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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Fire! — Thursday, July 16, 2026

There are a couple of fires in the Sheep Farm books. One’s in Safe House, and one’s in Saving Sima. Grab both books; they are numbers 3 and 4 in the series, so you’re proabably ready for them, given the… Read More »

Night Market! — Tuesday, July 14, 2026

You cannot get the box set from me in person at any night market, not just tonight’s. It is ebook only! But it’s a cheap way to read the first three books, so you might want to look into doing… Read More »

Cats — Monday, July 13, 2026

We may as well feature the cat of the moment, huh? So. Cats. Jake is a very demanding young man, and he loves to stand on my keyboard as I try to work. He still hates to be grabbed and… Read More »

Air — Friday, July 10, 2026

It’s that ending story, Undaunted, that has me thinking about air. Man, I love that story. There are a lot that haunt me, but Undaunted and Permission to Enter probably hold me the tightest. Go check the stories out, in… Read More »

Featured New Book Spotlight

book cover for Susan Helene Gottfried's collection, Broken but Undaunted

Get caught up on the pre-Sheep Farm short fiction with Broken but Undaunted. Every time I look at this little collection, I find a new reason to be proud of it. If you haven’t picked it up yet, go grab a copy and have some short story fun. editing It is ON over here. Finishing one up by Friday, starting a chonker next, something else set to arrive Sunday… and then the rest of the series showing up at the end of every month for the next six months, and… Read More »

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