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EditingI provide editing services for poets, fiction writers, and non-fiction writers. In poetry, I mainly work with chapbook and full length manuscripts, but will also work on smaller groups of poems. I will be honest with you about your poems, will advise you which should be dropped, which should be kept, and which ones need revision. I will line edit your poems, showing you exactly which parts need revision and why. I will help you order your poems and organize your book into a coherent whole, and will help you make it as good as it can be. I also offer advice on how and where to look for publishers. For fiction and non-fiction writers, I offer a full range of manuscript editing services, from general overviews to line editing and proofreading. I also do dissertation editing. My students and clients have had their poems, stories, and essays published in The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, The New England Review, AGNI, Verse, Denver Quarterly, and dozens of other magazines. My clients' books and chapbooks have been published by presses such as Slope Editions, Akron University Press, Salmon Press, Black Ocean Press, and others. I served as editor-in-chief of Quarterly West for two years, where I edited and published poets including Larry Levis, Stephen Dunn, and Elizabeth Spires. I have spoken frequently about publishing at literary conferences and festivals. I serve on the Board of Directors of Slope Editions, which has published a book I edited, Bow, by Penelope Austin. I charge $40--$60 an hour, on a sliding scale, offer free consultation, and have a quick turnaround time. For more information, or for references, email me at wyncooper@gmail.com. "What a subtle and beautiful combination of heart and intelligence Wyn Cooper brings to his work as an editor. His perspective on my manuscript helped me to see its elements in a new way, and helped me to imagine new possibilities for the book as a whole. He is a careful reader and the comments he offers on individual poems are detailed and wise. Wyn has helped me to refine and polish my manuscript, and he has also given me valuable ideas and questions to carry forward into my writing life." --Karin Gottshall, author of Crocus (Fordham University Press, 2007) "Astute, yet sensitive, Wyn Cooper’s in depth critique of the poems in my new chapbook manuscript titled Men and Cars helped me re-envision the collection’s organization, some of the poem choices, and even the choices I made in individual lines. Wyn was also free with his enthusiasm about the poems he liked, which gave me confidence about my work as a whole. I’m definitely pleased to recommend Wyn’s highly skilled editorial services." —Marsha Kroll, author of Modeling With Miss America (Finishing Line Press) |
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