Studio
We welcome offers writers at all stages of their career and practice, and from all backgrounds and experiences.
1.
Book a consultation
2. Set a plan
We tailor our approach to the needs of each project and the working styles of each writer. Our most common packages are broadly outlined below.
A concise and instructive assessment concerning the fundamental components of your manuscript, such as voice and style, structure, plot and pacing, thematic development, characterization, dialogue, and more. This may be most helpful to writers who have completed an early draft of a manuscript and are seeking direction for the revision process, or to writers who have received a fair amount of feedback about their mansucript but are feeling stuck, or to writers simply seeking a fresh perspective from someone whose ex once told her she was rigorous as hell. It wasn’t a compliment, but she was flattered nonetheless.
Includes:
- A lengthy and comprehensive written assessment to guide the revision process
- Broad margin comments to point out discrete issues
- A phone conference to discuss the assessment and next steps
An assessment (as described in the Primary package) as well as a sentence-by-sentence edit of your manuscript to highlight and correct minute issues, such as chapter structure, syntax, inconsistency, tense agreement, and more. This package is best for writers who have already completed a substantial revision and are seeking assistance polishing their voice and style, or for writers who have revised to the point of revulsion, or for those who simply relish the agony and satisfaction of producing a perfect sentence.
Includes:
- A lengthy and comprehensive written assessment to guide the revision process
- Extensive margin comments to point out discrete issues
- Line edits to elevate each sentence
- Correspondence during the revision process
Other editorial services:
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Coaching
- Ghostwriting
- Query letter editing
- Proposal editing
- Copywriting
- Copy editing
Editors
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Naomi Huffman
Naomi grew up in the Midwest and has been editing books since 2012. Her career began in independent publishing in Chicago, where she edited at the ambitious small presses Curbside Splendor and Featherproof Books. During that time, she developed her taste for the audacious, voice-driven, and transgressive literature championed by independent houses. Later, she worked for MCD x FSG and FSG Originals, of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, where she edited multiple titles and developed the overall digital strategy and brand identity for both imprints.
She is drawn to non-fiction with a distinct and thoroughly informed perspective that bears a sense of social responsibility, that aspires to correct misremembered histories, and contributes to lesser-known literary lineages. She is excited by fiction that explores voice and form, springs from a particular place and experience, and exhibits a singular style.
She has worked with many musicians and artists to develop their novels and memoirs, and she specializes in drawing out confident work from writers from other creative disciplines. She is a sensitive editor and maintains an open and candid relationship with her clients. Above all, she ensures a work succeeds on its own terms, sentence to sentence, word by word.
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Julia Ringo
Julia, a native of the Pacific Northwest, has spent nine years working with the most highly-regarded literary publishers in New York, first with Publishers Group West, distributor for Grove Atlantic and other fine independent houses, and then in editorial with Alfred A. Knopf and Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
She is omnivorous in her reading interests, and is drawn above all to precision and specificity in prose, place, and character, along with stories that trace the intersection between human and non-human lives. She is passionate about fiction and narrative nonfiction, with particular interest in genre-bending and hybrid forms, prose written by poets, and writing about travel, nature, community, and the weight of history. And dark humor is a bonus! She has shaped academic texts for trade publishing and helped many first-time authors gain a sense for structure and scene. As an editor, her primary goal is always to bring a manuscript as close as possible to the best version of itself, in keeping with the author's vision, all through close communication and mutual understanding.