Welcome to Canyon Author Services!

We’re so glad you’re here. Canyon Author Services offers professional editorial and design support to authors at every stage of the writing process, from early drafts to polished manuscripts. Our goal is to help you shape your idea into a draft you feel confident submitting to agents and publishers, or self publishing. Our team includes experienced editors, designers, and publicists with deep roots in the publishing industry. We're also lifelong book nerds who read widely across genres; we will match you with the editor who is the best fit for your work.

Use the form below to get in touch. The first step is a free 30 minute consult call to determine which author services are best for you.

Our Mission

We believe great editors strengthen what is already powerful in a manuscript and help writers grow in both confidence and craft. In the AI age, we believe the human touch matters more than ever in preserving and uplifting the authenticity of your work. We recommend only the services your book truly needs and guide you toward the right support with clarity and care.

Check out our services below:

Developmental Editing

Finished your manuscript and want in-depth, professional insight? A developmental edit pairs you with an experienced editor who reviews your full draft and delivers detailed feedback on structure, clarity, flow, voice, and overall cohesion.

For fiction, this also covers character development, plot strength, pacing, tension, and the elements that make a story truly compelling.

If you’re ready to refine your book and elevate the reader’s experience, let’s explore whether developmental editing is the right next step.

Line Editing

Your manuscript is finished and the structure feels solid; you simply want your language to shine. A line edit could be the perfect fit.

In a line edit, an editor reviews your work sentence by sentence, refining wording for clarity and impact. They’ll address grammar, syntax, repetition, and usage while preserving your unique voice and style, ensuring your prose is smooth, precise, and professional.

Copy Editing 

Your manuscript is finished and fully edited, and you’re getting it ready for print. Now it’s time to ensure it’s error-free. That’s where copy editing comes in. Copy editing catches issues with spelling, punctuation, formatting, and spacing. It’s the final quality check before your book heads to the typesetter.

Query Support

Your manuscript is finished, edited, and polished. Now you want to send it out to agents or directly to your favorite indie presses. You need a strong query letter and we can help here too. Whether you want some pointers and feedback on how to improve your query letter, you would like comprehensive support in crafting an impactful query package, or you would like guidance on who to query, we are here to support you.

Cover Design and Book Packaging

If you've decided that you want the independence, creative control, and freedom that self publishing offers you, but you would still like your book to look and feel professional, our cover design and book packaging services might be right for you.

Despite the saying, books should be judged by their cover and your cover is your first impression. Self published authors often fall into the trap of covers that are either way too generic and do not represent what makes your book unique or of covers that you as an author may love, but that do not do the best job of positioning your book in the marketplace. We can help with that, by crafting a cover that you love and that understands how to catch and hold the attention of your audience for long enough that they discover what makes your writing shine.

And your writing cannot shine without a layout that supports and heightens without distracting. Our in house designers would love to take your manuscript from words on a screen to print-ready-pdf files and ebook files.

Publicity

Once your manuscript is polished and ready to meet the world, partnering with a professional publicist on our editorial team can help it reach the audience it deserves. A seasoned publicist will refine your message, strengthen your author brand, and create a targeted outreach strategy aligned with your goals, from media pitches and press materials to launch planning and long-term visibility.

Publicity is an essential—and often overlooked—driver of sales, marketing momentum, and overall book success. With the right strategy in place, your book won’t just be published; it will be positioned to stand out and sell.

Book Coaching

Do you have a great idea for a book but don't know where to start? A story to tell, but worry about your skills to tell it? We can help you workshop your ideas, develop them into an outline, set concrete goals and hold you accountable, and connect you to the resources you need to meet your writing goals.

Ready to dive in? Fill out the form below to get in touch. Once you've filled it out, someone from our team will reach out to you about scheduling a free consult call.