BOOK Projects 

I provide writing, developmental editing, line editing, and copyediting for both nonfiction and fiction books. I've written or edited 26 book manuscripts and helped authors fulfill contracts with ten different publishers. The most recent are shown below.

Business Books and Professional Memoirs for Authority Marketing 

Writer and Editor for a healthcare CEO’s B2B book on how to transform health systems to meet CMS’ new value-based care requirements. Ghostwrote and edited a 45,000-word book manuscript from online SME interviews and reference materials. Waiting for the author's changes to start the line edit. 

Writer and Editor for a physician/healthcare executive’s B2B book on building and scaling digital health technology to improve patient outcomes. Ghostwrote and edited a 45,000-word book manuscript using online SME interviews, transcripts, and reference materials.  

Writer and Editor for an orthopedic surgeon’s personal and professional memoir providing insights/advice to those entering a career in medicine. Conducted client interviews online, then ghostwrote and edited a 65,000-word book manuscript. 

Writer and Editor for a CEO’s professional memoir showing how negative life experiences and PTSD can contribute to business success despite the lack of expected credentials. Conducted online interviews to ghostwrite a book outline and two drafts of a 65,000-word book manuscript. 

Writer and Editor for a professional athlete and corporate shipping company CEO describing his roadmap to success. Conducted online interviews and used transcripts to ghostwrite the client's introduction and first chapter before the project was put on hold during COVID-19.

Writer and Editor for a legal consulting group’s B2C White Label Business Book for their client law firms. Conducted online interviews with four attorneys and other SMEs, then used transcripts and reference materials to create a book plan and ghostwrite a 45,000-word book manuscript.

Writer and Editor for a professional woman’s memoir on identifying, surviving, and avoiding toxic relationships. Conducted online interviews and used the transcripts to ghostwrite an outline, developmental edit, and the final draft of a 10,000-word book manuscript.

Writer and Editor for a psychotherapist's memoir describing their personal and professional successes and challenges. Conducted online interviews with the client and used their transcripts to create the book’s outline and to ghostwrite a 25,000-word book manuscript published in 2021.

Writer and Editor for a memoir about the business and personal successes of a project builder and stockbroker. Conducted online interviews and used the transcripts to create the book’s outline and ghostwrite the first and second drafts of a 15,000-word book manuscript.

Writer and Editor for a 20,000-word memoir capturing the personal and professional life of a psychiatric nurse. Conducted online interviews and used the transcripts to ghostwrite the book’s outline, developmental edit, and final draft.

Writer and Editor for a B2B authority marketing book for the orthodontic industry. Conducted online interviews with the clients, then used the transcripts and company newsletters to ghostwrite a 45,000-word book manuscript.

Writer and Editor for a B2B business development book describing the benefits of outsourcing in the orthodontic industry. Conducted online interviews with the two clients and used those transcripts, client blogs, and PowerPoints to ghostwrite a 40,000-word book manuscript.

Writer and Editor for a dentist’s 3,500-word book introduction and first chapter. Ghostwrote sections using author notes and comments captured during online interviews.

Developmental editor and line editor for “Life Boat.” Revised all book drafts for a modern action-adventure novel.

Writer and Editor for an orthodontist’s 45,000-word B2C book manuscript. Conducted online interviews with the client and used those transcripts, plus reference materials, to ghostwrite and edit the book's first and final drafts.

Developmental editor and line editor for a commercial airline pilot’s memoir, A Pilgrim Looks at 60. Also created the proposed cover design. Published by Elm Hill/Harper Collins January 2020.


An author's endorsement ...

Thanks needs to go out to my editor, Cynthia Still, for her heroic efforts in editing a book by a guy who doesn’t know the difference between a pickle and a participle. A very experienced editor, both in the technical field and literary, she was the invisible wind beneath the wings of many a published work, and I was thankful she agreed to do mine. 

─ Jim Annable

Cover Design by Cynthia

Published BOOk Projects

Nonfiction Books ─ I ensured the overall concept, thesis, and organizational structure of a book's content was correct. I also provided a line-by-line analysis to verify the author's writing targeted their audience and market most effectively.

Fiction Books ─ I checked content for discrepancies in plot, character, or dialogue. I also ensured themes were developed properly and sub-plots were well integrated into the story line in an intuitive and engaging way. 

Copy editor for Brown Publishing (2003) Nonfiction
Developmental editor for Fontellio Enterprises (2002) Fiction
Copy editor for Scott Nelson (1999) Nonfiction
Ghostwriter for a contributing author, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association (1998) Nonfiction
Developmental editor forReinhardt & Still (1998) Nonfiction Video
Developmental editor, line editor for Reinhardt & Still (1998) Nonfiction
Developmental editor, line editor for Reinhardt & Still (1996) Nonfiction
Coauthor with Dr. Seymour Diamond for Macmillan (1995) Nonfiction
Coauthor with Jennifer Hutchinson (1994) Nonfiction 
Copy editor for Bob Brown (1994) Nonfiction 
Ghostwriter for author, Vital Issues Press (1991) Fiction
Developmental editor for author, Huntington House (1990) Nonfiction

Prepublication book manuscripts

Author for YA novelFiction 
Author for memoirNonfiction
Ghostwriter for memoirNonfiction
Author for romance novelFiction