Testimonials

Before we were introduced, Catherine was described to us as a “world-class editor.” After working with her, we whole-heartedly agree. Catherine’s industry expertise and story insight have proven invaluable to our middle-grade adventure series. It should also be noted that she’s an absolute pleasure to work with.

Catherine is experienced, intelligent, and encouraging—a perfect combination for a children’s book editor. Her one-on-one workshop sessions have been invaluable for my novel revision process. Catherine identified the plot problems. Together we found the narrative solutions. I am indebted to her.

Catherine pushed me to explore aspects of my novel I hadn’t considered. But while pushing, she was never “pushy”—she was exceedingly pleasant to work with1

I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to work with Catherine. Her insight, her patience, and her willingness to bring clarity to my writing was amazing. There are a lot of editorial services available today, but Catherine’s personal attention, and gentle guidance is one in a million. I really felt like she was 100 percent with me through the whole process, and I could call her at any time to get her thoughts. And that’s pretty special.

Catherine advertises her editing expertise, but she is really a coach. She maximized my strengths and helped me identify and tighten the weaknesses in my writing. Most of all she was a sounding board and encourager. Because of her, I landed my first children’s book contract with one of the big publishing houses

I’d heard about how effective Catherine was prior to working with her, but I was truly impressed with the progress I made with her services. She grasped the heart of my book almost instantly. She asked the right questions to open up my mind. She knew just how to let me know an idea was not working while still being encouraging. She is warm, engaging, brilliant, grounded, and delightful. I look forward to working with her again!

I brought Catherine the bones to my manuscript, and she guided me to bring breath and life into it. She was very specific on areas of my manuscript I should improve to make it the best it could be. Catherine is also very positive and easy to work with, and I feel fortunate that she was referred to me by a top literary agent (or I may have never found this gem!)

Working with Catherine has been a wonderfully eye-opening experience for me as a writer. She gently shepherded me through the editing process so that I was able to carve out a much stronger narrative from the earlier drafts of my manuscript. Catherine has been a kind and patient sounding board and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for an invaluable breakthrough to take your work to the next level.