I will edit, critique, and refine your essay or write one to brief

A great essay doesn't just make an argument, it engages in a conversation with the reader. It challenges existing thought and it reads like a specific human being wrote it and no one else.

I have been writing essays, criticism, and creative nonfiction for thirty years. My work has appeared in Rattle, Common Ground Review, Quarter(ly), and Chaleur Magazine. I bring serious craft and genuine intellectual engagement to every project I take on.

What I offer:

• Line editing with detailed written feedback
• Structural and developmental critique
• Personal statement editing
• Academic essay editing
• Original essays written to your brief

Whether you're working on a personal essay, a philosophical argument, a piece of literary criticism, or a college application statement, I will help you find the clearest, most powerful version of what you're trying to say that is true to you.