What Clients Have To Say…
Sarah Valentine is punctual, attentive, and thorough. I appreciated her supportive style of critique very much. I left inspired and ready to work!”
— Stephanie Rose Bird, author of The Healing Tree and Motherland Herbal, among other titles
“I used Sarah Valentine's service before submitting a project to publishers. I was genuinely impressed after getting a walkthrough as to what deliverables I should expect and a timeline. It was even more striking when the service met or beat all deadlines. My project was reviewed with a keen understanding paired with a deft editor's hand. In a business where services and promises are seldom kept, this one stands above as a service I can highly recommend, especially for first time authors in need of constructive advice.”
— Jude Duval, author of No Molasses in Rhum
“Sarah has a great eye for theme and structure. She helped keep me on track when I wandered off the path into literary oblivion. Sarah's aid was patient, kind, thorough, empathic—and to the point.”
— Bill Harrison, author of Making the Low Notes: A Life in Music
“Sarah Valentine is an encouraging, patient, and knowledgeable mentor. As a teacher and developmental editor, she provides helpful tools for drafting and revising memoir—particularly in character development, finding a structure, strengthening narrative voice, and identifying themes. She also shares valuable ideas for approaching difficult subject matter and memoir writing in general. Every interaction with Sarah inspires me to continue writing, which, to me, is the most important thing for any writer in any genre.”
— Jean Iversen, author of Local Flavor: Restaurants That Shaped Chicago’s Neighborhoods and other titles
“As a first time writer, I needed a fair amount of assistance getting my memoir off the ground. Sarah was my guiding light over a three month period as my developmental editor. Her insight and direction enabled me to take a hodgepodge of foggy memories, journal entries, and text messages and weave them into a cohesive story of recovery, hope, and love. Her patience and enthusiasm motivated me to work diligently to ultimately share my story. I am beyond grateful I found my way to Sarah and can never thank her enough.”
— Sue Poncin, author of In The Space Between
“Sarah’s unassuming but I’m guessing she’s Mensa-smart. When she edits your work, you receive two (Word) documents: The edited version AND a summary page that suggests or underlines different roads to pave, consider, or embellish. Her summary is tremendously helpful.”
— Scott Stambler