Literary Services
get bold, get productive, and get published
Writing can feel like this:
Having the right literary services in your corner means you’re never working without a net.
Dr. Hanne Blank Boyd offers a comprehensive suite of literary services for nonfiction writers, built on 25 years of industry experience and nearly a dozen books in print. (Click here for her bio.)
Get bold, get productive, and get published with the right blend of high-leverage support, editorial insight, and technical expertise in your corner.
Who uses literary services?
Hanne works with all writers of all experience levels, from those just beginning to explore their craft to seasoned professionals with bestsellers under their belts.
What genres do you work with?
Hanne works with all nonfiction genres including memoir, travel, history, self-help, health/medicine, essay, long-form journalism, spirituality, creative nonfiction, and scholarly/academic writing.
A free consultation is available to help you determine the right service(s) for you.
What clients say…
“Incredibly thorough; her keen memory and sharp smarts enables her to become extremely familiar and fluent with long documents. This remarkable skill allows her to provide both extremely detailed and big-picture feedback. The process of working with her has been transparent, direct, and powerful."
“I really can't say thank you enough for the heavy lift you have done here.”
“Hanne is generous, encouraging, and kind. She is a delight to work with as she weeds through even the most complex and messy manuscripts.”
For Writers
Developmental Editing
Developmental editing involves comprehensive editorial review of your complete or near-complete draft. Developmental editing provides feedback and guidance for maximally effective revision. Developmental editing is also available to assist with project conversions or “reboots,” projects that are being reimagined from the ground up in terms of premise, genre, or format shift, such as dissertation-to-book or book-to-script.
Bookwife Services
Much like a midwife, a bookwife guides you through bringing your new creation into the world. Whether you are just beginning to wonder what to do with an idea you have for a book, are looking for support figuring out questions of genre and structure, need an experienced research consultation, want to improve accountability and productivity, or almost anything else related to writing books, having a bookwife in your corner gets you from daydream to done. Ready to write your book proposal? Mentorship for that process is available too.
Ghostwriting
Authors choose to work with ghostwriters for drafting or revision for many reasons including deadline conflicts, time/energy constraints, or as a disability accommodation. This is a fully confidential service. Authors retain full control and copyright of all contracted materials.
For the Trade
Editorial Management
Some projects require expert handling behind the scenes to structure, coordinate, schedule, and manage complex written projects (especially those with multiple authors) so that editors and publishers can spend their time editing and publishing.
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