why does telling your story cost so much and take so long?

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Ann Kellett, Ph.D.
I've learned over 30+ years that it's because you too often don't get the support you need, right when you need it.

The result:
  • you don't know where or how to start,
  • you get bogged down half-way through, or
  • you spend hours--or months or years--trying to do it all yourself, when that's not what you're trained to do.

​I want to save you that time and money.

I can give you the specific, uniquely targeted expertise you need--at any stage in the process, and on any page, from outline to finished draft.

If you want to do it yourself, I can help you
  • figure out your unique and powerful narrative,
  • make sure it's structured correctly, and
  • get unstuck quickly and painlessly.

I can also do every bit of the work for you.
979-229-3330

Bouchercon bound!

So excited that my short story, "Resuscitation" (about a corrupt football program at a fictional university in the Rio Grande Valley), is a finalist for the Bill Crider Prize for Short Fiction at the 2019 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention!

They were kind enough to let me know that I am not one of the four prize winners, so I won't be daydreaming about standing in front of the likes of Lee Child and Hank Phillippi Ryan, but I will be there!
Just heard from a friend, an assistant professor in one of the largest colleges of medicine in the United States, that her department head said that the teaching, research, and service philosophy statement I crafted was the best he'd ever read!

​What a feeling! 
My first two books on writing are out on Amazon and other digital platforms:
Next up: There's No Such Thing as Plumber's Block: Eight Simple Steps for Troubleshooting Writer's Block.
So thrilled to get my third manuscript editing job to be submitted to the Texas A&M University Press! ​
The Vermont-based Editorial Arts Academy shared​ ​my blog post​ ​about an elderly client who found that writing her story freed her from dark childhood memories. Thanks, Nancy and Susannah! ​​​
My short book, A Freelancer's Guide to Difficult Clients​, is available from the Editorial Freelancers Association. I've only had a couple of problem clients, but I was intrigued and surveyed other freelancers. The book discusses what I learned--and what to do.