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.
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The Meridian Editorial Promise
Process and quality that respect your time and your authorship.
The book
Yours, by name.
The voice
Yours, kept intact.
The craft
Sentence by sentence.
The result
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
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
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.
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.
Not a program or a framework, but 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 translating 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 work with demanding professionals carrying complex frameworks and significant ideas. I
bring precision, care, and genuine interest to every project, because I want you to
publish a book you are proud to put into the world.
Books, peer-reviewed research, and trade publishing across nineteen years.
In their words
Clients on the work.
Jane has the type of brain that can hold so much information. Zoom out and zoom in, micro and macro. 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
Begin
A book you're proud to publish.
Tell me what you have in mind. Legacy Authorship and Book Coaching begin with a thirty-minute
call, no pitch and no obligation. Editing begins with an email.
Hope Ray Therapist and Theoretician 
Keith Byrd Founder & Board of Directors, TransImpact