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Thanks for stopping by! I encourage you to have a look around and if you have any questions at all please contact me. I provide editing services for authors who would like help preparing their creation for publishing. I absolutely love what I do, and my clients reap the benefits of my passion to make their good work even better. It is my goal to improve content on every level. From help with structure and development to finding those simple errors that have been sitting there the whole time – the importance of having an experienced pair of eyes on your work cannot be overstated. Hiring a professional editor with experience on a variety of projects will help you meet your goals. Whether your goal is improving your written articles or a manuscript you wish to publish, I am here to help.

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“Working with MaryAnn was so easy and productive because she ensured from the start that our project was going to be a collaborative effort.  She quickly and accurately determined what our project’s goal was and adeptly fine-tuned our content so that it would resonate with our audience.”

Mike Hatada, Food Bank Manager at Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank

“MaryAnn’s editing was incredibly helpful with my personal writing project. In addition to the necessary grammar corrections, her notes on the writing itself were thoughtful and provided detailed feedback for the recommended changes. Her comments helped me see aspects of my perspective I had not noticed before and really helped in improving my voice in my own writing.” 

S. Dandy, Bellevue WA

“Recently I had the privilege of working with MaryAnn on an important letter that I needed to send to a non-paying client. Before getting my Attorney involved, I wanted to make a last attempt communicating my need for payment based on the work performed. I needed the letter to be professional, polished, and compassionate.
Since the clients had become friends of a sort, I was emotionally compromised by the situation. I explained the chain of events to MaryAnn and asked that she edit the letter I started. She edited my three-page letter, rewriting portions and removing the emotion while helping clarify my points.
Ultimately it was the key to finally settling my bill with the clients. Thank you, MaryAnn!”

R. Mitchell, Seattle WA

Recently Published

Available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other book retailers. Anchored to both the author’s more than 20 years of experience in Clinical Psychology and her own experience being raised by a severely OCD mother, this story of family and relationships blends the genres of memoir and self-help while retaining the classic and best elements of storytelling – the protagonist, the antagonist, plot, emotion, and journey.

It is a story about the ways a mother’s mental illness reverberates through a family, told from a compassionate perspective that doesn’t withhold the painful truths necessary to an honest and realistic narrative. Parental mental illness is fundamentally damaging to a child’s ability to grow and develop into a healthy, well adjusted adult, and OCD parenting in particular is damaging in unique and lasting ways that this book identifies and illustrates, and then directs the reader toward growth and healing.

The author not only shares a story to which so many can relate, but also offers specific guidance to others navigating the healing journey to live a happier and more harmonious life, as she has done for herself and with her patients.