Book Doctor ~ Editor
Anita D. McClellan
From concept into print since 1988


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On "old-fashioned" editing
Hooking a publisher on your nonfiction
Hooking readers on your work: by the Publishing Contrarian
Building an author platform--for noncelebrities
This too happens to authors with book contracts
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Gift Certificate for the writer in your life--including you!
A wonderful way to publish family diaries, memoirs, letters and reach a wide audience around the world.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Authors Guild
Publishers Weekly
More than 2500 US, Canadian, UK publishers, editors, agents to submit a manuscript to.
Nov.06-July 07, life and death for the staff at the Baghdad library: access the director's diary

We can help you get focused and gain traction with spot-on writing, rewrites, editorial feedback, contract-vetting (before you sign).

"...the industry wants to pump out more books in less time with fewer, less-experienced editors. And so the burden of editing sometimes falls upon the agents, who need to shape up manuscripts before they can be successfully submitted to publishers....Who do the agents call? There's a good chance that their Rolodexes contain many of the same names that a few years ago were on the payrolls of the big house....the next time you're in the market for a freelance editor, this group would probably be a good place to start."
- Authors Guild Fall 1999 Bulletin

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"I'm indebted to ...Anita McClellan ... for...incisive editorial contributions."
-- Gay Courter

Nonfiction and fiction book awards received by authors we have worked with include


National Book Award

American Bar Association Certificate of Merit

American Psychological Association Distinguished Contribution

Book of the Month Club

The Christophers Award

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Educator’s Award

Pfizer Award (best science book in 3 years)

Triennial Book Award of the Order of the Coif

New York Times Book Review Recommended Reading List

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