Whether you’re just embarking on your writing journey, or wrestling with your fifth draft, the right editorial services and support can get your creative engine—and your story—humming again.
Editorial Services
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Consultations
Project Consultation
Best for: getting started or getting unstuck
Whether you’re beginning a new project or feeling stalled, this 75-minute Zoom meeting addresses your writing goals, challenges, and direction. Find clarity and move forward with confidence. You may submit up to ten pages in advance for review.
Summer special: $75 (usually, $175), through August
Reviews and Assessments
First 50-page Review
Best for: making a strong first impression
During this review, we’ll home in on your first 50 pages. Our 90-minute Zoom conversation, based on my editorial notes will help you identify issues, brainstorm solutions, and target next steps—all meant to position your work for success.
Summer special: $500 (usually, $750), through August
Manuscript Review
Best for: big-picture feedback
A manuscript review offers a high-level perspective on your entire manuscript. Includes editorial notes and a two-hour Zoom meeting, in which we’ll discuss both manuscript strengths and areas that would benefit from development.
Pricing is based on word count and project scope.
Editorial Services
Full Developmental Edit
Best for: a detailed road map for revision
Looks at character arc, pacing, narrative structure (fiction/memoir) and scope, organization, and audience (nonfiction). Streamline your revision, elevate your next draft! Includes editorial notes and a three-hour Zoom meeting.
Pricing is based on word count and project scope.
Copy Edit
Best for: final polish before submission
A careful, line-by-line correction of your manuscript for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and continuity. Usage is standardized to ensure clean, professional prose, with light attention to clarity and flow, while maintaining your original voice.
Pricing is based on word count and project scope.
Speaking and Workshops
Speaking Engagement
Best for: writers’ groups, workshops, and events.
Available for speaking engagements, including workshops, discussions, writers’ groups, round tables, and prompt-based sessions. Offerings are tailored to your audience, with a focus on craft, process, and creative momentum.
Pricing is based on format and group size.
Contact
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What Writers Have Said
Jamie, I think hiring you is the single most important gift I’ve given my writing life in years. Your guidance has led me to completed manuscripts, better story structure, and increased confidence as a writer. You’re a genius, and you help me feel like one, too. Thank you! —Tia Levings, author of A WELL-TRAINED WIFE: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy (St. Martin’s)
Jamie Morris is an outstanding resource for writers who want to reach the pinnacle of success. She’s a warm, encouraging angel on your shoulder, but she’s also got the skills, experience, and good judgment to help you vanquish your weaknesses and capitalize on your strengths. If you’re a writer with serious ambitions, work with Jamie. —Elizabeth Sims, author of YOU’VE GOT A BOOK IN YOU (Writers Digest)
I’ve been teaching writing for twenty years, and I’ve been a writing coach for nearly as long. But I recently invested in five sessions with Florida writing guru Jamie Morris.Her fresh eyes on my work was exactly what I needed. —Ryan G. Van Cleave, author of THE WEEKEND BOOK PROPOSAL (Writers Digest) and MEMOIR WRITING FOR DUMMIES (Wiley)
Whether you are struggling to finish a manuscript, ready for a developmental editor, or simply need someone who understands you, Jamie Morris is incredible. She maps out action plans, gives firm yet reasonable goals, and takes the terror and mystery out of the writing process so you can get to the work at hand. Do yourself and your writing life a favor. Hire her immediately. She’s the best investment you’ll ever make! —Sasha Graham, author of TAROT DIVA (Llewellyn)
Jamie! You’re so wonderful! Our time together was so magical. Thank you for reigniting my passion and gifting me focus and insights. I’m thrilled about the new direction for my book. So profoundly grateful for you and the forces that guided us together for this. —Kristen Schneider, author of YOUR LIFE IS MEDICINE