Yours, by name.
Legacy Authorship · Book Coaching · Editing
A book you’re proud to publish.
Whether you are setting down your life’s work for the people who come after you, crafting the book that scales your expertise, or polishing a manuscript to publishers’ standards, I will work with you to achieve that goal.
International Review of Public AdministrationKorean Social Sciences JournalKorean Public Administration ReviewTaylor & FrancisPenguinColumbia University PressUniversity of Exeter PressManagement Concepts PressWatershed MediaGreenleaf PressUniversity Press of ColoradoSt. Martin's PressMedusa's Muse Press
The Meridian Editorial Promise
Process and quality that respect your time and your authorship.
Yours, kept intact.
Sentence by sentence.
Publication-ready.
Choose your service
Legacy authorship. Nonfiction book coaching. Meticulous editing.
Choose the service that meets your needs. If you’re not sure, let’s chat.
Your life’s work, set down in full and in your own voice.
You built a business, and you want your children and grandchildren to know how much hard work it took. This done-for-you book captures your story and your legacy. I will interview you and others to get the full and richly detailed picture, do additional research, and write. The story is yours, the voice is yours, and your name is on the cover.
- Writing based on recorded and transcribed interviews
- A full manuscript, ready for design and publication
- Hybrid-publisher liaison included
Guidance and accountability to assist your writing.
You have built a career’s worth of expertise, and you want to put it into a book that lasts. The challenge lies in getting what’s in your head onto the page in a way that’s right for your audience. In this engagement, I coach you through the writing and provide guidance on using AI tools to maximize your time and efficiency.
- Three to six months, weekly or bi-weekly calls
- AI tools: efficient, private, and ethical guidance
- Add-ons: copy/line editing, publishing guidance
Meticulous care and attention to every sentence, while preserving your voice and intent.
Copy, line, and language editing for serious nonfiction, memoir, and academic writing to meet publisher and journal requirements and standards.
Jane provides thorough, knowledgeable, and elegant editing. Her services are done in a timely and professional manner. She gave suggestions that made my manuscript far more fluid and cohesive, greatly enhancing the overall style. Jane’s services are a tremendous value. Barbara Hayes, MFT. Author, Beware of Dogs.
19
Years inside nonfiction manuscripts. Since 2007.
The promise
A book you’re proud to publish.
A book that’s unmistakably yours, finished to a standard you’re proud to put your name to, and accomplished far faster than you could have done alone.
From a recent client
She has the type of brain that can hold so much information. Zoom out and zoom in, micro and macro. Jane works fast.
Hope Ray, LPC CSAT CHFP CCPS. Therapist and Theoretician.
The approach
What you actually get.
My full attention on your book, a scope agreed before we start, and a collaborative process in which you stay in control of the final version. Whichever service you choose, three things hold:
01 · Ownership
The book stays yours.
Your voice, your account, your ideas, owned outright in every engagement. In Legacy Authorship the writing behind the book stays invisible. In Book Coaching you do the drafting, so the book is your own work from the first word, and in Editing I respect your voice and intent.
02 · Craft
Writing for your readers.
Your writing receives the expertise gained from nineteen years inside nonfiction manuscripts. I am highly skilled at helping experts translate complex, technical, or niche expertise into prose that a broader readership will actually engage with, while retaining the depth of your expertise.
03 · Result
Publication-ready writing.
However you intend to publish (traditional, hybrid, self-publishing, or a journal), you will have a design-ready manuscript that meets the standards expected by the publisher and your readers.
About
Jane Mackay.
Hi, I’m Jane Mackay. Even after almost two decades of editing and ghostwriting, I still find deep satisfaction in helping someone say exactly what they mean. I have worked with demanding professionals carrying complex frameworks and significant ideas, and I understand how ideas expand once you try to articulate them in writing. I bring precision, care, and genuine interest to every project, because I want you to publish a book you’re proud to put into the world.
Just a sample
Books, peer-reviewed research, and trade publishing across nineteen years.
In their words
My clients say.
After ten years of me developing a very big framework, Jane helped me to organize the structure and concepts. We’ve had so much success. Jane works fast. Her editing is top notch. I appreciate her intelligence on a level I can hardly put into words.
Hope Ray
Therapist and Theoretician
I want to thank Jane for bringing an intuitive understanding to me and my story, absorbing a huge amount of information from scores of interviews, and, with careful attention to detail, crafting a story that captures the truth.
Keith Byrd
Founder & Board of Directors, TransImpact
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A book you’re proud to publish.
Tell me what you have in mind, and let's talk about making it happen.
Or reach me directly at jane@meridianeditorial.com.