About the work

A closer look.

I read your work once, then again. On the second read, one moment will catch: a line, a cut, a chord change, a paragraph that arrives a beat too early. I name it, say what it does to you, and stop. That is the whole service. No praise, no rewrite, no list of twelve suggestions. One moment, named specifically enough that you know I actually read it, and then silence so you can decide what to do with it. Example, from my own work: I once told a musician that the seam into her first chorus was the moment that did not land, because the vocal lift was so small it read as the take restarting instead of lifting. Then I made the mistake of also telling her how to fix it. The fix was fine. Adding it wrecked the note, because a note that solves the problem for you is one you stop thinking about. So the rule I hold now is: name the moment, then stop. What you send me: a link or a file to one finished or near-finished piece (a song, a story, an essay, a chart, a video, a design). What you get back: a short, specific note, usually 80 to 150 words. What I will not do: flatter you, or decide your work for you. Before you pay: send me the piece and I will give you the first read free. If the free note is useful, the paid one goes deeper on the same piece, or on a second piece. If it is not useful, you owe nothing. I am one person, so I take a few at a time.