FREE SAMPLE
Let’s see if we’re a good fit.
An editor reads your book closely and tells you the truth about it. Before you trust anyone with that, you should know how they read and how they talk about your work. Send me your opening or any scene, up to 2,000 words, and find out.
Free. One per writer. No obligation. Or write to ricardo@redrooteditorial.com
WHY A SAMPLE
The right editor feels like a reader on your side.
Some writers want it straight. Some want it honest and gentle. Some books need work on structure, others on character. A sample shows you how I read, what I notice and how I say it, so you can decide if that’s what your book needs. If it isn’t, you keep the letter, no hard feelings.
WHAT YOU’LL GET
A letter written for your pages.
What’s already strong.
So you know what to protect when you revise.
Where a reader might stop.
The moments that lose a reader, and why.
How I’d make it stronger.
A few concrete suggestions you can try straight away.
And a quote for the full manuscript, if you’d like one.
HOW IT WORKS
From your pages to your letter.
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Send your pages. Your opening, or a scene that’s giving you trouble, up to 2,000 words. Tell me how you like your feedback.
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I read them twice. Once as a reader, once as an editor.
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Your letter arrives within 7 days. Read it, keep it, decide in your own time.
“Thanks to Ricardo’s incredibly detailed, clear feedback, I feel confident that my revisions are strengthening my story’s structure, pacing, characters; I could never have caught the issues on my own, but his explanations made perfect sense and have helped me to look at my work in a new way. He is very honest and direct while always conveying warmth and respect for my work.”
D.L. STANLEY, AUTHOR OF JOUET, LITERARY SCI-FI ROMANCE