“I know exactly what the best part of hiring you as an editor was. As an author, when you read your own words over and over, you begin to lose perspective as to what they are actually saying. You add meaning that isn’t actually in the words, but only in your head. Arlene, you allowed me to look at the writing through new eyes, to see it for what it was actually saying, not what I thought it was saying. In some cases that was quite a large gap. It was so valuable to see reality, not what I had constructed in my mind over the last two years of writing. It allows the whole message to be so much clearer, and I recognize there was no way I would have done that without your support, professionalism, and ability to pick every single hole apart. I wasn’t looking for someone to tell me how wonderful it was, I was looking for someone to help me create the best writing possible. ”
— Simon Harrison
The Truly Alive Child
Colorado
July 2011
www.wildearthschildren.org
simon@wildearthschildren.org