Publish Inside Out

From page to cover.

Find  solutions to common publishing dilemmas that reach from first draft to marketing.

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 Your book, your voice, your vision—with thorough professional attention to your messaging and storytelling for a clearly identified audience and seamless transition to marketing.

From page to cover.

I’m Melanie—editor, content creator,
and project manager.

I work with publishers and indie authors to craft nonfiction & fiction books that inspire our imaginations and contemplate and interpret the realities of our world.

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Editing

Developmental Editing, Line Editing, Copyediting, Proofreading

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Production Management

Publishing Project Solutions

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Content Creation

Book Blurbs, Website Content, Blogs

Are we a good match?

I specialize in genres that explore our experiences "from the inside out." I frequently work with (but am not limited to):

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Sustainability & Nature

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Personal and Spiritual Development

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Arts & Culture

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Historical Fiction

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Fantasy/Romantasy Fiction

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Contemporary Fiction

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In reality, readers judge books by their content

—and cover to cover.

That’s why I approach editing and publishing “inside out,” attentive to and experienced with industry expectations and mindful of the author’s genuine voice & vision.

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Ready to Publish?

Of course, you can’t entirely control whether a book will resonate with an individual reader. Your book won’t be for everybody no matter what, despite the best efforts of writer, editor, proofreader, and marketer.  

But you can implement strategic analysis to ensure that you’ve done what’s in your ability to align it to the readers who would probably want to read it. 

 

 

Remember, potential readers become suspicious when they sense something’s is a little “off.”

 

 

  • A book blurb claims that it explains a complex topic to readers who know nothing about the subject—but the language is a little too scientific and formal. 
  • A story plot misses a crucial stage of character development, and the ending sort of “flops.”
  • A “historically accurate” novel of the 1870s portrays characters using contemporary slang.
  • An informative book about eco-friendly practices wasn’t thoroughly researched or was overhyped and contains greenwashed advice.

Don’t let misaligned storytelling & messaging prevent your book from reaching its otherwise ideal audience.

When your identified audience is discerning consumers looking for informative and inspiring reading that demonstrates quality storytelling and careful introspection, the journey from concept to publish or promote involves sometimes confusing communications that may get lost in translation in the writing to editing to marketing messaging processes. 

 

These phases of a project often require navigating scientific or academic terminology and theory, industry buzzwords, creative impulses, spiritual philosophies, and tendencies (however inadvertent) to introduce elements of excessive hype, or other tactics that begin to feel inauthentic to the initial vision.

Clear identification of audience along with a defined core sense of the intention and vision of an author are the way through the maze.

Interested in Working Together?

Let's Connect

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The Genre Dialogues Workbook

Preparing to work with an editor but unsure how to discuss your genre (or lack thereof)? Trying to define an audience beyond “general”? Wondering how you will approach marketing your book? This workbook is for you!

 

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What My Clients Say:

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 As this was my first endeavor into book writing, I was unfamiliar with the process. Melanie walked me through the process every step of the way, providing constant feedback and guidance on next steps. […] During each step she discussed all options and the “why” for each decision. I truly learned a great deal from this process with Melanie and could not be happier with the final products. 

Michael Warner, PhD
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I highly recommend Melanie. She was professional, fast, and very helpful. I will definitely use her services again.

Heather Hausenblas, PhD
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[Melanie] has helped me with my academic English as a non-native English speaker. […]She would draw my attention to the big issues like the essay format as well as the focus and the flow of my writing. Of course, her meticulous scholarship would help me re-vision my ‘ignored’ grammatical infelicities and wrong usage. I have been happy with her copy-editing service and would recommend her to those who are keen to have one copy-editor like her.

 

 

Fay Yao, PhD