Editing Services
Covid-19 update: Due to childcare limitations caused by Covid-19, I am currently only working with REPEAT editing clients. I’m only working with people I have worked with before to save time on admin tasks. I am happy to make recommendations for other editors if you contact me with a summary of your book and its genre and age category.
I love working with authors to create powerful writing. Right now, I am focusing on editing books, short stories, and essays. I work on memoir, literary fiction, young adult novels, middle grade novels, science fiction, fantasy, and assorted non-fictional projects. I offer project-based pricing as well as hourly book coaching. Contact me at tracycgold@gmail.com to find out more about how we could work together.
Testimonials
“Tracy’s keen editorial insights helped me dig deeper with my characters and strengthen plot threads. She’s an expert at identifying plot holes, and she offered great suggestions when I was stuck on a chapter. She delivers feedback professionally, efficiently, and encouragingly. I highly recommend her if you want to take your writing to the next level.”
Rachel Lynn Solomon, author, You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone
“Tracy is fast, reliable, and a fantastic editor! She’s also extremely knowledge about the industry and is generous and open to answering your questions.”
Jen Michalski, author, “The Summer She Was Under Water,” “The Tide King,” and more
“Tracy knows classic and contemporary literature through and through. Her stellar insights have taken worlds I’ve created and opened them up further, helping me to see them clearly and objectively. Tracy’s thoughtful, detailed, in-depth analysis of my story has rocked my world. I always used to think that all the power brokers and gate keepers in the literary world were found in big cultural centers like New York, LA, San Fran, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc. Who would have thought — Baltimore? Tracy has not only restored my confidence in my own ability to tell a meaningful, cohesive, fully-developed story, but she has also helped me to realize that a great novel can come out of anywhere. It would be an understatement to say that as an editor, Tracy is worth her weight in gold. She is quite simply as brilliant as they come.”
Derrick Credito, adjunct professor of English
- Writing coaching: A flexible, hourly relationship where I read your work, provide feedback, answer questions, and talk on the phone as much as you like. This type of relationship works best with short pieces of writing such as short stories, essays, and picture books.
- Developmental editing: Send me your manuscript and I’ll send you a detailed edit letter and line notes.
- Editorial assessment: Send me your manuscript and I’ll send you a detailed edit letter.
- Copy editing: A detail-oriented read focusing on catching errors and ensuring consistency. Includes a few comments on larger issues on the page and scene level.
- Proofreading: A detail-oriented reading focusing on errors and consistency; often done on designed books before they go to print.
Select Books I’ve Worked On
The Holy Shroud: A Brilliant Hoax in the Time of the Black Death, by Gary Vikan, published by Pegasus Books
At First Blush, by Beth Ellyn Summer, published by Bloomsbury Spark
You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon, published by Simon Pulse
Watch You Burn by Amanda Searcy, published by Delacorte
Demon in the Whitelands, by Nikki Richard, published by Month9Books
Baltimore Love Project Book, by Rafael Alvarez
Ghost at Dusk by Kevan Dale
The Magic of Unkindness by Kevan Dale
Select Past Marketing Clients
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