Editorial Freelancers Association
Member Profile
Marg Gilks
Scripta Word Services
Specializing in fiction, with frequent forays into nonfiction. I offer professional editing and personalized service to individuals, publishers and self-publishers, and businesses.
Recent projects: speculative fiction: The Steam Empire Chronicles series (Daniel Ottalini), The Amalie Noether Chronicles (Jana Williams); historical fiction: Eboracum series (Rubicon Developments Ltd.), The Livingston Legacy series (Huntson Press); fantasy: The Daros Chronicles (Norn Publishing), Age of Endings series (Paul Coey); suspense & thrillers: Fatal Complications (John Benedict), Reverend Randy (Archie Aaronson); LGBT fiction: Rymellan series (Norn Publishing); children’s fiction: Flying Mutant Zombie Rats (Ravenswood Publishing); biographies: Women in the Arts series (Chelsea House).
From Graham Clews, winner of the 2008 Best Book of the Year, Historical Fiction, Premier Book Awards: “In one writing lesson over the Internet, Marg Gilks set me on the right path faster than anyone I can remember (and with fewer words, too).”
Fiction edited: speculative fiction (specialty area) including science fiction, fantasy, and horror; historical fiction (specialty area); young adult; LGBT; romance; thriller and suspense; mystery; children’s fiction, middle grade and chapter books; Christian and inspirational; Western; mainstream; literary. Related nonfiction: memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies.
All lengths, including novel, novella, novelette, short story, flash fiction, anthology/collection, trilogy, series. Also submission and publishing materials including cover letters, query letters, synopses and outlines, back cover blurbs, Web content, and press releases.
Email: editor@scriptawords.com
http://scripta-word-services.com/
Years in the field: 25
Years freelancing: 22
Marg Gilks
Specializing in fiction, with frequent forays into nonfiction. I offer professional editing and personalized service to individuals, publishers and self-publishers, and businesses.
Recent projects: speculative fiction: The Steam Empire Chronicles series (Daniel Ottalini), The Amalie Noether Chronicles (Jana Williams); historical fiction: Eboracum series (Rubicon Developments Ltd.), The Livingston Legacy series (Huntson Press); fantasy: The Daros Chronicles (Norn Publishing), Age of Endings series (Paul Coey); suspense & thrillers: Fatal Complications (John Benedict), Reverend Randy (Archie Aaronson); LGBT fiction: Rymellan series (Norn Publishing); children’s fiction: Flying Mutant Zombie Rats (Ravenswood Publishing); biographies: Women in the Arts series (Chelsea House).
From Graham Clews, winner of the 2008 Best Book of the Year, Historical Fiction, Premier Book Awards: “In one writing lesson over the Internet, Marg Gilks set me on the right path faster than anyone I can remember (and with fewer words, too).”
Fiction edited: speculative fiction (specialty area) including science fiction, fantasy, and horror; historical fiction (specialty area); young adult; LGBT; romance; thriller and suspense; mystery; children’s fiction, middle grade and chapter books; Christian and inspirational; Western; mainstream; literary. Related nonfiction: memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies.
All lengths, including novel, novella, novelette, short story, flash fiction, anthology/collection, trilogy, series. Also submission and publishing materials including cover letters, query letters, synopses and outlines, back cover blurbs, Web content, and press releases.
