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Welcome to the cyber-home
of Jodie Renner, MA, independent editor, blogger, speaker, and award-winning author. I specialize in editing
fast-paced, popular fiction.
WRITING GUIDES
I’m the award-winning author
of three Editor’s Guides to Writing Compelling Fiction, Captivate Your Readers, Fire up Your Fiction, and Writing a Killer Thriller, available in print and
e-book formats. These books are all reader-friendly, with lots of bolded
subtitles and before-and-after examples. They’re designed to help busy writers
get in, find what they want, and get back to their writing, quickly and
effortlessly.
CAPTIVATE
YOUR READERS is all about engaging readers through techniques like deep point
of view, showing instead of telling, avoiding author intrusions, and generally
letting the characters drive the story. This book has won several awards,
including a Silver Medal in the Florida Authors & Publishers Book Awards
for 2015. Available in trade paperback or e-book form.
FIRE UP YOUR FICTION – Multi-award-winning guide to revising and editing
your novel so it zings. “This should be on the booklist for Master’s Programs
in Writing for Publication.” ~ Judge, Writer’s Digest Self-Published e-Book
Awards for 2013. Available in trade paperback or e-book form.
WRITING A
KILLER THRILLER – Essential strategies for supercharging your
stories! Respected editor Jodie Renner offers indispensable advice
for adding tension, suspense & intrigue to any work of fiction. Available
in trade paperback or e-book form.
Also, look for my handy,
time-saving, clickable e-resources, QUICK CLICKS: WORD USAGE – Precise Word
Choices at Your Fingertips and QUICK CLICKS: SPELLING LIST – Commonly Misspelled
Words at Your Fingertips (American spelling), which you can read on
your e-reader, computer, or tablet. You can also purchase the clickable PDF
version for $2.99 (or both for $4.99) by emailing Jodie at
info@JodieRenner.com.
I’ve also compiled and
edited two anthologies for charity, VOICES FROM THE VALLEYS – Stories & Poems
about Life in BC’s Interior, with proceeds to Doctors Without Borders,
and CHILDHOOD REGAINED – Stories of Hope for
Asian Child Workers, with proceeds to SOS Children’s Village. Childhood Regained is also available in school editions (for grades 4 to 9),
along with a teacher’s guide. For more info on the school editions, go to
the For Teachers page. These anthologies are all available
in trade paperback and e-book form.
Although I have cut
back significantly on public writing-related activities, in the past I
have judged many short stories for contests, including several times
for Writer’s Digest, and have presented numerous workshops to writers’ groups and at writers’
conferences on various techniques for writing compelling
fiction, as well as tips for editing and publishing your own book.
EDITING
Thanks to Kindlepreneur for listing me among their Best Book Editors. I edit POPULAR FICTION, specializing in thrillers, suspenseful mysteries, romantic suspense,
and crime fiction (nothing too gory, though, and no horror). I also edit HISTORICAL FICTION and some fantasies, YA, and
middle-grade fiction. I accept novels of up to about 97,000 words, as well as
short stories and novellas; and also offer detailed critiques and edits of up
to 50 pages (up to the first 12,500 words). I also offer substantive/structural
editing for certain nonfiction topics.
Is your novel over 97K
words? Check out this article: How to Slash Your Word
Count by 20-40% — and tighten up your story without losing any of the good
stuff!
Also, see “How to Save a Bundle on Editing Costs — without
sacrificing quality.”
SUBSTANTIVE/STRUCTURAL
EDITING for NONFICTION WRITERS: Are you an expert on or passionate about a
topic and want to share your knowledge about it in a book? Maybe you’ve reached
a roadblock with your project and could use some professional help with rewriting,
revising, and restructuring it so it will appeal to your target readership. I will work with you to do a substantive/structural edit (rearranging,
adding, or condensing chapters, topics, and subtopics; moving, adding,
rewriting, or deleting details, sentences, and paragraphs; etc.), followed by a thorough copyedit (help with voice
and style that will appeal to your target readership, checking for jargon,
inconsistencies, repetitions, overly long or rambling sentences, confusing
statements, etc.), and proofread (spelling,
grammar, typos) of your nonfiction book,
then format it for publishing. My process is interactive, so the manuscript goes back
and forth several times, with plenty of input by the author.
I’m accepting nonfiction books for editing or substantive editing on these or related
topics: healthy living, self-help, wellness,
lifestyles, nutrition, health, relationships, food, senior living or issues.
If needed, I can even rewrite your
book on a related topic. Contact me at j.renner.editing (at) hotmail (dot) (com) with
your topic, target readership, projected number of words/pages, ideas, and your
first 10-20 pages, and I’ll get back to you with some ideas and a sample
edit/rewrite.
WHAT I FOCUS ON
FOR FICTION: If
you’re looking for someone to help you create an intriguing, engaging
opening; bring your characters and scenes to life; add more tension, suspense
and intrigue; create authentic dialogue that zings; pick up the pace; smooth
out your prose; and tighten up your writing, you’ve come to the right
place!
I also address any
“head-hopping” and other point-of-view issues,
point out too much “telling” where there
should be “showing,” flag any plot holes,
consider character motivations and decisions, alert you of
any time-sequence discrepancies, and ferret out those
lurking logistic issues you may not have noticed as you
were busy crafting your story.
And finally, I go over your
manuscript with a fine-toothed comb to check for logical sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
*****
“Jodie Renner
is the real deal. In a world awash with sketchy advice for writers, Jodie cuts
through the darkness with the piercing light of her expertise. Her editing,
advice, and suggested revisions are concrete, practical, and produce compelling
prose. Jodie skillfully helped me navigate from the shores of my nonfiction
through the treacherous waters of thriller writing. She helped me take a
manuscript that was not ‘there’ yet to one that was. I feel fortunate to have
found her and look forward to working with her on my next project.”
– Peter Eichstaedt, Sept. 19, 2014, journalist and author
of thriller, Borderland. www.petereichstaedt.com
*****
“Jodie Renner
is a 5-star thriller editor with the eye of an eagle and the skill of a
surgeon. She goes beyond copy and line editing to target even the most elusive
content issues. A pleasure to work with—highly recommended.”
~ Lynn Sholes & Joe
Moore, Dec. 2012, #1 Amazon and international bestselling authors of The Phoenix Apostles and The Grail Conspiracy
Jodie’s blogs:
Resources for Writers (offering advice to
fiction writers since 2010; also The Kill
Zone (alumna); Crime Fiction Collective (alumna)
Click here to visit Jodie
on Facebook and Twitter
Jodie Renner’s Amazon Author Page
Click on the EDITING tab for more info on Jodie’s editing process and fees.
Please click on the REVIEWS tab to read testimonials from authors on my editing and critiques.
For more information about
Jodie, visit the About Jodie page.
Let’s work together to enhance and empower your writing — and get your
book published!
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