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"Phil O'Connor has all the needed smarts and toughness and real-world knowledge about both the art and the business of writing. I still follow the advice he gave me long ago and repeat it to my own students. He's a writer's writer, and he will encourage you to do your best."
- Jean Thompson, Finalist for the 1999 National Book Award
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Have you finally finished (or almost finished) that fiction or nonfiction manuscript?
If so, congratulations!
But with that accomplishment comes a nagging thought—is my book really ready for publication? If you aren't sure, then let us help. We work one-on-one with a limited number of writers and their manuscripts, giving an overall critique as well as line-by-line analysis and copyediting.
Between us, we've been working with writers for over fifty years. We've worked with manuscripts at all stages of development, and we've helped all kinds of writers get the results they deserve. A former student was a finalist for the 1999 National Book Award. Other former students have won The Iowa Award for Short Fiction (2), The Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, Guggenheim (8) and NEA (over 50) Fellowships, and the NCTE Promising Young Writers Award. Together we can polish your manuscript and get it ready for publication.
Philip F. O'Connor is an award-winning, bestselling author (Stealing Home; Defending Civilization; Old Morals, Small Continents, Darker Times) and a renowned creative writing teacher. He founded Bowling Green University's highly successful Creative Writing Program and has taught many distinguished writers and poets. He has served on the Pulitzer Prize Fiction Jury three times, once as its chair, and was recently named among the 90 most interesting graduates of Jesuit universities of the past 90 years, along with Tim Russert (John Carroll, ’71, Washington Bureau Chief and Moderator of Meet the Press), Paul Tagliavue (Georgetown, ’61, Commissioner of the National Football League), and Janet Napolitano (Santa Clara, ’78, Governor of Arizona).
Martha L. O'Connor is the author of the provocative international bestseller, The Bitch Posse [St. Martin’s Press/USA; Orion/UK (The Bitch Goddess Notebook); Bzztoh/Netherlands (De Bitch Posse), nominated for Nerve.com’s Henry Miller Award and in its second printing in hardcover (the paperback will be published in May 2006). She’s the former editor at both a major West Coast publisher and a well-known literary magazine, an internationally published poet (Stand, Confrontation, Poetry London), and an experienced teacher of writing. Martha has edited numerous books with The Writer's Consultant and holds a degree in Creative Writing. She is also a certificated teacher in the state of California.
Please contact The Writer’s Consultant for further details
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