Editing Services for Authors of Fiction

Welcome to West of Mars, LLC, providing editing services to authors of fiction.

From content edits to line edits to copy edits, to consulting with authors who are working on Rock Fiction (or rock star romances, as the current term is) and even to consulting with authors whose characters rely on their bows and arrows, Susan's here to help you make the best book possible.

Best of all, if you want, Susan will accompany you -- virtually; have no fear -- on your journey, helping you pick a book formatter and offering a variety of contacts to book cover designers. She'll be here to cheer your sales and be a sounding board when the marketing gets tough. It always gets tough.

Want to keep your distance? That's fine, too! This is your fiction, your career. I'm just here to help your words shine.

 

 

 

Are you ready to produce the best book possible?

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Editing

Let Susan help you produce the best book possible. From deep content editing to a light proofread, West of Mars will take care of you.

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Susan's Writing

Although primarily an editor these days, Susan still puts her BA and MFA in Creative Writing to its original purpose. Come explore her fictional worlds and words.

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Author Promotions

Promote your book at West of Mars, with two fun features designed to be quick and easy. First-come, first served, so get yours in today!

 

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Week’s End — Friday, April 27, 2026

There are no weekends when you’re locked in a house with your boss. However, Taylor finds a way. Taylor rocks. Anyway, it’s Friday, it’s the week’s end and I have a slew of things to do to get ready for… Read More »

What a week! — Thursday, March 26, 2026

I guess you can say ALL of my characters have a week here or there because, after all, it’s conflict of any sort that propels fiction. And it’s not that I’ve had conflict in the traditional sense so much as… Read More »

Grief and Hassles — Monday, March 23, 2026

DelaConn over the weekend was incredible. Simply wonderful, on all fronts. I got to spend time with amazing authors, and everyone treated everyone else as equals. And the readers! I met readers who follow me via social media! Three hundred… Read More »

… and then it got Weird — Thursday, March 19, 2026

Theo, man. Wait until you meet Theo Andino. So there I was, on the couch. Jake had been nearby for a couple of hours, so that’s a win. And then I got an email. ChatGPT is now recommending me as… Read More »

Featured New Book Spotlight

The cover for Stray, by Susan Helene Gottfried

Stray doesn’t release until next month, but when it does, you’ll see that Sima develops an issue where she’s SUPER chatty in certain circumstances. What that means, I guess you’ll have to wait to find out! Preorder it now for 99c at your favorite retailer. If you want a print copy, order via Blythe Books. It’ll come autographed and with some extra little goodies. So what was so darn chatty? My kids. My friends. I was settled in, getting a lot of nice writing done on the holiday novella and…… Read More »

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