Dawn Marano & Associates provides developmental and substantive manuscript editing and literary consulting on book-length works of fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry to authors, agents, and publishers.

We help gifted, emerging writers develop their skills and projects and become published authors. We help experienced, established authors gain new perspectives on their works-in-progress.

DMA offers more than twenty years of collective experience and proven expertise in mentoring, writing, editing, and publishing.


"From initial vision to final revision, we exist to nurture and facilitate the challenging, enlivening creative process that brings wonderful books into being."