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The Literary Spa

Getting bodies of literary work into shape

The Literary Spa [SM] A division of CNC Literary Associates, Dallas, Texas          For appointments, please contact us at editor@literaryspa.com

polishing, networking, and pampering
for the discriminating author

Strengthen and enhance your novel, non-fiction project, or photography book. Invigorate your book proposal, or rejuvinate that tired trunk work. Discover and restore your manuscript's natural glory with the meticulous, artful, and thorough expertise of THE LITERARY SPA.

more than ten years of book publishing experience

Let the spa guide you through time tested applications of topic selection and focus, research, development, writing, revising, and polishing. 

No matter the genre, the lasting polish prepares your manuscript or proposal for submission to agents or publishers. An extra veneer protects it from free radicals and unforeseen marketing pitfalls. 

Un Petit-Cure
(Proposal coaching, development, and writing)
We deliver careful attention to detail combined with a deep editorial massage during this truly delightful treatment. Focusing, developing, and revising efforts tighten your project in preparation for pampering and polishing that leaves your book silky and smooth.

Full-body Spirulina Edit 

(Developmental editing)
This treatment offers high-concept advice, essential character and plot suggestions, and restores energy to the body of work through substantive revising. During the sessions, enjoy a close working relationship with your editor, including an open dialogue and timely responses.

Polish
(Line-editing and polishing)
This completely invigorating treat is ideal for the writer on the go. Using the Chicago Manual of Style—the house style of choice—a full and final polish gives your project the luster it needs to go out into the world.

Chamomile Exfoliating Scrub 

(Marketing research and troubleshooting)

A cleansing treatment that removes dull surface concepts, this customized scrub updates your work and prepares it for future market conditions. Utilizing full media and publishing contacts, this treatment is further enhanced by troubleshooting and niche assessment. Leaves the work smooth, seamless…and bulletproof.

FLAT AND HOURLY FEES AVAILABLE

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Make Your Characters Come to Life
In fiction writing, one of the easiest ways to write or revise is to let your characters write themselves. Start by writing down some vital stats on your character, including physical description and current career and relationship status. Then delve deeper by compiling entire backgrounds on your main two or three characters. Backgrounds comprise vital childhood memories that helped shape the character, education, previous relationships, philosophy and religion. You could even write journal or diary entries for the characters.
After you've written these profiles, the characters and their motivations will write their own dialogue and actions within the plot of your novel. This texturing allows you to show nuances without giving everything away. Your readers will thank you for letting them use their imagination.

"Camille Cline has an incredible knack for zeroing in on the weaknesses and mistakes in a manuscript—whether these lie with character, plot...or just plain bad punctuation. Her intuitive grasp of what makes a rattling good story, in addition to her meticulous attention to detail makes her not only a pleasure to work with, but also guarantees a manuscript that's ultimately the best that it can be."
—Joanna Elm, bestselling author of
Scandal and Delusion

"Camille Cline represents that exceptional kind of person who can help an author or creative person bring his or her work to a higher level. Well-steeped in the everyday particulars of editing and publishing, she is able to bridge the creative work and temperament of creative people. That is a gift."
—Lynn Weiss, Ph.D., bestselling author of
View from the Cliff

"Camille Cline's knowledge of fiction and nonfiction as well as her connections in the publishing community make her ideal to work with." 

—Julian Haber, M.D., author of
ADHD: The Great Misdiagnosis

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