Book Editor Consultant


Why Backman Editing?

  • Avoid Writer's Block

  • Tell your story clearly

  • Expert Support: Never give up

  • Guiding your path toward publication

  • Privacy

  • Shape your story:  Clarity of structure

  • Overwriting  vs.  Economy

  • Typos and grammatical errors

  • Spelling and word choices

  • Punctuation

  • Style

  • Clarity and flow of narrative 

  • Sentence structure




George Backmen Editing Santa Barbara

About George Backman

I have been passionate about working with words all my life, and my experiences with them have been so strong that they have pulled me in directions that I scarcely thought possible.

For a decade, I taught on the language faculty of The New School for Social Research in New York City, working with academicians and graduate students on their complex writing projects, often to do with the development and spread of the Indo-European languages.

I hope to read your novel, your short story, your academic paper, or your collection of essays. I can assure you that we’ll have an exciting adventure together and that all the finished writing will be your own, on its way toward publication.

Editing Services


  • Novel Editor

    Novel Editor

    Novel Editor in Santa Barbara, serving Los Angeles and New York. THE NOVEL is a long and highly complex form, loaded with engaging characters, subplots, tension, and conflict. It is drama. I have a good sense of how these elements must work together to create the whole. I will give you freedom, but I will also rein you in so that your story is clear, tight, and exciting.
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  • Short Stories Editor

    Short Stories Editor

    Short Story Editor in Santa Barbara, serving Los Angeles and New York. THE SHORT STORY is just that: short. It is not a novel. It presents its characters quickly, puts them into one or two situations, and then resolves itself accordingly. I am an aficionado of the short story which simply means that I love this form of story telling. I can help you to tell your short story.
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  • Non-fiction Editor

    Non-fiction Editor

    Non-fiction Editor in Santa Barbara, serving Los Angeles and New York. NON-FICTION is a wide field. It includes history, biography, autobiography, memoir, politics, journalistic essay, and more. The rules of good, tight writing are slightly different and especially important in this broad genre, for these stories are true. I can help you to stay on track so that your work has thrust and power.
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  • College Essays Editor

    College Essays Editor

    COLLEGE ESSAYS are those super-difficult biographical essays that must be written as part of your college application. There is a way, and I can show it to you. Stop worrying.
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