Editing Services

I believe editing is essential to good writing. As someone (I think it was Dennis Lee) once said, “You can’t do brain surgery on yourself.” After over 25 years of writing, publishing, and teaching creative writing internationally, I now also provide editing services to a few writers at a time.

I focus on fiction and memoir, and some non-fiction. Please note that I only take on projects that resonate with me and that I believe have the potential to be published. Not all books are for all people, and if I don’t think I’m the right editor for you, please don’t be discouraged. After all, rejection is at least 85% of the writer’s life! (That’s a joke. Kind of.)

If you are interested, please send me an email through the contact page or directly at Lauren[@]LaurenBDavis.com. Let me know what you’re working on, what you hope to accomplish (traditional publishing/self-publishing/agent/small press, etc), and what you’re looking for in an editor.