Marcia Trahan, Memoir and Fiction Editing Services

Marcia Trahan, Memoir and Fiction Editing ServicesMarcia Trahan, Memoir and Fiction Editing ServicesMarcia Trahan, Memoir and Fiction Editing Services

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Marcia Trahan, Memoir and Fiction Editing Services

Marcia Trahan, Memoir and Fiction Editing ServicesMarcia Trahan, Memoir and Fiction Editing ServicesMarcia Trahan, Memoir and Fiction Editing Services

802.503.2175

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Memoir Editor, Fiction Editor

Memoir Editor, Fiction EditorMemoir Editor, Fiction EditorMemoir Editor, Fiction Editor

Developmental Critiques, 

Copy Editing, 

Publishing Consultation


Specializing in 

Memoir and the Personal Essay

Memoir Editor, Fiction Editor

Memoir Editor, Fiction EditorMemoir Editor, Fiction EditorMemoir Editor, Fiction Editor

Developmental Critiques, 

Copy Editing, 

Publishing Consultation


Specializing in 

Memoir and the Personal Essay

Services

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Get feedback

Polish your prose

Polish your prose

A developmental critique offers an objective evaluation and a blueprint for revision.

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Polish your prose

Polish your prose

Polish your prose

Copy editing provides a professional finish, helping to prepare your work for traditional or indie publication.

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Publish

Polish your prose

Publish

Help with submissions to literary magazines and independent presses. 

About Me

Marcia Trahan, MFA in Writing and Literature

I'm the author of Mercy: A Memoir of Medical Trauma and True Crime Obsession. To learn more about this title or to order, please visit the publisher, Barrelhouse Books, Amazon, or Bookshop. You can also read excerpts from Mercy and other writings on the My Writing page.


As an editor, I specialize in memoir and the personal essay. I also provide fiction editing services; I've worked with writers of fiction on a diverse array of projects, including fantasy, thrillers, and historical novels. I'm happy to work on short pieces as well as book-length manuscripts.


Since 2004, as a memoir editor and fiction editor, I've helped writers of all ages, skill levels, and interests to view their work and their abilities in a new light. I live in South Burlington, Vermont, but I send and receive manuscripts primarily through email, so I can work with you no matter where you live.


In the forms of memoir, essay, and fiction, people have brought me stories and meditations on a wide range of subjects: childhood, adolescence, family history; love, marriage, parenting; illness, disability, recovery; death, dying, grief; and spiritual journeys. I don't think of particular subjects as taboo.


My approach is simple: I encourage, I challenge, I meet you where you are and show you where you can go from there. While keeping your personal goals foremost in my mind, I suggest ways for you to streamline and clarify your writing, to make it as engaging and powerful as it can be. Most people find that it's equally helpful when I point out what they're already doing successfully as when I specify the areas in which they can improve.

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