A-1 Editing Service, LLC

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I just wanted to express my satisfaction with A1 Editing and with my assigned editor, Mary Linn Roby. Going through her meticulous edits, I find that I am learning more with this experience than in ten years of reading books on writing fiction.

Sophie Simonet

Mary Roby has finished my edit and I couldn't be happier. She is both an excellent editor and a teacher. She is also a delight to work with and was everything you promised. If you ever need a reference, please supply them with my name, e-mail address, and phone number.

I am a very satisfied customer.

Adios,
Clyde Casey
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(505) 623-0306

I wholeheartedly recommend A-1 Editing Service, LLC, and especially, Mary Roby. As an aspiring writer, never published, and at that time without representation, I was very hesitant to spend money for professional editing, but everything I read was critical. Still wary, I really wanted to make sure I got my money's worth, and with Mary Roby, I certainly did.
Her work is superb, and her personal interest in your work convinces you right away that you're getting quality, professional editing from someone who loves the act of writing and is devoted to improving your work. Her editing will speak for itself, but I can't say enough about the professionalism, courtesy, and personal investment that A-1 Editing Service, LLC in general, and Mary Roby in particular, provided.

If you trust them with your work, I believe you'll be 100% satisfied.

Best,
Tom Childress

Please do not hesitate to add me to your reference list. You and Dennis Billuni have been nothing but professional and responsive, and the quality of work delivered was thoughtful, detailed, timely, and well beyond my expectations. Exceptional bang for the buck! I hope to work with both of you again.

Sincerely,
Robert Battaglia
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This is an unsolicited letter written in appreciation of A-1 Editing Service, LLC, Nicole A. Bentley and Mary Linn Roby. As an unpublished novelist who has written and researched for the last ten years I was at wit’s end. My first novel had been rejected by virtually every agent in the book – and with no hint or indication as to why. What was wrong? Was it my story? My style? A combination? I had no idea and was drifting, feeling angry, pointing the finger everywhere but at myself.
Then, while surfing the web I landed in A-1’s web site and saw a challenge. A-1 was asking me to send in the first fifteen pages of my manuscript and they would edit the first five for no charge. And they would critique it. Finally – feedback!

Well I took the challenge, sending the first fifteen pages of my second novel into A-1. And I had slaved over those fifteen pages and considered them clean. What came back angered me initially but then I saw something more. Mary Linn Roby, a successful novelist, writing teacher and literature teacher, had improved my work. I was overwriting, a common mistake, but invisible to me. And Mary’s comments (gentle but direct) explained exactly where the errors were – and why I was making them. Mary had not only improved my novel but my understanding of the craft. I needed polish. What better writing course could one get than for a novelist and creative writing teacher to critique your own work – and polish it up for publication to boot?

Since then Mary has edited both of my novels and has helped me to become a better (and more confident) writer - and I’ll be sending her my third novel in a few weeks. Novel two, All Else Is Vanity, will soon be published by PublishAmerica and they are looking at novel one also.

Sincerely,
Jim Tomaszek

I was very happy with the job Lorna did for me. The edit was very sharp and the critique very detailed. She broke down the manuscript from top to bottom, and all of her points were excellent. She not only focused on technical structure, but also on the substance of the story. She pointed out many things that I would not have discovered on my own, and she looked at the manuscript, not only as an editor but as a reader----which is very important. I would definitely use Lorna again as my editor.

As for the service, I was very pleased. Nicole responded to my e-mails promptly and the whole process went smoothly. I highly recommend their service.

Derek Lively
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