We wouldn't be in business if we didn't have outstanding references! We love working with a very diverse group of authors. Most of our authors are professionals - doctors, athletic trainers, police officers, and academics - who want to produce outstanding literature in their field. Featured ![]() Alok Deshpande is a Harvard MBA and founder of SmartPath, a firm dedicated to teaching people about money. The Sharper Quill had the good fortune of editing and proofreading his remarkable book Fuel: The Most Important Number in Your Financial Life (SmartPath Publishing, 2015). Alok's book has received well-deserved good reviews on Amazon, and he has written about his inspiration in the Wall Street Journal. "You are the most dedicated guy! Thanks for hanging in there with me. I appreciate your extra effort. Thanks!" Alok Deshpande, author of Fuel: The Most Important Number in Your Financial Life (SmartPath Publishing, 2015). Publishers“I appreciate your help in qualifying things while leaving the language vague enough to satisfy the publisher and market. Thank you.” Chris Hudson, Senior Project Consultant, Hudson Bible (publisher is Zondervan) "Nathan is great to work with. He focuses on the big picture, is thorough and takes pride in his work. Happy to be working with him." - Rahul Simha, co-founder of iDreamBooks. Non-Fiction
“I approached this project with some worry and hesitation, but Nathan took it all away. His experience, professionalism and knowledge helped take what I already had and made it so much better. I would wholeheartedly recommend using him to anyone, especially when it comes to learning and presenting. Extremely well done!” - Peter Wurdock, author of Love Will Steer the Stars: The History of the Dondero Pop Concert (Elance) "Nathan helped me navigate the often confusing maze that is publishing a book. He kept me from making novice level mistakes for my first published work, and was exceedingly patient and professional through the many copy edits that were made before my book went to print. He kept the lines of communication open throughout the process and was quick to return correspondence. I will be using him again for my coming follow-up book. There is no doubt in my mind that much of the success I've had with publishing is a direct result of Nathan's guidance through the process." - Dr. Greg Green, best-selling author of Reunion Ready. “Nathan was an excellent resource and support for this work. His attention to detail enabled my book to take on a richer context and makes me feel extremely confident to release it to the public. I will definitely work with Nathan in the future. Thank you.” - Feranza Gillani, author of Lupus: My Constant Companion and Greatest Inspiration (elance) “Nathan is professional and sincere in his endeavors. He is an asset to whoever engage his services.” Paramjit Kaur, author of Rockstar Principles for a Teen's Happiness (elance)
"Nathan's signature editing service is a fantastic value. I received sample edits along with rates from six different editors and Nathan proved knowledgeable in content and copy editing of my manuscript and at the most competitive rate. He didn’t just edit my manuscript and say thanks either, he helped me through the entire process as I made changes and he would review and make suggestions. I look forward to working with Nathan when I have need of and kind of writing, proof reading, or editing." - John Pribble, author of Private Money Secrets for Real Estate Investors, (Independent)
“Consummate professional -- timely, accurate and easy to work with -- will hire again!” - Tom Necela, author of The Chiropractic Appeals Toolkit (Guru) “I cannot praise Nathan's work enough. He is an astute critic and helped me see a number of problems I knew where in the draft of a book I had him look over. I couldn't articulate the writing issues until Nathan outlined them for me. His work was timely, reasonable, and exactly what I was looking for. I will definitely use Nathan again and urge anyone else to do the same.” Mike Mears, Former CIA Executive and author of Leadership Secrets of the CIA and The Hatchery (Guru) "Thank you Dr. Barnes for you feedback. I appreciate your comments and I am sure that your intervention may enhance the result of the book in the market." Antonio Grimaldi, author of The Candidate “Nathan had valuable copy editing suggestions for my short Christian ebook on evolution and Christianity.” Travis Dougherty, author of Evolution Evolves: A Presuppositional Approach Against Naturalism. "Again, thank you very much for the work and in such a timely manner. Wow! I'm impressed to say the least considering the problems I had before. I have read your notes, and this may be the most important part to me. This is exactly the information I needed. Blunt, direct, to the point, and honest. Many of the things you brought I had worries about anyway, you only verified that I need to fix those things. I never even considered some of the points you made until you mentioned them. The names, likeness in battle scenes, inconsistency in weaponry, damage of those weapons and etc. Geez...I never even noticed it! I've read the story a hundred times and never picked up on that. Thank you!" -- Kendrick Nugent, author of Blue Hood: Myths of War (Independent)
“I asked Nathan to do this task, edit a short story, because he did such a great job on my first book. I highly recommend Nathan for both copy editing content editing. Based on the suggestions he made to my text I also think he must be an excellent writer.” - Julie Sarff, author of Italian Folly: Prologue to Sweet Delicious Madness and the Hordes of Lydias (Guru)
"Nathan did great work as always. Timely, responsive and follows directions to the letter. Would recommend and use again!" - Gabe Bilawa of Niche Market Holdings "Nathan was a pleasure to work with an delivered the requested report in a professional and timely manner. He'll definitely be writing for us again in the future." - Gabe Bilawa of Niche Market Holdings "Excellent job! done efficiently and quickly with good communication. Recommended!" - Gurhan Demirkan, Expert SEO and SEM Professional “Great work, very very prompt and Nathan sure gets it right the first time. Will work with Nathan for long time!”— CollaboratingMindz (Elance) Resumes “Excellent work. Very fast, very fair. Really knows what he's doing when it comes to improving a resume/CV and writing cover letters which is what he did for me. Will definitely use again. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Tracy G., Ms. G’s Creative Drama, (Guru) “It's amazing!!! Thank you” - Eileen H. (independent)
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