HISTORICAL EDITORIAL

Whether you plan to seek traditional publication or you plan to self-publish, contracting our services is an investment in your novel's future! We have a passion for good books and are dedicated to improving the quality of self-published novels and helping authors who seek traditional publication present the best manuscript possible. We provide two types of editing: Developmental Editing We love to analyze stories to find out what makes them tick, what works and what doesn't, and why. When performing a developmental edit, we meticulously evaluate all of the elements of a manuscript: language, point of view, flow, pacing, story structure, characterization, and emotional connection, and provide an honest assessment of the manuscript's strengths and weaknesses, along with a summary of our observations and detailed suggestions for improvement. Developmental edits include a phone or video chat to discuss our notes in more detail and brainstorm plans for revision plus follow-up c...

Get professional feedback on your first pages from Jenny Q!  Whether you’re just starting your WIP or you’ve completed multiple drafts, let's make sure your story is off to a great start. Your opening pages have only one job: to make the reader want to keep reading. And there’s actually no one right way to do this. There are countless books, articles, and classes on the topic, and all of them offer valuable advice in some form or another. But there are some universal elements that every good story opener possesses. I will help you ensure your opening has them. I will read and evaluate up to 30 pages of your story’s opening (industry standard formatting), providing comments on the text, a brief summary of your opening’s strengths and weaknesses, and my suggestions for improvement.     I'll be focusing on: Structure Point of View Pacing Backstory and description Characterization Engaging the reader Follow-up discussions will take place via email. In the event that more...

  Get professional help on your outline from Jenny Q!  Whether you’re a seasoned plotter or you're making the transition from pantser, ensuring your outline is solid before you begin writing or revising a first draft can save you hundreds of hours of time and frustration and give you the motivation to keep going. What to expect: I'll review your outline before we meet and form my preliminary questions and concerns. Then we will meet via Zoom to go through your outline scene by scene, making notes as we go along. The workshop will be recorded for future reference. In this one-on-one workshop, we'll be focusing on: Cause and effect Flow Plot holes Missing motivation Redundancy Extraneous scenes Character arc integration Subplot integration This service is available to writers of historical fiction, romance, mystery, and fantasy, including all of their subgenres. Price: $375 Need a little more help? The  Kickstarter Combo  includes a Story Outline Workshop and a  F...

The Winning Writers Club provides support, encouragement, and empowerment to creative writers of all experience levels to help realize their full potential and achieve their writing goals. Through themed discussions, virtual meetups, mindset coaching, craft Q&A sessions, and monthly challenges, members are part of an exclusive community of writers dedicated to improving their creative well-being, their craft, and their writing process. And all under the guidance of expert editor and book coach Jenny Q!  If any of these statements apply to you, you should join  the Winning Writers Club! You’re having trouble sticking to a consistent writing schedule You suffer from self-doubt or imposter syndrome You’d like encouragement and accountability in setting and achieving your writing goals You want to feel good about yourself and your writing You’d like the guidance of a mentor but can’t afford high-priced coaching packages You’d like support from your peers as you’re writing, edi...

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  I'm Jenny Quinlan, but everybody calls me Jenny Q, and I hope you will too! I am an editor and book coach specializing in historical fiction and romance. I founded Historical Editorial in 2011, and since then I've edited over 500 manuscripts.  I love historical fiction! I edit across all of its subgenres, including romance, mystery, dual timeline, inspirational, fantasy, supernatural, LGBT, and young adult.  Click here to learn more about me! I depend on Jenny Q’s attention to detail and nuanced feedback of my work during both the planning and the early-draft stages of writing. She’s able to point out the deficiencies/contradictions in characterization, lags in pacing, or inadvertently gaping plot holes in an encouraging, thoughtful way that ultimately leads to a series of “aha” moments of inspiration. I can’t recommend her more highly.  ~Fiona Davis, New York Time s bestselling author of The Stolen Queen and The Spectacular

Hi, I'm Aaron! I have edited everything from business reports to movie reviews to academic writing, but I particularly enjoy working with fiction. I've been an insatiable reader of fantasy (and science fiction!) for my whole life, and I'm well versed in a variety of subgenres (dark fantasy, high fantasy, urban fantasy, etc.). Historical fiction is a more recently acquired passion, but I find that I love it for the same reason: it allows you to look through the eyes of someone whose world, culture, and attitudes are often very different from your own, and in doing so, it challenges you to take a new look at the world around you. Click here to learn more about me!

Hi, I'm Jessica! I’ve edited everything from science to sociology to those crazy texts and worksheets you may remember from your school days. I’m thrilled to help authors with literary fiction, all kinds of fantasy, and those genres that are hard to pin down. My passion is, of course, historical fiction, where I balance accurate immersive information with a story you can’t put down. I love getting up to speed with any time period or place, but if your novel takes place during the European Middle Ages, I’m the editor you’ve been looking for. Click here to learn more about me!