Corbin—I love your edits. I can’t wait to get started making these changes. You bring up amazing points. I am so excited to dive deep into the book again and look through all your detailed edits to make this book shine!! Thank you! Thank you!
~ Sarahlynne Davis, MEd, author of
I cannot thank you enough for your deep and thorough review of the manuscript. I am really impressed. You have great comments, suggestions, and questions. They make the manuscript clearer, more streamlined, and more cohesive. I am really enjoying this.
—JJ Juhaeri, Juhaeri, VP and Head, Epidemiology and Benefit-Risk at Sanofi and author of
Corbin—I just want to say THANK YOU for all your excellent work and guidance on Tara’s book. You truly transformed it and brought it to a whole new level. I totally agree with everything you have said and wanted to express my deep appreciation and gratitude. Keep up the amazing work!
~ Beth Kaufman, Managing Editor of Lesson Ladder
I'm up to about chapter 17 in the first run through and it really is reading a lot more smoothly. I am very happy with how you are working. It flows better and you cut out some of the extraneous asides or over-documentation. Joseph and I deeply appreciate your work.
~ David Kopacz MD, author of
Corbin, I want you to know how good it feels to be working with you. I am so grateful that you ‘get it’ about what I am doing. I love the way the stories are shaping up and I know it won’t be long before I am asking for your help in the publishing part of this project!
~ Judith Laxer, Therapist & author of
You were my midwife as I gave birth to my book, or as said in Spanish, helped me "dar luz", which means "to bring light into the world." Thank you for helping me every step of the way. It would not have been possible without you.
~Jan Capps, Author of
When crafting a book, you want someone who understands how to inspire and to motivate while giving positive feedback to make your story the best it can possibly be.
You were invaluable through the entire process. I am forever grateful.
~ Susan Cummins, Author of
Thank You Corbin. I went through your notes and am happy with all of your suggestions. It was a wonderful journey working with you on this book. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I look forward to my next book with you.
~ Raj Persaud, author of
I really appreciated your comments and edits. My confidence swells between “sure I can do this” to “who do you think you are to write a story??!!” Your support helps a lot!
Best,
—Marianne, author of
This is very impressive. You’ve managed this project and the people like a CEO. Thank you for taking us to the finish line.
—Dane Chapin, Publisher of
Thanks so much for your guidance around this memoir. Your notes throughout the chapters helped me, and by going deeper in some spots, I’ve realized some things about my childhood that I’d never considered. I’ll work on adding more at the end. You are such an important person making my book so much better. I appreciate you so, so much!
— Eileen Kollmeyer author of
I want to thank you for taking on the unenviable job of providing me with my first-ever developmental edit. You seam-ripped all the careful stitching holding my chapters together and then advised me to march nearly all of my darlings into the nearest recycling bin. It is a courageous thing you do for a living and I apologize for all t
I want to thank you for taking on the unenviable job of providing me with my first-ever developmental edit. You seam-ripped all the careful stitching holding my chapters together and then advised me to march nearly all of my darlings into the nearest recycling bin. It is a courageous thing you do for a living and I apologize for all the times I quietly cursed your name under my breath. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known to go deeper—into the necessary parts of my story that were still waiting to be told. Thank you for being willing to give the advice that is hardest to hear.
— Kirsten Throneberry author of
You’re totally spot-on with the edits. The notes are great! I’m thinking I get the gist of what’s missing and how I need to “tell the reader more.” You’ve done a fantastic job with thorough, thoughtful, critical yet supportive feedback. It didn’t hurt one bit. I know it’s got a ways to go, but that’s what this is about—growing as a writer and giving the stories the weight they deserve.
Thank you Corbin for seeing the storyline that gave these pieces of my heart a home, sharing your great ideas, and encouraging my persistence to rework and rewrite until I felt each imprint was singing as I wanted.
I pitched my book at the conference and when I told the agent the manuscript was professionally edited by you she said, "I love that Corbin woman!"
Such a relief not to be dealing with my ten year old writing skills!
You taught me a lot and made a huge contribution.
Corbin, I am in awe of how you were able to portray some of my thoughts that I had not noted yet. Yeah! I am trying to pace myself. I added a couple of good things you suggested. I will continue to complete your requests and suggestion throughout the next few days. It is really coming together. I hope it touches someone’s soul.
I’m excited to report that an abridged version of “Low-Rise North,” Chapter 8 of RAINBOW CATCHER, has been published in INTERCONNECTEDNESS, the 2022 Whatcom WRITES Anthology. Your insightful reading vastly improved my manuscript! Gratefully, Brooks
Thank God for talented editors. Your version is MUCH better. Please make the changes you’ve suggested. They are perfect. Whoever said writing was re-writing was dead on. Thank you so very much
I gained more from a single, day-long class with you than I did doing a 6-week course. I very much appreciated your effort in including everyone in discussions and addressing specific challenging points with specific class members’ writings.
Impressive!
I am filled with joy about the application of Corbin Lewars’ stellar writing machine.
Yes, I am seeing Corbin from way down here on planet Earth.
It is official.
You are a star!
Reading the way you trim and shape LIM makes me want to go on.
Your guiding light makes me less afraid during my journey.
Stellar!
Thanks for your excellent advise Corbin. I’ve learned much from you already. I struggled with organization in this article and couldn’t figure out how to improve the flow. You did that brilliantly.
You created sense out of a jumbled mess of a story. And you made it fun, thank you. I couldn't have done it without your support.
—Deirdre Timmons, Author of
Hi Corbin, Thank you so much for your work! Those are exactly my thoughts and concerns that I also wanted to discuss with you. I screened through all the edits and I think I have an idea of what is now required, so looking forward to discussing with you the work. And then synopsis, query letter and how to proceed in general :) Once again,
Hi Corbin, Thank you so much for your work! Those are exactly my thoughts and concerns that I also wanted to discuss with you. I screened through all the edits and I think I have an idea of what is now required, so looking forward to discussing with you the work. And then synopsis, query letter and how to proceed in general :) Once again, thank you so much! Seeing our progress makes me super excited. I am so grateful for your work and your feedback!
Uliana Domasheva author of
My brain was getting burnt out trying to figure it all out. Your comments help me get unstuck. Thank you for your help. Together we will get the book published!
—Jean Watley Author of
I read through some of your edits last night and I’m excited about some back story and plot points that I came up with just from reading your notes. You really do know your stuff. I’m going to name my sister’s next kid after you in appreciation
Thanks for the email on Tuesday, it was really helpful. Your
notes were great, and I think I just really needed someone else to look at
all of it and sort it out for me. THANK YOU. And I think it's best
now if I stop rereading old things I wrote and just start fresh.
I feel good now and like you helped me get
started and on the right track.
Thanks again for getting my through my own road blocks!
I am very excited to share with you that Kelsay Books will be publishing my first poetry chapbook, titled, “All the bad Girls Wear Russian Accents,” this January 2023! Thank you for being one of the first editors to accept my work and for your kind encouragement. I deeply appreciate your early support of my writing and the welcome you offered into the publishing world.
This was really fun and I learned so much. For what it’s worth, you are an outstanding coach. In addition to obviously being a fantastic writer and editor, you are a great listener and provide insightful feedback. I was blown away by how quickly / seamlessly you were able to understand my viewpoint and provide ways to make my best even better, and still feel true to me.
Thank you, Corbin, for all your help with my writing over the years. I crafted my Modern Love essay in your class, and you’ve helped me with every step since then — submitting essays for publication, planning and writing a memoir, and navigating the crazy world of publishing.
I am learning so much through this process and can’t thank you enough. Spun quickly through your edits on the first part and once again congratulated myself on my brilliant choice of editor. Your suggestion that perhaps her parents’ ‘storybook’ meeting and engagement might set the bar too high and that’s part of why she’s reticent in romance – brilliant! Lemme see what I can do with that.
I just wanted to take a quick moment to express my gratitude to you for making my very first EVER writing class/experience such a wonderful one. Your kindness and graciousness made me feel instantly at ease. In addition, your encouragement has spurred me to try harder and take more classes and actually do some more writing!
As usual, meeting with you is exactly what I needed. I’m starting to realize that yes, I am a decent writer and yes, I am a decent line editor. What I don’t know about is structuring a novel. You, thank God, do know how to structure a novel and for that I am unspeakably grateful.
You were one of the first people to accept my work for publication and I wanted to reach out and let you know how much your encouragement meant. I have written and gown so much – most of all, I am excited and inspired to discover, share and write more. I can’t imagine not writing now.
Excellent, engaging valuable class, thank you. It was well organized, managed and facilitated. You inspired ideas for me that led to real results and progress by the end. I left with a ton of ideas generated and feeling as if I already have made progress on my writing.
I have taken a lot of writing classes and had a lot of writing teachers, but none have ever been as inspiring and encouraging as you are. You know, fear and lack of confidence is universal, and I struggle with it a lot, but working with you has really started making me feel more courageous about taking risks, trying to go for the things I want, and understanding that I am not alone when it comes to worrying about whether or not I am good enough: we all do.
I wanted to thank you for encouraging me to submit to PNWA’s literary contest. With your help I’ve been selected as a finalist under the category of Adult Short Topic for my piece “Moving Away!” Again, a big thanks!
I wanted you to know how much I enjoyed your lessons and encouragement. Your class was an inspiration.
I appreciate the time and energy you gave to help me with my MFA application and I feel a million times more confident about turning it in now. It was an extremely rewarding experience to work with you and I’ll stay in touch! Thank you.
Thank you for an enlivening and delightful session yesterday. All the “regulars” who attended came up to me with big eyes and said THIS WAS GREAT! “I’m so glad,” I answered, “What was great about it for you?” “Just everything.” Seriously, I had that conversation many times. To capture the attention of seasoned writers as well as the more “pleasure writers” is a success indeed. Your presence and generosity set the tone. All that plus markers? Such a win.
Thank you Thank you Thank you
—Sarah Goldman, author
~ Marni Mann, author of
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