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The Novel Editors
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Dedicated Professionals Edit and Place Your Novel

       There are no great writers, only great rewriters.





The Novel Editors specialize in successfully developing, editing, and
market-positioning commercial genre and literary novels, concluding the process
with query letter supervision and agent consultation. The primary goal for each
novel we take on is simple: to get it published by a major house or
distinguished press. The primary goal for the clients we take on is simple also:
to remake and mentor them into better writers.

Our success and expertise in developing and editing the popular genres of
mystery, crime, suspense and thriller, SF/F adult and YA, historical and
narrative nonfiction of any type, as well as women's fiction in all sub-genres,
is the result of many years in the publishing business (both commercial and
literary presses) as well as authoring our own fiction, and editing fiction for
others, not to mention leading workshops at the most successful writer event in
the country, the New York Pitch Conference. Many of the writers who attend are
mentored by us into successful commercial publication.

More about our credentials, as well as author testimonials, found here, an
updated Google search here, and our New York Pitch contracts and success stories
here.



What Makes Us Genuinely Different?


       In our case, two editors working in tandem equal your single best chance
to become published.

What differentiates the TNE/MTM approach and faculty credentials from the many
academic instructors, former authors, ex-publishing house editors, and others of
various stripes who labor daily on hundreds if not thousands of novel and
nonfiction manuscripts?

The answers as follows.

Our proven track record of over thirty years experience working on the
publishing side of the business as well as on the literary agent side. As a
result, we are successfully networked with many literary agents and publishers
in New York, and on the west coast. We work with authors to produce books that
are either published by major commercial publishers and/or signed by major
agencies, and unlike most freelance novel editors out of New York, we are
published authors of fiction, nonfiction, and short stories who have also
written extensively, and in a professional capacity, on the subject of fiction
writing technique and story craft.

Our "first line to final contract" services for any given project are more
comprehensive and pragmatic than other novel editing outfits. A four-step
editorial process (outline and details here) includes a preliminary story
premise and plot review, a core manuscript development review, and a follow-up
review of the manuscript rewrite. Why? Because there is rarely any such thing as
one-shot manuscript editing that results in commercial publication. Follow-up
reviews are mandatory, especially if we plan on moving successfully towards the
fourth and final step: the querying process.

We only take on a small number of clients each month. We do not portion out our
services like dim sum, and neither are we a manuscript editing factory dependent
on large volume to stay in business.

Dedicated and careful editorial work on your project will be accomplished by not
one, but two highly experienced editors working in tandem. In our case, two
editors of our caliber working on your novel or non-fiction manuscript equal
your single best chance to become published.

Finally, we have many years experience as successful workshop leaders at the New
York Pitch Conference. This fact connects us to what the market is looking for
in terms of high-concept stories and specific fictional elements (types of
characters, settings, etc.).

Overall, this rare combination of aforementioned expertise enables us to provide
you with a unique and productive approach to your work.


Very Important Questions to Ask Yourself

Whether or not you choose to utilize our services, ask yourself the following
questions before you engage any novel editing service:

 * Do you get to review the credentials of the precise person who will be
   working on your ms?
 * Do the credentials include any real-time experience working in tandem with
   New York publishing or mid-sized publishers or quality independent presses?
 * Is there a demonstrable track record of commercial or literary publication of
   any kind associated with past clients of this particular person who will be
   editing your manuscript?
 * Is the proposed editor person an actual writer of fiction, narrative
   nonfiction or novels with a track record of any kind? (self-publishing not
   included)
 * Do the accolades or testimonials about the business appear to include a lot
   of buzz phrasing rather than pointers to actual contracts?



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