Testimonials

Reba is one of the best editors I have worked with. Her work is thorough, reliable and efficient. She is always a pleasure to work with. I would recommend her to even the pickiest of authors.

– Lora Gallagher, Production Manager Outskirts Press

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Dialogue Tags

One of the joys of reading short stories or novels is being transported into a different life, a different country, a different perspective. But when an author inadvertently makes his or her presence suddenly known, it’s jolting for the reader to be jerked back into...

Seven Bar Jokes Involving Grammar and Punctuation

Thanks to Eric K. Auld... 1. A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves. 2. A dangling modifier walks into a bar. After finishing a drink, the bartender asks it to leave. 3. A question mark walks into a bar? 4. Two quotation marks “walk into” a...

MAKING TIME TO WRITE WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS

Making time to write is hard when you're a stay-home parent. My own kids are teenagers—busy, busy teenagers with jobs and social lives and cell phones and their own agendas. If I wanted to work on a novel, they’d probably be thrilled to have me out of their hair. But...

WHY WRITERS HIRE EDITORS

It’s clear why writers should use an editor if they’re planning to self-publish a book. If they don’t have their manuscripts edited, their work will be published as is—typos and all. Writers who plan to self-publish can either hire an independent editor, purchase the...

The Realities Of Freelancing: Is It The “Free” Or The “Lance”?

Many people go into freelance work with wide-eyed optimism. Freelancing. Emphasis on the free. They imagine the freedom of setting their own hours, grabbing the laptop and jaunting off to work in a trendy coffee shop, being their own boss, enjoying more leisure time,...

COMMA SPLICING AND RUN-ON SENTENCES

One of the most common errors I see in manuscripts is comma splicing (also called run-on sentences)—a grammatical no-no. Comma splicing is the use of a comma to join two independent, complete sentences that can stand on their own. (I wrote a sentence, I used a comma...

Throughout my professional editorial relationship with Reba Hilbert I have come to the following realization: she is the most articulate, decisive, constructive and talented copywriter and editor I have ever worked with. Beginning with my graduate thesis and continuing with my smaller projects and manuscripts, Reba has maintained a remarkable and refreshing zest for the art of editorial critique. Her writing style is fluid, professional and multi-faceted. She is, without a doubt, the most personable and reliable editor and copywriter I have ever encountered. It is my belief that I will never need or want to look elsewhere for editorial support or copywriting…she’s that good!

Sarah K.P. Lundin


I recently finished my first manuscript and frankly was disappointed in the way it turned out. However, I was fortunate to find someone with the patience to help me through the rewriting process, and now I am an author. Reba Hilbert cared as much about my project as I did. She was always willing to answer questions, and her response time for answers and the copyediting of my manuscript was remarkably fast and thorough.

Marvin Wiebener, The Margin


Reba is one of the best editors I have worked with. Her work is thorough, reliable and efficient. She is always a pleasure to work with. I would recommend her to even the pickiest of authors.

Lora Gallagher, Production Manager
Outskirts Press


Partial Client List:
Writer’s Relief, Inc.
Springboard Publishing Group
Capital Books
Dorchester Publishing
Outskirts Press
Siren Publishing
Arbor Books
Parlor Press
Charles River Press

Partial Listing of Edited Books:
Family Writes by Joel Epstein PhD and Peggy Epstein
Bye-Bye Boardroom
by Rachel Hamman

Capital Books
The Two Virtuals: New Media and Composition
by Dr. Alex Reid

Parlor Press
The Lily Brand
by Sandy Schwab

Dorchester Publishing
The Emmy Budd series by Jean Blasiar
The Blood Destiny series by Tessa Dawn

Charles River Press
Fearless Desires
and Fearless Love by Stacey Espino
Elysia’s Passion
by Robin Gideon
Heart of a Cowboy
by Missy Lyons
Mele Kalikimaka, Baby
by Melissa Schroeder
Wild Nights
by Rhea Regale
In Alien Arms
by Ellen Starr
Engaging Evelyn
by Jennifer Salaiz
Mating Games
by Stormy Glenn and Joyee Flynn
The Major’s Wife
by Beverly Sims
Torment
by Michele Zurlo
Of Night and Desire
by Mia Bailey

Siren Publishing

Plus nearly 300 self-published books; dissertations and graduate theses; and work by individual authors.

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