Specializing in fiction, with frequent forays into nonfiction and commercial material. I offer professional editing and personalized service to individuals, publishers, and businesses.

Recent projects: children's fiction, Swahili for Beginners (Sumach Press); trade fiction, Christmas at Grandfather's House (Pantheon Hill Publishing); biographies in the Women in the Arts series (Chelsea House); Body Magazine (Patchell Media); HTML editing of myFox Health pages.

From Graham Clews, author of the historical novel Eboracum: The Village (winner of the 2008 Best Book of the Year, Historical Fiction, Premier Book Awards): "In one writing lesson over the Internet, Marg Gilks set me on the right path faster than anyone I can remember (and with fewer words, too)."  

Fiction edited: speculative fiction including science fiction, fantasy, and horror (specialty area); historical fiction (specialty area); Young Adult; romance; thriller and suspense; mystery; children's fiction, middle grade and chapter books; Christian and inspirational; Western; mainstream; literary. Related nonfiction: memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies.

All lengths, including novel, novella, novelette, short story, flash fiction, anthology/collection, trilogy, series. Also submission and publishing materials including cover letters, query letters, synopses and outlines, back cover blurbs, Web content, and press releases.