We are a small but fierce team of publishing house veterans who specialize in tightening, trimming and tweaking while maintaining author voice. We proofread and copy edit with an eye for word economy and clarity while sussing out and expanding the unique voice that lies within each writer. 

There’s nothing we love more than guiding first-time novelists to the finish line, but we can handle it all, from diatribes to your local newspaper to memoir to menial and submenial work around your house (we’re middling tilers and forgettable spacklers).

“I'm glad I finally found the courage to reach out to The Mules and actually listen to them!” — Elizabeth Mayfield, author of The Love Life