People Say Such Nice Things

Testimonials from Awesome Clients

I have really valued and appreciated your opinions with this book and past ones. Such a good balance between being encouraging while also showing me exactly what I need to work on!

—Jewel Allen (beta, romance series)

Let me know what your schedule looks like and if you are interested in continuing to provide your impeccable services for the series. . . . I originally thought I was going to use different editors for different genres, but after your services, the others did not compare. Even when they were advertised as specialists in the genres. So I hate to say it, but you are going to be bombarded with projects across all genres. I hope you are prepared.

—S.K. Ehra (copyedit, occult suspense/psychic thriller series)

Hey Lynda, thank you so much for all your hard work on this project. I really appreciate your constructive feedback and the effort you put into this (in particular, it was great learning about the origins of [xyz])! I hope we get to collaborate on more projects in the future.

—Damien Larkin (copyedit via Dancing Lemur Press, space/colonization science fiction)

I want to thank you so much for your valuable input in my book. Your suggestions added so much to it. If I ever complete another book, you will definitely be my go-to editor.

—Richard Haemer (copyedit, novella)

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly with the beta report. I really appreciate all of your big picture comments and the detailed copyediting observations. They will really help me polish my manuscript.

—Rebecca Grant (beta, middle-grade fantasy)

Thank you so much, Lynda, for the care and promptness with which you edited [Edge of Light]. I've been going through your wonderful and instructive edits of the manuscript. [. . .] Your comments and suggestions are very clear; I'm actually agreeing with you on nearly all of them.

—Jay Antani (full copyedit, YA science fiction)

Thank you so much for your tremendous evaluation of my manuscript. It has far exceeded my expectations. I feel as if the $$ I invested was worth every penny.

—Carol Chester (partial MS evaluation, memoir)

I couldn't find a single thing to fight with you about; rather disappointing. Seriously though, thanks for the great edits and suggestions. I basically accepted everything . . . I could have read that manuscript twenty more times and never found any of that stuff. I am grateful for your expertise. Bring on round two!

—Darrell Haemer (full copyedit, business/self-help)

. . . a huge shout-out to Lynda of Easy Reader Editing. . . . she actually beta read an earlier book for me, and I didn’t even consider anyone else when I was looking for an editor. She’s amazing – quick, efficient, knowledgeable, and above all funny and easy to work with. I keep learning new and interesting (for the grammar fiends among us anyway) things from her, and she made the editing portion of the work ridiculously stress-free and easy, especially for a newbie like me. I’m only recommending her because I can’t write enough books to keep her exclusively to myself.

—Kim Watt (full copyedit, fantasy/urban fantasy series)

Just breezed through your edits. Nicely done. Thanks so much Lynda for excellent job and fast turnaround!

—Jewel Allen (single round copyedit, contemporary romance)

I spent Saturday reading through the notes and comments and I am gobsmacked at the amount of work you put in. This is incredible. Thank you so much! I appreciate your input greatly.

—Chilu Lemba (full copyedit, memoir)

Selecting an editor usually means you have to sacrifice something—price, quality, timeliness, or the personal touch.  Lynda is the exception to the rule—and she knows all the rules. If I had to sum up her greatest value it would be this: In every chapter, paragraph, and sentence, Lynda never forgets that the words are the author’s voice and she treats them with care and concern. She doesn’t so much apply editing rules but instead weaves them within the author’s intent and meaning. The result is that the story is still you but a better you.

—Raymond Esposito (full copyedit, dark fiction & horror series)

Working with Lynda is always a pleasure. She has a way of making the edits fun and informative. I always find that I’m left excited to work after I get her notes. She has a way of making my writing shine without taking away anything that makes it my own. This is one editor who really knows her stuff, and her work has become truly invaluable to me as I pursue this path of writing.

—Brandon Ax (full copyedit, YA urban fantasy series)

Thank you for your honesty and constructive criticism. This is my first book and therefore first interactions with betas and I'm learning not all are created equal. . . .You are so thoughtful in all your answers which is beyond helpful. I can’t thank you enough for doing this first reading and the valuable feedback.

—Kim Mower (beta, women’s fiction)

I’d like to thank my editor @easyreaderediting for sharing this journey with me. She made things so smooth for a girl who was clueless about this whole process, and she was ever so patient with me.

—Stephanie E. Workman (full copyedit, Christian self-help)

It was great to have Lynda as my copyeditor. She was fast, responsive, thorough, and had a strong attention to detail. She reviewed every word and every punctuation mark on my 82,000-word manuscript two, three, or four times. She was a joy to work with and I won’t hesitate to use her again.

—Heidi Love (full copyedit, memoir)

Who knew that editing could involve humor! . . . I am amazed at some of the mistakes that have been missed in my dozens of reads and re-reads as well as the multiple rounds of reading by 3 PhDs!! A true testament to your mad, mad skills.

—Kristen Snarski, PhD (full copyedit, doctoral thesis)

[This book] has nearly completed its second round of editing. Typically my novels go for three rounds, but [this book] may only need this second one. This is attributed to two factors: one, my editor is nothing short of amazing, and has identified nearly all of my consistent flaws and corrects them before I even see them. Secondly, I become a better writer with each successive novel, so my editor has less to fix each time. Still, I attribute nearly all of my success to the former, not the latter.

—Stephen Fender (full copyedit, science fiction/space opera series)