What I do: I work privately with select poets in a variety of editorial capacities. Whether you need a complete chapbook or book-length manuscript edited, or just a few poems, please contact me for details. The focus is always on developing and strengthening your individuated voice, and achieving your personal goals for the poems. How much it costs: Not as much as you might fear. But it does vary depending on what we are working on together. Don’t be shy. Write to me and ask! What my clients say: "Working with Louise has been an unmitigated pleasure. She listens closely to a poem, and finds its heart. Then she tunes it carefully not only for rhythm and sound, but also (perhaps more importantly) for larger concerns like emotional trajectory, pacing, and imagistic coherence. She's not afraid of making major changes in service to the poem. The edited versions she sends back are instantly recognizable as my own work--only much, much better. They are honed, tuned, and pulled taught, both in the ear and on the page. I am indebted to Louise in a larger sense as well because of what her choices teach me about my own craft. When I compare the edited and unedited versions, and re-read her notes, I gain a much clearer sense of what my work does well, and what it could do better. Her ability to coax power out of my poetry is bewitching."—Stephany Prodromides For more information, please email me at louisemathias@aol.com