A writer is, after all, only half his books. The other half is the reader,
and from the reader the writer learns.
- P. L. Travers
Congratulations! You've come this far with your novel, memoir, graduate thesis, grant proposal, or other piece of writing. You've worked hard, and now you want to ensure that your manuscript is letter perfect before submitting it for publication. That’s where Mainly Words comes in. With meticulous attention to narrative flow and detail, our experienced eyes will catch the things that you, the author, are too close to your work to see. We will ensure that your work is polished, grammatically correct and error free.
Mainly Words has a wide and varied clientele including novelists and playwrights, poets and essayists, non-fiction, technical, business, and grant proposal writers, and writers whose first language is not English. We offer a full range of proofreading, editing and research services.
Jennifer Caven is the proprietor and principal editor of Mainly Words. She holds degrees in journalism and English literature from Syracuse University and had a prior career in information systems consulting and technical writing.