Let me help you tell your story.
You have a draft.
You’ve received feedback — notes from a friend, a kind rejection letter, some thoughtful ideas from a workshop.
But you’ve gone as far as you can on your own.
You need an editor.
With more than fifteen years in the industry—working for book publishers big and small, as well as major media brands—I’m here to assist you as you prepare your work for publication.
I believe in writing to your ideal reader, but not writing to an imagined market.
Strong literary work can succeed in the commercial marketplace. Let’s write the strongest book you can first, then talk about who and where could sell it.
Let’s work together to refocus your revision, imagine what your project needs next, steps you can take to improve, and to imagine where it will take shape.
What’s your next step toward publication?
Pitch Letter
Start here
Revise your initial pitch to make a great first impression with agents or editors.
Developmental Editing
Priced per page
Strengthen, restructure, and clarify your work with a close reading and line edit for form, content, and clarity, to bring your work to life beyond the page.
Long-Term Project
Custom rate
Take your idea to the next level. Brainstorming magazines, publishers, and marketing initiatives to make sure your project is poised for success.
And where do you imagine your work will find a home?
Clients have published their books with St. Martin's Press, Third Man Books, Cambridge University Press, Iowa University Press, Melville House, and more.
Clients have published their books with St. Martin's Press, Third Man Books, Cambridge University Press, Iowa University Press, Melville House, and more.
“Thank you to Kirsten Reach, who shepherded this manuscript to its final form through editorial notes that were an art form of their own.”
— Jacqueline Alnes, author of The Fruit Cure