Mary Anne Maier Editorial Services/Endorsements

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	Mary Anne Maier is the most professional, talented editor I have ever worked with. She pays attention to every last detail. Her editing skills are simply phenomenal. I know that when Mary Anne works on a manuscript, I will receive perfection. Add to that her warm, caring personality, and you have the best editorial services you can possibly receive in the book publishing industry. – Dianne Nelson Owner, Shadow Canyon Graphics, Golden, Colorado * * * * * * * Mary Anne Maier’s editing is not simply mechanical and grammatical correction; it is precise and professional substantive editing. Her attention to detail is amazing—she can read something on page 45 and catch an error pertaining to that statement on page 241. In the seven years that I worked with Mary Anne in my position at an academic press, she met deadlines promptly and successfully without fail. And not least of all, she is a pleasure to work with. – Bobbi Gonzales Former Assistant Director, Texas Western Press * * * * * * * I'd never before looked for someone to work with me on my writing, thinking it impossible to find someone sensitive and also knowledgeable about both fiction and nonfiction, but Mary Anne Maier excels at both. She has the unique ability to work with any literary form while allowing authors to retain their own voices, never imposing her own. After Maier looks at one of my manuscripts, I'm fully confident that it is ready to send to a publisher. She's the best in the business—this opinion from a longtime teacher, editor, and writer. – Joan Shaddox Isom Author, The First Starry Night and other books Coeditor, The Leap Years * * * * * * * Working with Mary Anne Maier made it possible for me to write my first manuscript. For ten years I struggled to write a series of novels on my own. With Mary Anne’s expertise and excellent attention to detail, I was able to overcome the obstacles that were preventing me from writing the story I wanted to tell. – Lisa Lucio Fiction Writer * * * * * * * Mary Anne helps me access the writer that lives inside us all. Even when I'm certain that I am done, she ultimately improves my writing substantially with her edits and advise. Mary Anne has taught me to be a much better writer. – Tom George Travel and Personal Essay Writer * * * * * * * After my literary essay had been accepted for inclusion in Mary Anne Maier’s anthology, The Leap Years, I anticipated the editing process with great trepidation, as I always do. But I quickly discovered that working with Mary Anne is not only an enlightening experience, but a joyful one as well. She is that rare gift of an editor who combines unsurpassed skill and meticulous technique with an unwavering sensitivity to the author's wishes. Mary Anne possesses a quality found in only the most masterful of editors—the ability to nurture a piece of writing into its most eloquent and powerful form without ever attempting to impose her own voice upon it. As a brilliant writer herself, she never loses sight of the fact that all writers put a part of their heart and their soul in their work. I have no doubt that any writer, of either fiction or nonfiction, who has the opportunity to work with Mary Anne will come away from the experience feeling as privileged as do I to have found an editor of such sterling talent, vision and proficiency who dispenses her wisdom with such inexhaustible patience, humor, kindness and respect. – Laura S. Distelheim Recipient, Mary Roberts Rinehart Award for Nonfiction, Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Medal for Best Essay, and other awards * * * * * * * In our culture, where being a professional often means specialization, Mary Anne Maier has developed a practice that defies categorization. When you work with Mary Anne, you get the whole person—writer, editor, and teacher—one who is bright, skilled, organized. She is particularly adept at changing her role based on who you are and the state of the project you’re working on. She engages in dialogue about your topic. She helps you find the essence in fragments and seemingly disorganized material. She makes suggestions on everything from structure and transitions to word usage and grammar, improving your ability to write as a part of the process. My guess is that whether you’re a novice and think you can’t write, a seasoned writer with a manuscript being prepared for a book publisher, or anywhere in between, working with Mary Anne will be worth every penny of her reasonable hourly rate. Mary Anne is bright and thoughtful, perceptive and skilled, and fun to work with to boot! I have worked with Mary Anne throughout my Doctor of Ministry program that focuses on creativity and spirituality. Through our interaction my thoughts have deepened, my skill as a writer has advanced to a new level, and my visual art has blossomed. Who could ask for more! – Maggie Van Vliet Artist, Teacher, and Management Consultant Doctor of Ministry Candidate, Spirituality and Creativity * * * * * * * I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your thorough and compassionate editing of my book. I was quite apprehensive going into this process, but I was quite pleasantly surprised by my experience of working with you. The time and future embarrassment you saved me are invaluable. Our discussions on the phone helped me find points where I was not as clear as I thought I had been. This helped not only with the text but also helped clarify my thinking and helped me in developing and refining the seminars that I give. You were also very reassuring and supportive. You took much of the threat out of this process and made the experience of editing an enjoyable learning experience. Finally, you were a joy to work with. I look forward to future collaboration when I work on other projects. – Bill E. Beckwith, Ph.D. Author, Managing Your Memory: Help for Anyone Over 20 Co-Founder, Memory Management * * * * * * * Mary Anne Maier has helped me in editing several technical papers, articles, and journal manuscripts written for a number of English language publications. She not only reviews the text of manuscripts, but also helps me to express myself more precisely, often leading to more condensed and effective paragraphs. – Gero Marzahn, Ph.D. Civil Engineer, Leipzig, Germany * * * * * * * I highly recommend Mary Anne as a great writing coach and editor. With her firm but gentle guidance, I was able to turn a detailed manuscript that I had been struggling with for years into a beautiful sourcebook. I could never have done it without Mary Anne’s unusual combination of skills and personal flair to guide me through it. Mary Anne is not only well educated and experienced, but she is also extremely bright, creative, and flexible. She is easy and fun to work with, thorough and efficient, and also reasonably priced and fair. She is a rare and expert kind of multilevel editor who can help you with everything from basic line editing and word usage to organizing ideas and identifying logical and illogical arguments even in technical areas. Mary Anne helped me iron out problems with an attitude that was so light and easy that it transformed what I saw as problems into opportunities to improve the manuscript. She fosters along budding manuscripts with unique care and oversight, providing writers with the emotional and intellectual support that we need. – Mary Ann Foster Author, Somatic Patterning (www.somaticpatterning.com) * * * * * * * I went to Mary Anne Maier for editing advice on a draft of a dissertation chapter, but I got so much more than that. Mary Anne has helped me think through the project as a whole. She's a great listener who has given me a lot of constructive encouragement. Although Mary Anne is not a specialist in my field, she has provided critical insights that have helped me to refine my arguments for the readers on my committee. She has really become a dissertation coach. My only regret is not looking into this kind of help sooner. This has been such a successful experience that I can see consulting with Mary Anne on other writing projects in the future. – Donna Alfano Bussell Doctoral Candidate, Columbia University * * * * * * * Since it was my first time to publish a book-length work [when I began working with you], I had no frame of reference regarding editors. I did, however, have a stereotype of editors as obsessed with detail and impersonal. While I did find you to be very detail-oriented, you were anything but impersonal. You were approachable and patient, congenial and easy to reach. I appreciated the way you were quick to respond to calls and emails. I also appreciated the speed and accuracy of your work. More than that, it felt that we developed an authentic working friendship. This may be a small thing to some of your clients, but it was big for me. I trusted your judgment and motivation because I never doubted that you perceived me as a real person. The bottom line for me: you are personable and professional. – James Bell, Ph.D. Author, Cormac McCarthy’s West: The Border Trilogy Annotations * * * * * * * Working with you is the kind of experience I have been craving from an editor. You regarded my story as a whole, addressing what you thought I was trying to accomplish. You examined the work as mine rather than as some draft of something you, yourself, hadn't quite gotten around to writing yet. Working with you made me feel like you were on my side rather than being my adversary, my teacher, my boss, my editor. What I appreciated—as much as I appreciated the emotional care you took—was that you were right. You saw the strengths I high-fived myself for as I was writing, as well as the holes I hoped no one would notice. I walked away with the feeling that not only my story but my need to write as a whole was worthwhile, worthy. – Thom Mahoney Fiction Writer * * * * * * * The reason that I have become able to express my thoughts fluently and have success on my college papers is because Mary Anne Maier was at my side as my guide. She showed me how to find my own flow to MY thought process. Mary Anne has a passion to teach, the empathy to understand the struggle to write, and most importantly, the kindness and technique that are necessary for the student to feel like a person and see him/herself progress. Mary Anne Maier is a wonderful person, teacher, and asset to learning. – Sim Darwick University of Colorado senior * * * * * * * It is my pleasure to recall my graduate school days when I worked with you. I appreciated your policy that considers helping students to be self-help and respects academic integrity. You didn’t just rewrite the paper; you actually worked with me. When you found vague expressions in my paper, you asked me in multiple ways to get an idea of what I really meant. That was very helpful for an ESL person. Another thing that I must mention is that I appreciated your quick response and schedule flexibility. I believe you are a valuable editor! I think you can help ESL writers all over the world. – Akemi Takahashi Torin Non-native English Writer [Go to Top of Page]
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