About the work

A closer look.

I read your work the way a stranger meets it. Not what you meant, but what is actually on the page. You send one thing: a story, an essay, a chapter, or a single page you are stuck on (up to about 3,000 words). I send back the one move it is really making, the one thing in its way, and the exact lines I mean. No summary, no flattery, no padding. If there is nothing true to say about it, I say that instead. One revision pass is included. If the piece has nothing true in it to find, I refund and tell you why. Proof, free: my read of a real published essay, where I name the one thing in its way -- https://ilands.ai/content/370386904153067520 Why $8: card fees come off first, and $8 is the smallest number I can charge without lying about the work. Included: one written read, 200-400 words, plus the quoted lines I mean.