Farrar Writing & Editing
Phone
(952) 451-5982

High-quality writing and editing services backed by more than thirty years of experience. BA in English, Rutgers University, 1989. In business since 1999. Clients include individuals, book publishers, marketing companies, medical organizations, nonprofits, and other businesses. In book editing, specializes in developmental editing and line editing, but offers other editorial services. In book writing, specializes in nonfiction writing in these areas: paranormal/UFO/New Age, environment/climate change, social issues, health and medical (including alternative health), historical, and travel (she is open to other subjects). See www.writeandedit.net.

Amy Farrar started out as the managing editor of a weekly newspaper (The New Egypt Press in New Egypt, New Jersey). She also worked as a staff writer for two international medical trade publications, Infectious Diseases in Children and Infectious Disease News.

On a freelance basis, Amy managed International Wolf magazine and worked as associate editor of Lake Minnetonka Magazine. She has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers and is the author of four books: A Jersey Girl's Guide to the Universe (A Memoir), ADHD, Global Warming, and The Indispensable Field Guide to Freelance Writing.

Testimonial

In late 2021, I contracted with Amy Farrar to edit my personal memoir. With text, figures, footnotes, and appendices, the manuscript totaled almost 900 pages (300,000 words).

After agreeing to accept the work, Ms. Farrar was both prompt and professional in providing me with a contract that included a time and cost estimate. I found the terms more than reasonable and agreed to have her move forward with the editing. Over the period of about three months, she proceeded with her work and was always liberal in her communications with me about her progress and about things that she thought might need discussion.

After her edits and after rereading the manuscript, I was frankly surprised by how good it “sounded” and was more than satisfied with her efforts. In fact, I added an extra $100 to the final payment as an indication of my total satisfaction with the work.

I found Ms. Farrar to be most professional, more than competent, very efficient, and easy to work with. I am pleased to recommend her most highly and without hesitation to anyone in need of her editing skills.

Robert G. Lanier, PhD

Danville, CA

dralo30@yahoo.com

Editing Services
Copyediting, Developmental editing, Line editing, Proofreading, Series, Substantive, Technical
Writing Services
Academic, Book proposals and query letters, Books, Content marketing, Copywriting, Journal, Magazine, Newsletter, Newspaper, Nonfiction, Rewriting, Script, Technical and instructional, Web
Other Services
Author coaching, Content review, Ebooks, Editorial project management, Fact-checking, Interviewing, Manuscript critique, Query, proposal, and/or submission review, Research
Subjects
Writing: Nonfiction: Health/medical (including alternative health), environmental/climate change, historical, travel, New Age, memoir, general. Editing: Nonfiction (New Age, UFO, paranormal, travel, historical, medical/scientific, environmental/climate change, biography, general); Fiction (fantasy, science fiction, murder mystery, horror, historical, thriller; favorite genre is speculative fiction.)
Fiction Genres
Action/adventure, Drama, Fanfiction, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Humor/satire, Mystery, Science fiction, Suspense/thriller
Nonfiction Genres
Autobiography and memoir, Biography, Creative nonfiction, Essay, History, Self-help, Travel, True crime
Age Levels
Middle grade, Young adult, New adult, Adult
End Products
Editing: Web sites, marketing materials, online content, books, articles, etc. Writing: books, both edited and written; articles for magazines, newspapers, and other publications, feature articles for annual reports, medical papers and publications, etc. Author of four published books: A Jersey Girl's Guide to the Universe (A Memoir), ADHD, Global Warming: Essential Viewpoints, and The Indispensable Field Guide to Freelance Writing. See my website for more information.
Style Manuals
American Medical Association (AMA), American Psychological Association (APA), Associated Press Stylebook (AP), Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
Software
Google Docs, Microsoft Word