Manuscript evaluation is crucial to reaching your full potential as a published author.

Want a quick, low-risk way to get valuable feedback on your manuscript or book idea without spending a lot of money?

Try Express Coaching — an ideal service for first-time authors.

Here’s what you’ll get:

a careful reading of your writing, whatever you'd like - up to 25 pages

a one-hour phone conversation to assess your writing and define your goals

a written Action Plan to help you move to the next level

What can one hour do?

A lot. Within 25 pages of reading, Diane can get to the heart of what you’re trying to accomplish and identify the steps you need to take to further polish your work. This process is ideal whether you’ve finished a manuscript or are still in the planning stages.

Who should try Express Coaching?

This is your first time writing a novel or non-fiction book and you’re not sure how to begin.

You want to know if your idea is strong enough for a book, and if not, how to make it stronger.

You’ve gotten stuck partway through your manuscript.

You’re an experienced author looking to take your career in a new direction.

You've finished your manuscript and want to test the waters before committing to a full evaluation.

Because Diane has been a New York publishing professional for 25 years, she knows what works and what doesn’t. She knows what agents and publishers respond to — and what turns them off. Most of all, she knows how to encourage writers to bring out their full potential.

You’ve finished your manuscript. Now what?

Understanding how industry professionals view your work will determine your success. Diane’s Comprehensive Critique & Revision Plan will give you an honest assessment and tell you how to improve your work’s literary quality, as well as its marketability.

Diane’s goal is to help every writer achieve his or her full potential as a published author. Therefore, her critiques are geared precisely to your work. Every manuscript evaluation includes a detailed editorial letter examining the work's strengths and weaknesses, gives advice about what needs to be fixed and suggestions for how to accomplish those revisions. Diane also annotates the manuscript with notes throughout.

Finally, every critique is followed up with a 30-minute phone call to answer writers’ questions and guide them in the right direction.

In today’s marketplace, all non-fiction books are sold via proposals. Knowing how to put together a proposal that clearly describes your book, analyzes the current market, and showcases your credentials is crucial. Diane appreciates what agents and publishers are looking for in a proposal and knows how to help you deliver.