Editorial & Consulting Services
For Authors and Freelance Writers
Offered by Patricia Fry
Some years ago, I hung out my shingle and began offering my services as a consultant for freelance writers, authors and those interested in self-publishing. I’ve now expanded my services to include email and telephone consultations.
Do you need an editor?
- Can I help you with your book proposal?
- Do you need guidance in manipulating the self-publishing maze?
- Are you hungry for some good book promotion ideas?
- Would you like advice about starting a freelance writing business?
Let me help you with your writing/publishing project.
Testimonials from Clients and Students
Qualifications
I have been writing for publication for 30 years, having contributed hundreds of articles to about 200 different magazines. I’m also the author of 25 books.
My writing/publishing-related books:
The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book
How to Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Days or Less
The Successful Writer’s Handbook
A Writer’s Guide to Magazine Articles
Over 75 Good Ideas for Promoting Your Book
Young Writer’s Handbook
My articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest, Kiwanis Magazine, Woman’s World, Woman’s Own, Country Woman, Country Journal, Entrepreneur, Cat Fancy, the Artist’s Magazine, The World and I, Your Health, Technology and Learning, Catholic Digest and many others.
I’m president of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network) at http://www.spawn.org. I respond regularly to writers’ questions through the SPAWN Web site and the National Association of Women Writers newsletter. I present writing seminars and workshops throughout the U.S. having been a guest speaker for the Book Publicists of Southern California; the San Luis Obispo Night Writers; SPAWN Santa Barbara, SPAWN Thousand Oaks and SPAWN Ventura, CA; Pen Women of Southern CA; the San Luis Obispo Book Festival and Barnes and Noble in Honolulu, HI. I participated in the Writer’s Digest Largest Writing Workshop in the World at Barnes and Noble in Ventura, CA. Earlier this year I was a presenter at the Much Ado About Books event in Jacksonville, FL in February of 2004 and at the National Association of Women Writers in Arlington, TX, also in February. I will be a panelist at the Central Coast Book Festival in San Luis Obispo, CA on September 12, and at the Meet Me In St. Louis Book Festival and Arts and Crafts Fair in St. Louis, MO October 29-31, 2004. I taught an online history writing class through the Writing World Web site in 2003. And I headed up SPAWN’s first writing program for middle school kids in January of 2004.
In 2006, I was the lead speaker at the SPAN Marketing Conference in San Francisco. I also conducted a workshop at the Northwest Regional Writers Association conference in Seattle; for the Pen Women's Conference in Honolulu; at a book festival and conference in Ventura, California; at the Book Publicists of Southern California meeting in Los Angeles, at the Central Coast Book Festival in San Luis Obispo, California and at the Wisconsin Regional Writers' Conference in Janesville, Wisconsin during this year. The highlight of my speaking tour in 2006 was an all-expenses-paid trip to Dubai where I spoke before 800 Toastmasters from throughout the Middle East at District 79's annual convention. I was the first woman ever to be invited to give the keynote address at this popular event. (Read about my adventures in Dubai in my new book, Once in a Lifetime, Adventures in Dubai.)
If you have a question or would like to discuss your project, please contact me and we’ll make arrangements for an online, telephone or email consultation. We’ll discuss your payment options at that time.
Consultation Fees
There is a minimum charge of $50 per consultation up to one hour. (As of May 1, 2007, the hourly fee will be $50. Any earlier quotes are in effect for 90 days from date of the quote.) If the consultation and any necessary research, reading or editing takes more than an hour, you will be charged by the half hour for any additional time spent. For example:
Up to 1 hour = $50
1 hour and 15 minutes = $65
2 and one half hours = $125
You may pay by check, money order or credit card
Contact Patricia Fry now:
info@matilijapress.com
or
PMB 123
323 E. Matilija St., Ste. 110
Ojai, CA 93023
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