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Manuscript Development
Writing a book is a lot like growing a garden. It’s hard work and sometimes you feel you’ll never see the end of it. It can take years, and a lot of weeding. Like the garden you dream of, the book in your head may be quite different from the one taking shape on paper. How can you turn your vision into a book?
Consider Pen and Press your landscape architects. We’re the busy crew that pulls up in front of your home with a truck full of rakes, pruning shears, and fertilizer. We’ll bring along our thirty years of experience in developing both fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, poetry, and personal narrative to help you shape the book in your mind into a readable, publishable manuscript.
We’ve written titles of our own (and grown gardens), and we know how to get you from an idea to a bound book.For a collective list of the titles we’ve brought to fruition, in various aspects of the publishing process, please click here. ![]() “Shortly after I embarked on my first attempt at writing a book, I was introduced to Miranda at Pen and Press and very quickly learned that researching and writing is of little importance without the expertise and guidance of a professional to edit, rewrite, proofread, and take over the process of producing a result I could be proud of. Miranda did all of this and much more. I will be indebted to her forever.”
—Richard Rodi Author of A History of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Providence, RI “When my friend, a published writer, recommended Pen and Press as a source for review and advice on my first manuscript, little did I know how thorough, thoughtful, and valuable their suggestions and comments would turn out to be. The macro- and micro-analyses, complete with annotations, flagged paragraphs, and constructive criticism (as well as kudos!), have provided me with first-rate tools with which I may target and revise areas of needed improvement. Rock-solid advice from a well-organized editorial service.”
—J. Michael Wall
“By the time we finished our first meeting, perhaps for the first time in my life, my creative thoughts had been validated. Mind you, not pie-in-the-sky, 'Gee, you're great, quit your job and buy a lot of pens and a condo in the Keys,' validation (although, as you know, I did quit my job. Should I have waited?). You provided me with wonderfully honest, pragmatic, and professional encouragement. I haven't been the same since and it feels great!”
Puyallup, WA —Jon Teger
Milford, NH —Roland Pease, Publisher
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