Al Desetta: professional, efficient, and affordable editorial services, for companies and individuals.

I offer a wide range of editing and writing services to meet your needs, including book editing, developmental editing, ghostwriting, writing for websites and print publications, and copy editing.

I have over 20 years of editorial experience, with outstanding references from publishers, editors, authors, and collaborators. My work has received numerous awards, as well as praise from Jonathan Kozol, Marian Wright Edelman, and Martin Seligman, among others.

As a developmental editor, I help authors conceptualize, shape, rewrite, and correct their manuscripts for submission to publishers. I've worked on book projects for Free Spirit Publishing, McGraw-Hill, Simon and Schuster, Corwin Press, Persea Books, Youth Communication, and National Professional Resources, among others.

I've edited books on a wide range of subjects, including:

• education,
• psychology, mental health, and self-help,
• autobiography and memoir,
• peer and family relations,
• young adult issues,
• sexuality,
• diversity and multiculturalism,
• bereavement, and
• conflict resolution.

In addition, I offer ghostwriting services in both fiction and nonfiction, at rates far lower than agencies charge.

Continue through my website to learn more about how I can help you.

"About Us" describes in detail the types of services I offer, the book projects I've worked on, the awards my work has received, and comments and reviews about my work.

"Service" provides information on how I work with clients, my fees, and my references.