Editing Services for Authors of Fiction

Welcome to West of Mars, LLC, providing editing services to authors of fiction.

From content edits to line edits to copy edits, to consulting with authors who are working on Rock Fiction (or rock star romances, as the current term is) and even to consulting with authors whose characters rely on their bows and arrows, Susan's here to help you make the best book possible.

Best of all, if you want, Susan will accompany you -- virtually; have no fear -- on your journey, helping you pick a book formatter and offering a variety of contacts to book cover designers. She'll be here to cheer your sales and be a sounding board when the marketing gets tough. It always gets tough.

Want to keep your distance? That's fine, too! This is your fiction, your career. I'm just here to help your words shine.

 

 

 

Are you ready to produce the best book possible?

Contact Susan!

Editing

Let Susan help you produce the best book possible. From deep content editing to a light proofread, West of Mars will take care of you.

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Susan's Writing

Although primarily an editor these days, Susan still puts her BA and MFA in Creative Writing to its original purpose. Come explore her fictional worlds and words.

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Author Promotions

Promote your book at West of Mars, with two fun features designed to be quick and easy. First-come, first served, so get yours in today!

 

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March 23, 2025

Sunday’s weekend catch-up

I feel like I should be making notes about editing (I take weekends off) and writing (I’m probably doing some), but at the same time, I’m scheduling these out so I have no idea what I’m up to. Something writerly!… Read More »

March 22, 2025

Weekend Catch-Up

The general intent is to take weekends off, since I like to sleep in on Saturdays, if I’m not at a book event, and just have down time on the weekends. Speaking of book events! I’m at Lolev Brewery here… Read More »

March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025

I’m trying to think of why we moved away from blogging and over to content sites like Substack and Medium and every other site that’s come before and will come after. And for me, I think it’s the STUFF that… Read More »

February 17, 2025

Working Class or Billionaire? #SaystheEditor

  Long story short, I was hanging out with a bunch of book fans — romance fans, in fact — yesterday and the subject of working-class people in books came up.   The person talking about how great it is… Read More »

Featured New Book Spotlight

Let’s welcome Linda Griffin back to West of Mars! If you’ve missed her in the past, you can catch up with her here: Guilty Knowledge Love, Death, and the Art of Cooking Bridges Reluctant Hearts Look at that backlist! If you haven’t explored it yet, why not? It’s all right there, so have some fun! Today, though, Linda is back with a new book. This time, it’s called The Axe, and somehow, I don’t think we’re talking about the body spray. But before we get into what sort of Axe… Read More »

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