Sarah Anderson: Freelance Editor, Manuscript Doctor, Writing Coach

Sarah Anderson, is a freelance editor and writer, experienced in fiction and nonfiction. Her work has been called outstanding, and she was solely responsible for editing the three most successful romances published by Banbury Books and distributed by Dell. Her nonfiction projects include a psychologist’s spiritual autobiography, which she developed from existing material and transcripts, and a book on marriage. She is an acknowledged contributor to The Wisdom of The Enneagram, published by Bantam. She has self-published a relationships handbook, Relationships Made Easy: How to get along with all kinds of people, and has written articles on the psychology of personality. Clients love her flexibility and her personable style.

Specialties:

Copyediting
Line editing
Writing coaching
Rewriting
Developmental editing
Genres: romance/women’s fiction, literary fiction, memoirs, biographies, religion, new age, spirituality, inspiration, self-help, how-to

Sample titles:

FICTION

Broken Promises, The Hopewell Saga, D. Campbell, Banbury/Dell (line edit/rewrite)
Empire Builder, Westward Rails series, P. Rothweiler, Banbury/Dell (rewrite)
Looking for Mr. Wonderful, Monica Bouvier (line edit/rewrite)
Lumpy: A Baseball Fable, T. McGraw, Running Press (copy edit)
Never Cared Too Much for Love, Nicole Chaplin (line edit)
Signs, Carolyn Sellers (line edit/rewrite)
Silent Dreams, The Hopewell Saga, D. Campbell, Banbury/Dell (line edit/rewrite)
Sir Goodnight Ethan, Joyce Johnson (copy edit) (line edit)
Sweet Madness, Jennifer Sipkin (line edit)
Troubled Empire, Westward Rails series, P. Rothweiler, Banbury/Dell (rewrite)
A Woman of San Francisco, L. Erickson, Banbury/Dell (line edit)
Without Wings, Derek E. Ladd (copy edit)

NONFICTION

Come to the Secret Garden, M.R. Muhaiyaddeen, The Fellowship Press (rewrite from transcripts of spontaneous oral translations)
Finding the Way Home, L. Rush, PhD, publication pending (develop/structure/rewrite/ghostwrite)
God’s Natural Wisdom Psychology, M.R. Muhaiyaddeen, publication pending (structure and rewrite from transcripts of spontaneous oral translations)
The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh, M.R. Muhaiyaddeen, The Fellowship Press (rewrite from transcripts of spontaneous oral translations)
The Handbook of Marriage & Marital Therapy, G.P. Sholevar, MD, Spectrum (proof)
It’s Not Your Fault: The Destiny Program for Curing Post-Divorce Trauma, Raj Paode, Ph.D., IPART Publishing
The Promise of Rolfing Children, Transformation News Network (write, rewrite).
Show Me Your Way, H. A. Addison, Skylight Paths (acknowledged contributor)
The True Marriage, L. Rush, PhD, Infinity Press (develop/structure/rewrite/write)
Ulpan #15: An American Teenager in an Israeli Kibbutz, Sandra Toni Francis, (line edit/rewrite)
The Unabridged Edgar Allen Poe, Running Press (proof)
Unicornis, M. Green, Running Press (proof)
The Windsor Style in America, 1730-1830, C. Santore, Running Press (copy edit)
The Wisdom of the Enneagram, D. R. Riso and R. Hudson, Bantam (acknowledged contributor)

Feedback

It has been a great experience for me. Working with you has been easy and I’ve learned a lot. You have really accommodated me, especially the present tense issue. Your comments are always germane and have enthused me to be a better writer and to get this novel very polished and have convinced me I can get published. I especially liked that you attempted to fill in needed gaps. It made it easy for me to perceive what was needed and to fix it. —(Contact information on request)

It was a great pleasure to work with Sarah I brought Sarah a labor of love and she reciprocated. Writing a biography is a very sensitive process and finding the right editor is crucial. Sarah displayed a rare combination of sensitivity to the subject matter with confidence and thorough professionalism. It is clear that she really cares about her work. I would recommend her services to anyone and I would love to work with her again! —Stephanie South

I am having a wonderful time going over the things you have corrected and added. You are wonderful!!! — Monica Bouvier, Searching for Mr. Wonderful

This is an eye-opening experience for me. I self-published my first two books without an editor and they're full of errors and rough spots. Thanks for being so great to work with. I have to say, I'm very impressed. The little notes are a terrific help. And the fact that you tell me what you like, as well as what you don't is more than I expected. — Derek E. Ladd, Without Wings

Thank you for the excellent job. Your creative talent in structuring and editing contributed strongly to the final form of this book, and your edits made a vast improvement in the manuscript. I was touched by your sincerity, dedication, and attention to detail. —Raj Paode, Ph.D., It’s Not Your Fault: The Destiny Program for Curing Post-Divorce Trauma

I loved your copy edit and the clarity you gave to the two interweaving dialogues. You did a wonderful job. Thank you so much. —Joyce Johnson, Sir Goodnight Ethan

In writing a book about the search for truth and meaning in our lives, it is valuable, if not essential, to have as editor someone who is personally involved in that search. Sarah Aschenbach is a person who has been on that search for most of her life. Much of the richness of this book is due to Sarah’s work. Certainly the experiences and the knowledge gained are mine, but the manner in which these adventures of body and mind are presented is Sarah’s gift. Her own life has afforded her the experience and wisdom to sort carefully through the basket of stones I presented, find the gems, and clean and polish them befitting their value. My deepest thanks goes to her for her kind and wise editing and her unflagging support for this project. —Locke Rush, Ph.D., Finding the Way Home

Submission

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Required:
Submit a sample of your book manuscript or story (Word/DOC or RTF attachment preferred). The sample should be 5-50 pages. Large files should be zipped. Attachment not required if writing has not started (e.g., because you're looking for a ghostwriter).

Along with a sample, the following information is required. Ignore questions that do not apply to your project (e.g., footnotes).

(01) Word count of complete project (under "Tools" in MS Word):

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Copyediting / Proofreading / Line Editing (e.g., English corrections, typos, paragraph and sentence structure, word use)
Developmental (e.g., help with the big picture, such as flow/pacing, telling the story, characterization, structure, style)
Rewriting / Ghostwriting
Critique / Evaluation

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