"A powerful agent is the right word: it lights
the reader's way and makes it plain."
—Mark Twain, "William Dean Howells"
Welcome! Close Reader Editing Service
provides editing, proofreading, and
manuscript evaluation for all types
of writing.
My name is Stephen Delaney, and I have
worked at various times as a teacher,
writer, copy editor, and manuscript
reader. I write short fiction, articles,
and book reviews, and my work has
appeared in, among other places,
Crazyhorse, The Writer, the San Fran-
cisco Chronicle, Mid-American Review,
and The New Writer's Handbook 2008.
Please take a moment to browse my
site and see what I can do for your
own writing.
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