Bio

Kymberlie Ingalls is a blogger and author, native to and still living in the San Francisco Bay Area. The creator of the successful sites Writer of the Storm and Neuroticy = A Societal Madness, she began blogging in the late 90s, before it became the phenomenon that is prevalent today.

Her work focuses on personal topics such as love, relationships, grief and memory loss.

Ms. Ingalls has a colorful history in stage, comedy, auto racing, radio broadcasting, adult education and individual author coaching. All of this feeds her broad scope of writing in memoir, prose, fiction and opinion essays. She has received praise from critics, colleagues and readers for her heartfelt honesty and emotional depths.

Address
P O Box 415
94522

Natasha Yim, Children's Author

Natasha Yim
Services Offered

Picture Book manuscript critique. Will provide content editing on picture books for $75 per manuscript. Send full manuscript. Fee includes written notes and a 20 min. phone or in-person consultation.
Synopsis critique. Will provide feedback on up to 3 pages of a synopsis. $35
Query Letter critique. Will provide feedback on up to 1 page of a query letter. $20.
Writing job resumes. $40
Already have a job resume written but just need someone to proof read it, check spelling and other grammatical errors? $20

Please visit my website for more details on editorial services: http://www.natashayim.com/editorial-services

Business Name
Natasha Yim, Children's Author
Website Address
Bio

Natasha Yim is the author of 4 picture books: Otto's Rainy Day (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2000), Cixi, The Dragon Empress (Goosebottom Books, 2011), Sacajawea of the Shoshone (Goosebottom Books, 2012), Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2014), a Junior Library Guild and Scholastic Book Club selection, and a Monarch Illinois Reader's Choice Award nominee. Her upcoming picture book, The Rock Maiden, will be released by Wisdom Tales Press in March 2017. Natasha has also written nonfiction articles for the children's magazines "Highlights for Children", "Appleseeds" and "Faces", and is a regular contributor to Mendocino Arts Magazine.

Renaissance Consultaitons

S.A. “Sam” Jernigan

Offering a full menu of publishing-related assistance, and specializing in publicity/promotion -- including for first-time authors.

Business Name
Renaissance Consultaitons
Phone Number
530.362.1339
Business Description

At Renaissance, you have the option of obtaining help with just one piece of your publishing puzzle – OR receive comprehensive assistance in bringing your early stage project to marketplace fruition.

Scope of services available includes bringing a raw manuscript through the entire development process including editing/book development, graphic design (marketing-oriented front/back jacket + interior layout; also photo and image editing/enhancement), self-publishing (print and/or ebook), and your book’s all-important promotion & launch including obtaining pre-publication endorsements/reviews, regional and/or national publicity, arranging for retail distribution, setting up all Amazon arrangements including enhanced marketing strategies for optimizing your book’s performance online, as well as researching and reaching out to sizable populations of just-right readers for your specific title.

Overall, there’s a bottom-line marketing focu$ to all aspects of our work on behalf of authors…

Bio

Hi, I’m “Sam” Jernigan and have spent a lonnng stretch in the publishing trenches, having originally begun my work in this sector during the mid-90s while on staff with a then-sizable publishing company. They were based in TN and I worked as a Marketing Administrator in their satellite office in Santa Rosa. When they closed down their west coast operation, I hung out my own shingle, originally specializing in book promo.

Over the years, I’ve specialized in working with first-time authors for whom I’ve been able to acquire first tier publicity (see roster on my website), and have expanded into book development with the same aggressive marketing orientation.

Recent local successes: www.RiverBeachPress.com, www.DRRpress.com, also CathyWild.com

Address
PO Box 561
Auburn, CA
95604