Lillian K. Klein Editorial

LKK Editorial provides a full range of services, ranging from developmental editing to line notes. Lillian works with both fiction and nonfiction projects at various stages of completion, from polishing full manuscripts to developing drafts in their early stages, to tightening outlines into comprehensive proposals. Whether you're writing to sell or writing to write, story matters, editing helps. LK Editorial provides comprehensive editorial services beyond red pen by making the effort to provide context, insight, and craft instruction that can be carried forward into an author’s writing career.

LK Editorial offers the following editorial packages:

Macro/Developmental Edits — Big picture edits, no line edits. Narrative engine, structure, scene enhancement, and character activation. Includes a write-up and discussion time.

Micro/Line Edits — Focuses on voice, language construction, and activation, as well as clarity and polishing. This is most useful once the broad strokes of the narrative are in place. Includes line notes and discussion time.

The Full Monty — You get it all, baby. Write-up, line notes, discussion time.

Writing Coaching — Longer term craft instruction.

Testimonials

“Lillian is a generous, meticulous editor who uses her formidable gifts to help shape a writer's vision into the work it was meant to be. In my time working with Lillian, I found her to be both concise and wise in her editorial direction, and work was made better for her having helped guide it. Lillian offers digestible, actionable suggestions that allow an author's work to succeed on its own terms. Both myself and agency clients enjoyed working with her immensely—Lillian is remarkably talented.” —Shaun Dolan, Literary Agent

“Lillian read my manuscript multiple times, providing thoughtful and detailed criticism in the form of line edits, as well as an editorial letter that explored the bigger picture of my novel. She is a remarkable editor with a keen eye for language, characterization, and activation. Her critique was invaluable and monumental in the reshaping of my novel, which sold and is forthcoming from Riverhead Books in 2021. I also brought my second novel to Lillian, and her macro and micro edits were equally essential to the development of novel. I cannot recommend her enough.” —Kayla Maiuri, author of Mother in the Dark

“I am so grateful that I happened to sit next to Lillian at a restaurant on the Lower East Side. After working on a book for more than a year, I was finding myself frustrated and confused by the querying process. I wasn't sure that my email queries were summarizing my story, and its broader relevance, in a way that was compelling while remaining concise and easily digestible.

It has been invaluable to receive Lillian's feedback on my query-related documents (letter, synopsis, email body itself), along with her industry advice. Her expertise shines through within every word she writes. Every debut memoirist or novelist, or anyone who is anxious about facing the publishing world independently, deserves a Lillian.” —H. manuscript client