Even the best writers need help shaping their words to convey their ideas clearly and powerfully. That's where Paper Tigers comes in.
Editor Donna Wares is a book editor, writer and web publisher who specializes in nonfiction projects. She has worked with publishers on both coasts on general nonfiction, science, historical, travel, biographical and journalistic books -- helping shape projects from the proposal and conceptual stages, to first draft revisions, to final line editing and polishing. She also works with authors, media companies, nonprofits and advertising agencies.
Paper Tigers offers a range of creative services tailored to meet your needs, whether you are a publisher with a project circling the drain, an agent who needs a strong book proposal to sell a great idea, or an author in need of a savvy editor to help sharpen a manuscript on deadline. Each Paper Tigers project is custom-designed to meet your specific needs, and because Donna takes on only a limited number of clients, she can offer the personalized, in-depth service and support many publishers can no longer provide.
About Donna Wares
“Donna Wares is a smart, savvy editor, who is flexible and exudes energy and warmth. I love working with her.”
Donna Wares is an award-winning journalist and author who has worked at the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, and Miami Herald. She teaches journalism at California State University, Long Beach.
Donna is the editor of the best-selling My California: Journeys by Great Writers and author of Great Escapes: Southern California. She also is the co-author, with Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Rick Rickman, of The Wonder Years: Portraits of Athletes Who Never Slow Down.
In, 2002, Donna teamed up with Kate Cohen to create CaliforniaAuthors.com, a news website dedicated to the West Coast Book world.
— Jane Isay, author and former Editor-in-Chief Harcourt Publishing
Donna Wares is an award-winning journalist and author who has worked at the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, and Miami Herald. She teaches journalism at California State University, Long Beach.
Donna is the editor of the best-selling My California: Journeys by Great Writers and author of Great Escapes: Southern California. She also is the co-author, with Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Rick Rickman, of The Wonder Years: Portraits of Athletes Who Never Slow Down.
In, 2002, Donna teamed up with Kate Cohen to create CaliforniaAuthors.com, a news website dedicated to the West Coast Book world.
What others say about Donna
“Donna is a versatile editor and writer--an author of three books, and editor of too many to count. Beyond her stellar skills is her amazing enthusiasm, a buoyant positive spirit that inspires everyone around her and enhances every project. Nothing is impossible when Donna is in the mix.”
“She's a pro and she's easy to work with -- a rare combination indeed!”
“My heartfelt thanks to Donna Wares for her superb editing.”
-- Paddy Calistro, Publisher, Angel City Press
“She's a pro and she's easy to work with -- a rare combination indeed!”
-Kim Grant, Acquisitions Editor, Countryman Press
“My heartfelt thanks to Donna Wares for her superb editing.”
--Antonio Damasio,
author of Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and The Feeling Brain
author of Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow and The Feeling Brain
“Donna Wares is a story's best friend. She is skilled at divining what works are really about and helping writers to communicate that essence – in their own style, not hers.”
“I've been through a lot of editors in the newspaper and book world, and Donna Wares is among the very few I trust. That's because she trusted me – my instincts, my ear – and trusted herself.”
“She listens. She cares. She helps writers say it better. That's what it's all about.”
— Maria LaGanga, San Francisco-based writer for the Los Angeles Times
“I've been through a lot of editors in the newspaper and book world, and Donna Wares is among the very few I trust. That's because she trusted me – my instincts, my ear – and trusted herself.”
– Mark Arax, PEN Award-winning author of West of the West
“She listens. She cares. She helps writers say it better. That's what it's all about.”
— Veteran writing coach Jim Hayes
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