Inkslinger Editing LLC

I have no boiler-plate service for editing and developing short stories--just an approach.  I ask you to allow me the freedom to do whatever I find is needed.

On a first read of a story, this might mean writing up a paragraph or a page of comments and suggestions for revision.  If the piece is not ready structurally or conceptually for a line edit, I will not touch the prose.  In that case, I will send the story back with a critique of structure, characters, and story viability.  Editing short stories is a time-consuming venture, so the prose should be line edited only when the story is near completion. 

When I begin working with a new client on her or his stories, I recommend that the author sends a few along.  That way, I can let the writer know which is the closest to completion and why. 

If you have a story or set of stories ready to develop, let me know.  

By and large, editors in magazines and journals are extraordinarily generous in providing comments and in tightening prose.  If your query to a specific magazine and/or journal has been accepted, I encourage you to look no further than their services.  Unity of voice and structure is important in these venues, and your magazine editor can give you the most helpful advice on that subject.

If you are developing a project on your own, I can offer critical critique along the way--just remember the above point that editors will encourage further changes, thereby putting your article in line with the rest of the publication.  In welcome short nonfiction in these areas:

• art
  
• art history
  
• aesthetics
  
• fashion & textiles
  
• photography
  
• travel
• cultural events (including politics)
  
• narrative nonfiction
  
• writing in the humanities geared toward a wide audience
  
• memoir 

I work with the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).

Work on short fiction and nonfiction is based on an hourly rate.