I am very happy I found Michael and was pleased with his work. I needed to finalize my dissertation and it needed lots of work in a short amount of time. Michael was flexible and worked with my timeframe and my budget to get a great finished version. It was cleared through my department with no problems. Thanks so much!
Michael Presky, editing services
- 50 hires
- Based in Arcata, CA
- 26 years in business
- 1 employee
- Background checked
About Michael Presky, editing services
I am a freelance editor and offer general-purpose editing services for writers. I have been doing so for many years. Looking for writing and book projects of any sort. Mostly fiction, short stories, novellas, longer books. Any type of writing. Particularly enjoy genre literature: mysteries, westerns, adventure, historical, science fiction, fantasy. Romance, I suppose. No horror. Acadamic work only in history and the arts, have studied a lot of those. Particularly biographies, memoirs, autobiographies. I have many reviews here on Thumbtack that give some indications of the types and quality of the work I do. I would be glad to review a manuscript or do a sample editing.
Reviews
Mr. Presky is an outstanding editor. He has and excellent people skills. I will recommend him to any doctoral student who needs a dissertation editor. You will not encounter any APA style issues.
Michael help me to edit my dissertation. He was very persistent and accurate. Michael was very professional, friendly and patient. After I submitted the corrections he was very open to answer/correct any questions and minor adjustments to the paper. I am looking forward to using him in the future.
Very helpful, professional, and comprehensive in his edits. I appreciated Mike's extreme attention to detail and his command of APA formatting.
What started out great did not end too well. Yes, Michael did proof read my project. Then we agreed that I would pay him to format it. That did not work out well as he placed pictures etc in the wrong place--they should have been left where they were and I had to make 30 new PDF's for printer. He did give me links for the book so I could make changes later--but they are all 'read only'. I have sent emails repeatedly asking him to resend MY document that he updated with MY comments as a regular document and not 'read only' and he has never replied. Basically, having him format it was a waste of time. So, if you want him to proof-read something--ok--nothing else.
I had a super experience working with Mike. Initially, I had hired him to give a final edit to my manuscript. His work was thorough and turn-around timely. When additional projects arose, he was my 'go to' guy. And when my needs exceeded his immediate experience, he dug-in and became expert where he was needed. As I commence the work on my next book, one thing I know is that Mike hasn't heard the last of me.
Mike is very engaging, responsive, very smart and opinionated, and overall great to work with!
I am extremely happy with Michael. English is not my first language, so I desperately needed help editing my thesis. Michael was attentive and very quick! I am definitely recommending him to some school mates. My thesis look unbelievable and my board are very impressive with the changes that Michael made. Thank you so much. Marialice
I hired Mr. Presky to edit a novella I'm submitting to a publisher. He was professional, timely and extremely easy to communicate with. He did a phenomenal job. One should definitely consider him if they are in need of an excellent editor.
Mr. Presky is an outstanding editor with both skills and patience. He helped me with revising my academic paper and gave me useful advice on how to improve my writing in the future. I definitely recommend him for people who need help with essay revision.
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