What clients say
“Working with Laurie is one of the best investments I’ve made for my career as a writer. Her guidance and experience in craft and the publishing industry has helped level up my novel to a place I could not have gotten to on my own. Laurie takes a sincere interest in your work – in my case she dove into researching the historical aspects of my story and was able to contribute in a way I did not expect. She’s a coach, a collaborator, and an exceptional editor. I wouldn’t hesitate to hire her again!”
— Lisa Comella
“I have been working with Laurie for nearly a decade and highly recommend her editing services. She has a thoughtful, respectful approach built from her love of writing and literature. Laurie does the hard work to understand what the writer is trying to achieve and guides the process to its intended goal, paring down the manuscript to create an efficient narrative, identifying distractions, honing in the story-telling to a knife’s edge. It’s a pleasure to work with Laurie.”
— RPR
“Laurie has been a wise mentor, skilled interpreter, and loving collaborator over the last year as I have worked through my debut manuscript. She is kind and generous, and she has a way of knowing the path I could not see as clearly. She edits as if she is taking your hand, gently moving you through the fog and into the light of clarity. She is so very generous with her time, her heart, her advice. I gave her a manuscript that I thought was “done” and “just needing copy edits,” and she showed me all of the (many) things that I could not yet see. I trust Laurie 100%, a feeling often hard for me, and I cannot recommend her enough. She has become a "Deltan" to me, not just an editor, but a collaborator and a friend.”
— Shannon Hancock, The Delta Hotel, a novel in progress
“Laurie Skiba immediately set me at ease and gently guided me toward the realization that this book needed a deeper level of editing, when I thought I was finished—ha! You taught me so much; you gave me a deeper understanding of the book-writing process and the mechanics of it all and you helped to make this book so much better!”
— Karesha McGee, The Family Healthcare Playbook
“Laurie always approaches my work with an incisive eye and a generous spirit. I’m so grateful for her encouragement, her balanced and helpful critique, and her creative new ideas. I hope I never have to stop working with her!”
— Sarah Sanderson
“Appreciation goes to Laurie Skiba, writer and writing consultant, who contributed essential insights to some of the more difficult and technical chapters in the book’s early stages. She generously shared her professional talent and experience, sacrificing time from her freelance work and the writing of her own books. Her critical analysis spurred me to deepen my investigation. I gained much from her intelligent, thought-provoking comments.”
— Raquel Martin, The Estrogen Alternative