Want your dream book to become a reality? Let me help you make it happen!
I provide BASIC COPY EDITING, DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING and ONE PAGE OR CHAPTER CRITIQUE.
I can help you FORMAT YOUR PHYSICAL BOOK or your EBOOK and several other SERVICES
I can help you FORMAT YOUR PHYSICAL BOOK or your EBOOK and several other SERVICES
$15 per hour for all services described.
Past Clients
"You're brilliant! Thank you SO MUCH for your thoughtful edits and comments. Just what I was looking for. So very, very helpful. I really needed someone to really look at all those niggly details." — Beth R.
"Need an editor who understands technical secrets? Is skilled at formatting? Pays attention to detail? Knows proper grammar? And, equally important, listens to her client's wishes? Then allow me to recommend the editor who has given life to several of my projects — the talented Cheri Gillard." — Sandra A.
"Please know that your thoughtful critique has helped me improve my work, has encouraged me greatly, and has certainly given me additional insight. Your evaluation of my work is indeed treasured." — Jo-Ann C.
"Thank you! We were surprised and pleased for the amount and quality of the critique you provided on our manuscript pages. ... We have considered your comments carefully and have made changes in our work accordingly, to the better." — John R.
"[My] story has taken flight through your gifts of caring and writing. Your skillful abilities as editor and publisher have polished the rough edges and added depth to the experience. ... Thank you with all my heart." — Ruth J.
"I never would have gotten my book to the publication stage without Cheri. Her background as a successful author won my confidence. Her editing instincts are top notch, and she has the technological know-how to format books for all the varied publishing platforms. Knowing I have a busy schedule, Cheri was very patient with me and worked with me at my own pace while at the same time motivating me and cheering me forward to completion." — Laurie G.
Cheri has been a professional writer and editor for more than twenty-five years. She has won numerous awards for her fiction writing, plus she has helped both aspiring and seasoned writers realize their own dreams of getting their Indie books turned into reality or their manuscripts ready for submission to traditional publishers. Her experience includes writing for many publishing houses across the nation, including Random House, with her work has been read and used all over the world. She also managed a vast team of writers and a fourteen-page spread in an international print magazine when she was editor for its book and product review section. For many years, she proudly served as judge for the Paul Gillette Memorial Writing Contest, part of the highly esteemed Pikes Peak Writers Conference (PPWC), providing critique and feedback as well as helping choose the best of the best for award recognition.