For when your manuscript needs a defibrillator, not a band-aid.

I love working with Lisa. She’s an incredible writer with the rare gift to help other writers be as incredible. When I was writing a manuscript with her, she always gave me the guidance I needed to make something great. She’s generous, kind, and clear—if you write with her, you’re going to make your best book. And, she’s funny as hell!

Sam Levit

Sometimes you’ve had a developmental edit, but implementing the notes feels like advanced surgery with gardening tools. Other times, you’ve got a pile of lists, half-scenes, outlines, and research clippings that technically qualify as “a draft,” but only if we’re being very generous.

You’re lost at sea, and the captain’s deck looks like the aftermath of a pirate party.

That’s when you need a book Book Doctor.

What I do:

• Evaluate what you’ve written against what you meant to write
• Rearrange, rewrite, stitch in what’s missing—always in your voice, never mine
• Remove redundancies, shore up weak spots, and add connective tissue
• Return a completed, structurally sound manuscript that finally breathes on its own

We’ll review it together, revise where needed, and nurse it to the polished, publication-ready state you dreamed of in the first place. And no—there won’t be visible scars.

Book doctoring generally requires much more time, knowledge, skill, and coffee (or cabernet) to complete than most clients assume their manuscripts need at the onset. So there is no one set fee for this. Most manuscripts come in somewhere between $15,000 and $50,000; I would need to review a portion of what’s been created to provide a custom quote for you. It’s similar to arriving at your tropical destination without having made reservations ahead of time; a bit of scouting and previewing is needed before a price can be determined.

Are you ready to call the Doctor?
Schedule a free 30-minute consultation!