Editorial Services

Ready to make your work excellent?

No one gets published without the services of an editor. True, periodicals and publishing companies use on-staff editors—employing as many as six different sets of eyes on a piece or book before it sees print.

But not even the editors who also write professionally would ever consider letting a work out of their hands until they’ve run it by other writers/editors so that it’s in the best possible form for a potential book publisher or publication editor to see for the first time.

That’s where Susan King Editorial Services comes in. Susan enters the writing process at whatever point along the spectrum where you need help, from creating and developing to editing and proofreading the final draft.

After 25+ years of mentoring writers, Susan can even step in to help you improve your skills at each of the levels of writing for publication.

Susan’s Services Include:

Editing/book doctoring

Developmental editing

Copyediting

Proofreading

Manuscript evaluation

Manuscript final read

Ghostwriting/collaboration

Writing critiques

Individual coaching/mentoring

For more information, you may contact Susan by filling out and submitting the form below.

Testimonials – Editing

Jeanie Jacobson

Susan King possesses phenomenal editing skills, a tremendous knowledge base, and truly cares for the people she works with. The knowledge Susan imparted in helping me to hone individual pieces carries over into all my stories, devotionals, and articles. Thanks to her expertise, my writing is cleaner, tighter, and more detailed. She is gracious, easy to work with, and knows how to reveal the heart of a narrative. Because of her exceptional skill set, I highly recommend Susan for any editorial needs.

Jeanie Jacobson
author of Fast Fixes for the
Christian Pack-Rat

Kenneth Avon White

Before I began working with Susan King, I never knew how a master of the editing craft could make my words soar off the page. In her deft editing, Susan never changes the original intent of what I want to say – rather, she crystallizes my thoughts into concise, grammatically correct language and mentors me along the way. Even if my wildest writing dreams come true and I find myself living on top of a high hill in the home of my dreams, I will continue to seek out Susan’s skills and her dedication to helping me become an ever-better writer.

Kenneth Avon White
author of the upcoming book, Addicted: A Southern Rehab Romp

Jeanetta Chrystie

Susan King is much loved by published and yet-to-be-published writers for her heart to help writers reach excellence in their craft. She is one of the most encouraging and caring editors I’ve met in my 40+ years of writing and attending writers’ conferences. Her genuine love for people shows in her skillful editing that teaches us how to become better writers. As a dedicated mentor, she passionately talks about our need to develop writing as a spiritual discipline. For all these reasons—and more—neophytes and professionals alike seek out her excellent skills wherever she may be.

Dr. Jeanetta Chrystie
author, educator, speaker, www.ClearGlassView.com
founder – Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers, www.OzarksACW.org

Testimonials – Mentoring

Donn Taylor, PhD

I have known Susan King for 13 years as we served together on faculty at writers’ conferences. One year, as I sat at an adjacent table and overheard her one-on-one appointments with writers, I was particularly impressed with her attentive listening and compassionate responses. But beyond that, I was amazed at the way she was able to tailor each response to the specific writer, explaining in detail exactly what each individual writer needed to continue to grow toward excellence in his/her craft. She is a superb writer and editor as well as an excellent instructor. I recommend her most highly for mentoring, professional editing, and speaking.

Donn Taylor, PhD
author of The Lazarus File, Lightning on a Quiet Night, etc.

Steven Duke

On rare occasions, a person happens to be in the right place, at the right moment to meet someone who is transformative. That is how I feel about the first time I met this editor. . . . Not only were her classes excellent, but the one-on-one times for critiquing were just as good. Because of her guiding hand, I was published in two separate anthologies, . . . have written a seventy-five-chapter novella entitled “Greg’s Story,” and am now writing a fiction piece, The Cleaner.

I do not believe I would have continued to strive to become a better writer without Susan King’s influence. I highly recommend that new and established writers touch base with her to explore how she can help them grow as a writer.

Steven Duke
author

Linda Gilden

When I began writing in the early nineties, I longed to find someone who could take me under his or her wing and teach me everything I needed to know to be successful in the writing business. I attended many writers conferences, looking for answers to my plentiful questions. I learned how to write book proposals and query letters. I learned the proper way to converse with editors. But . . . nothing I learned seemed to be taking my writing to the next level. . . .

Then I attended a conference in Florida where Susan King was teaching a continuing workshop. The title was something about devotions but the content was so much more. I sat in her class like an eager puppy, mouth hanging open at the feast of knowledge before me. . . . The hours spent listening to her generously share her wealth of knowledge in such an easily understandable way were so valuable. To this day I often hear her words of instruction as I write.

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