Work with me

Developmental editing for short stories and essays

Let's get your piece ready to submit for publication! A developmental edit will identify major issues with structure, purpose, plot development, and character development. P.J. will read your piece three times and provide you with

• An "edit letter" offering overall impressions of what is working and what could be improved

• Editing comments and suggestions in the body of the piece

• A coaching session where we go through the above and come up with a plan to get you to your final draft.

Small group coaching

Take part in a facilitated small virtual writers group that meets weekly for six weeks at a time. Each meeting includes:

• Writing time based on an optional prompt, with optional round-robin sharing in a supportive environment

• Discussion and compassionate critique of one writer's piece submitted ahead of time for the group to review (up to 3,000 words)

• A bonus meeting for goal-setting and resource-sharing.

We can run a session with you and a group of your writing friends, or you can join one of my groups and make new ones!

Conshohocken Writers Network

The Conshohocken Writers Network is a group I founded on the Meetup.com platform to facilitate online and in-person writing opportunities. Membership is free and programming is a mixture of free and paid opportunities. I will often share workshops and other events there as I hear about them from my broader writing network.

Apply to join (membership is free!)