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Authors and publishers on working with the Book Doctor.
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I used Bobbie Christmas for my second book, and I can't say enough about the thoroughness of her work. She has decades of experience and edits for award-winning authors. The complete editing and 50-page report you get are worth every dime of her fees. Reviewers have noticed the improved difference between my first book and the one she edited.
People who read my first book remarked on how my writing has gone to a new level. I credit you a great deal for that.
I always attribute my first book's success to your helping it along and making it the polished product that it is today. Thank you very much!
You did a wonderful job on the edits. I can't thank you enough. Also, the report was a welcome surprise and very helpful. I'm sure you'll be getting referrals from me in the future.
You have done an excellent job on my book Black Cotton. I am impressed with your level of professionalism, particularly your ability to understand my subject matter on a level that allowed your editing to truly enhance the book. I will certainly use your services in the future.
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“Thanks for teaching me how to improve my writing. All that red ink paid off!
“I appreciate the work you did for me in the past. Now I am ready to submit another piece to you for editing.
“Thank you for the amazing editing work you did on my manuscript. I've learned so much from your report. Doing the hard-copy edit was definitely the way to go for a first-time writer. I've recommended you to several of my friends.
“I so appreciate you getting my manuscript back early. You always elevate my work.
“Thank you for the wonderful job! You went a long way toward showing me ways to choose simpler words, simplify sentences, and keep the information clear. After I submitted the first two chapters, proposal, and query letter, within a week I was offered a contract for publication from a traditional publisher.
“My editorial team and I were very pleased with your copyedit of The Art of Lawyering. You intervened just enough, making only slight changes to word choice and punctuation, to really make statements more clear and details consistent. Very nice work! I would love to work with you again.
“The edit looks great. Thanks, Bobbie! I really appreciate your being able to edit all three books in the trilogy. It's really beneficial to the author and me when the same copyeditor is able to work on the books.
“Thanks for doing a great job. Very professional.
“We are getting into the amendments and thank you very much for all your hard work. When completed the book will be greatly improved.
“Thanks for finishing the editing of my manuscript early. I was amazed at all the red changes, but realized that is why I sent it to you. I also appreciated your suggestions for improvement of the story and have made changes as a result.
“I received the manuscript yesterday and have begun making revisions based on your marks and suggestions. This has proved very helpful. I will not hesitate to use your service again or recommend you.
“I requested three other sample edits, in addition to yours. Yours was exceptional; the others weren't even really in the running once I received yours.
“I don't think I would have gotten anywhere with the book without you. You were a tremendous help to me, and I learned a lot from you.
“I am so thankful I had you edit the book. Your changes are right on, and I'm learning so much. The clarity you provide was very needed.
“Thank you so much for the prompt service. I am so pleased with the edit of my manuscript. I appreciate the suggested changes. You really did a magnificent job.
“I read your email, and it scared me, but perhaps that prepared me for the excellent job you have done with the manuscript.
“I received the manuscript last week. Wow! I began reviewing it this morning, and I must say that I am impressed with the work that you have done. Thank you.
“Your corrections and feedback were invaluable to me. I'm sure you can relate when I tell you my heart was in my throat while opening the packet!
“You're the best. I am very pleased. I've posted your line edits on our group site for all the girls in my critique group to learn from.
“I am very pleased with your work. I found you to be very thorough, and you provided very useful suggestions. I want someone who will be honest and direct with me, like you were.
“I appreciate your editing and help with the back cover copy. I have seen the death of most adverbs and many exclamation points and have added one hundred commas, fifty semicolons, and more than a hundred hyphens.
“I want to express my sincere appreciation for such fine work. I've shopped around, making contact with a dozen editors. You're heads above the rest. I particularly like your critique format.
“Thanks for having done a great editing job on my book. A newspaper editor I once wrote for said he could not find one grammatical error in my book. Kudos to you, Bobbie, for your fine editing skills!
“The 25-page critique is invaluable. You helped me more than many writing workshops have in the past.
“The only way I can describe your work is beautiful. Like an artist, you chipped away the extra rock and sculpted a real story out of what I had done.
“I am a devotee of your book Write In Style and have applied your computer editing in my personal writing and my employer's books. She is most impressed! Thanks to you, she said I was invaluable.
“I sent material to several book doctors, but was most impressed with your work.
“You're one of my top editors.
“You're making me a better writer, if I do say so myself.
“This is one of the best writing manuals I have ever acquired, and I regularly recommend it to both novice and seasoned writers. My own copy looks like a case of Post-It notes exploded on it.
“I followed your directions for changing the two spaces after every period into one, and it worked perfectly! You just saved me the painstaking job of going through every sentence in my 125-page manuscript.
