Working with Allison was a wonderful experience. The way she handled my manuscript with care and respect, while also highlighting needed changes, improved my story greatly without crushing the hopes and dreams of a first-time author. With a keen sense for both the technical aspects of writing as well as the more intangible qualities that make a story feel complete, she identified gaps and pushed me to make changes I would not have made on my own. I am very pleased with the final result. And all in all, she made the process very streamlined and easy: Between the free test edit, the payment process, her responsive communication, and the detailed notes she provided, I was never left wondering what to do or what was going on. And if I was ever stuck, I knew I could reach out at any time for help in brainstorming. From what I have seen, editing is insanely expensive, so I greatly appreciate Allison’s mission to provide quality service at a much more affordable price! I recommend Allison’s editing services to anyone, but especially to first-time authors planning to publish independently.
— Saraiah Dunmar, author of The Wolfschild and the King
As a first-time indie author, Allison's feedback as an editor has been invaluable, actionable, and thorough. She's helped me polish my manuscript to the best state it can be. Besides that, she's also provided me plenty of advice as I go about publishing my debut. I cannot recommend her services well enough!
— Angola Hone, author of The Canid Chronology
Allison was not only attentive to my manuscript, but she was also responsive to my worries/questions as a new author. My manuscript greatly benefited from her knowledge of medieval history. She helped me tweak my protagonist's backstory and I am so happy with the result!
— Kyrie Wang, author of the Enemy's Keeper series
As a newly emerging author looking to get her first book edited and ready for publishing, I was terrified to put my baby into a stranger's hands, let alone let someone mess with it. Besides that, I could not afford the thousands and thousands of dollars quoted to me by other editors I found.
I am self-publishing my series and have virtually been going it alone. I had reached a point where I was beginning to think it was hopeless—that I'd never find an editor I could afford to hire, let alone trust.
That all changed when I found Allison. She was the helper I had been praying for as I searched and queried. A fellow Christian, with an understanding and compassion for my nerves, she was just the person I needed and she was also exactly in my budget for an editor. Allison took my baby, and after the initial test pages where she showed me how she would edit, she then patched up my poor grammar (semicolons will be the death of me yet), caught minute details, asked important questions that made me realize holes I had left far too open, and did a marvelous job to get me polished and ready to publish.
Allison gave me friendship, taking an interest not only in me and my life, but in my story and the characters within. She gave me steady encouragement and praise, and did an absolutely amazing job on my book, doing only what needed to be done, and leaving my baby whole. Allison is everything I could want in an editor and is extremely talented at what she does. I will (Lord willing) continue to plague her with every story I write and beg her to be my editor. Words cannot express how absolutely grateful I am to have found her, and to be working with her.
— E.R. Brookes, author of the Grimm Inheritance Chronicles
