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Get Published Weekly Roundup: March 12th, 2018

March 12, 2018 by Christopher Hoffmann

It’s both rained and snowed today, pretty much par for the course in early spring in Charlottesville. I have no doubt it will probably be sunny and eighty degrees tomorrow, with snow again on Saturday. Speaking of Saturday, an early Éirinn go Brách to all y’all. We hope you’re all able to enjoy a stout or … Read more

Get Published Weekly Roundup: February 26th, 2018

February 26, 2018 by Christopher Hoffmann

It’s a typical February here in Charlottesville: one day it’s eighty degrees, the next we have freezing rain. Which leads to a very fractured existence. Do you open the windows or get the fireplace going (well, Netflix fireplace for us)? Do you read Wodehouse or War and Peace? Get going on another edition of the … Read more

Kayla Kauffman worked with me to pursue permissions for an upcoming book. She made an intimidating process manageable, tracked down information I couldn’t find, kept 15 separate permission requests moving and organized at once, and was available to answer my questions. It was absolutely worth it to hire Copy Write Consultants for help with this project.

Anna Schnur-Fishman

Kelly’s tenacity in tracking down rights holders was exceptional. I’m convinced she is actually a detective.

Glenn Kammen

Kelly was indispensable in her organization and attention to detail with my book project for the University of Chicago. She had a large amount of material to review and manage, lots of sources to research and cite, and was able to tackle it all while needing very little guidance from me. Beyond that, she also compiled chapter abstracts and keywords, and went back through my work multiple times as changes were made. She was invaluable.

Jane Friedman, editor of The Hot Sheet, author of The Business of Being a Writer, and former editor of Writer's Digest