Paper Tigers

Everyone Needs an Editor

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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 founded Paper Tigers in 2001 and 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. The Paper Tigers team 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 or shape a social media strategy. Each Paper Tigers project is custom-designed to meet your specific needs, and because Paper Tigers takes on only a limited number of projects, we can offer the personalized, in-depth service and support many publishers can no longer provide.

About Donna Wares

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“Donna Wares is a smart, savvy editor, who is flexible and exudes energy and warmth. I love working with her.”

— Jane Isay, author and former Editor-in-Chief Harcourt Publishing

Donna Wares is an award-winning journalist and author based in Southern California. She is the editor of the best-selling anthology, My California: Journeys by Great Writers, and the author of Santa Barbara and California's Central Coast (Countryman Press, 2011) and other books.

What others say about Donna

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“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.”

-- 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 at Countryman Press and Sutro Media

“My heartfelt thanks to Donna Wares for her superb editing.”

--Antonio Damasio,
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.”

— Maria LaGanga, San Francisco 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