Developmental Editing
& Writing Coaching

Are you ready to complete that manuscript and get it ready for publication?

As a lifelong writer and seasoned published author, I’m passionate about helping people bring their ideas, expertise, and voice into the world.

Whatever your project, I believe that the story you want to tell is waiting for you! Let me help you find it and tell it.

I help writers find voice, focus, structure, and success in their work.

My experience as a published author shapes how I mentor and provide editorial services for my fellow writers.

Bringing subject matter expertise in history, gender, race, and sexuality studies, humanities and social sciences, I work with authors of nonfiction books, academic manuscripts, grant proposals and curriculum materials.

Collaboration is key to my work with authors. I will be your cheerleader and champion as well as your constructive critic, and I’ll help you think about how to position your work to have an impact.

Realize Your Potential as a Writer

Developmental Editing

Thorough review with detailed feedback
Advice on structure, clarity, pacing, use of detail and evidence
Subject matter expert perspectives on your project
Guidance for writing for particular audiences
Step-by-step plan for manuscript improvement

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Writing Coaching

Customized support for your writing journey
Goal setting, problem solving, outlining
Collaboratively created accountability structures

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What It Costs

After an initial no-obligation free consultation, my fees are $100/hour.
A typical academic journal or chapter ranges between $300 and $450 for an edit.
Follow-up problem-solving coaching sessions are billed at $100 an hour, with a 30-minute ($50) booking option.

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Making it Work for You

If you’re on a budget, you can designate the amount of time you’d like me to spend on a particular piece of writing.

If you work for an academic institution, funding may well be available to you through

College grants
Unused departmental funds
Grants
Start-up funds
Other institutional sourc

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My Editing Projects

I have edited book manuscripts, dissertations, articles for peer-reviewed journals, grant proposals, and academic program reviews.

Sample Developmental Editing Projects

You’re Doing It Wrong: Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise (Rutgers University Press, 2019), by Bethany Johnson and Margaret Quinlan

The Algerian War in French-Language Comics: Postcolonial Memory, History, and Subjectivity (Lexington Books, 2015), by Jennifer Howell

We are so grateful and honored to have worked with Dr. Jodi Vandenberg-Daves on our book: You’re doing it wrong! Mothering, media, and medical expertise. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.) After our work together, we can enthusiastically endorse her developmental editing services. Her perspective encouraged us to tighten and strengthen our arguments while working from interdisciplinary methodologies. Being able to view the manuscript through multiple methodological lenses, Jodi assisted us in ensuring our work remained both consistent and accessible. As a result of her mentorship, we grew as writers, and we are proud of the final product. Jodi’s feedback was detailed, prompt and organized—she gave us thoughtful critiques in a way that was supportive yet challenging and invigorating. Our experience was so positive we continue to recommend her services to scholars in various fields.

Bethany Johnson and Margaret M. Quinlan, authors of You’re Doing It Wrong! Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise Rutgers University Press, 2019.)

Our Stories, Our Lives

The Writer Behind the Editor

I'm a lifelong story collector and writer. My research and writing explores how people can empower themselves within the the complicated systems, socialization, and historical circumstances of their lives.

I'm especially passionate about empowering diverse women, in all dimensions of their lives. My writing on leadership and motherhood embodies those commitments, and informs all the work I do as a coach and consultant.

I also write poetry, just because...I find it a beautiful way to observe and be in relationship with the world and my inner voice. Plus, word play!

It's an honor to share women's stories-- triumphs, tragedies, and so much resilience! See my media appearances here to sample the ideas in my books.

And it's a privilege to support diverse writer voices bringing new stories and ideas to life.

See my publications

Developmental Editing
& Writing Coaching

Are you ready to complete that manuscript and get it ready for publication?