“If you want your book edited to the highest standard of professionalism and excellence, look no further than Laura Kelly Editorial Services.  I wholeheartedly recommend this fine company.”
  Hywela Lyn, author of Starquest, and Children of the Mist

Hello, and welcome to our website!  In addition to once again being voted one of the top five editors in the 2010 Preditors and Editors poll, Laura Kelly Editorial Services now offers coaching and mentoring services for authors needing step-by-step guidance in how to make your manuscript the best it can possibly be.  No matter how much or how little help you need, we can provide you with the tools you need to move past that tricky writer’s block, re-structure your story, take your writing to the next level, or simply help you finish that manuscript that’s been collecting dust on a shelf because you didn’t quite know what to do with it next.

LKES welcomes two new editors to our staff this year, Jodi Henley and Nan Swanson, also a top five editor at Preditors and Editors.  In addition to being top-notch editors, Jodi is a popular workshop speaker whose specialty is story structure and characterization, and Nan is our formatting guru.  Check out their bios on our About page, and all the new services we have available on our Rates page, thanks to these two talented ladies.

As always, at LKES, our goal is to help you produce a full manuscript that is just the way you want it.  We specialize in analyzing story structure, not just rubber stamp editing, and are here to help you achieve your writing dreams, because to us, teamwork isn’t just another word.  It’s what we’re all about. We love to brainstorm, love to teach, and love to see our clients succeed. 

And succeed they do, as several of our authors have taken what they have learned from us and applied those same tools and techniques in manuscripts that have earned them contracts with major publishing houses.  Others are happily self-published, and you can find their books listed on Amazon or available through their individual websites.

From self-help books to memoirs to genre fiction, LKES will fully involve you in the editing process from start to finish.  We’ve discovered that our most successful authors are open to learning, and our methods work best when the editing process is a two-way street.  Time and time again we’ve proven that our suggestions have made a positive difference in how our clients’ manuscripts are perceived by agents, publishers—and readers. We also feel the secret to our success is that we have no desire to change your “voice.”  What we do is nurture your voice and ideas to bring them out more fully and help you create a book that resonates with your readers.

Our books regularly receive Five Star and above reviews, and have been praised over and over again (see our reviews page) for the depth of character, emotion, and story structure we’re able to help our authors achieve.  Pacing is paramount in any story, and we have a proven track record of knowing how to keep the reader’s interest level high for our non-fiction clients and how to maintain suspense in the stories we edit for our fiction clients.  Good writing is good writing, no matter what the genre. 

So send us an email today, and we’ll be happy to discuss how we can help you get from where you are with your writing goals to where you want to be.

Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Laura Kelly, President