“Such valuable feedback, from the general to the specific!”
— Andrea Fry, June 2012

“Thank you so much for your wise and penetrating critique of the MS. It just came, and I have read it through for the first of many times, but I wanted to respond immediately. It’s the most helpful analysis I’ve ever had. I’ll be pondering it and looking at the poems and the ordering of poems with a fresh eye. I am extremely grateful for your insights.”
— Ruth Thompson, March 2011

“I want to thank you again for reviewing my manuscript about a year and a half ago. The feedback you gave me was incredibly helpful, and I have tried to follow much of your advice. I’ve purchased books from a few of the poets you mentioned. I realize how essential it is to seek the help and guidance of others… I just thought you would like knowing that you motivated me to write more and to write better!!”
— Helen Yeoman, September 2009

“Still not 100% convinced, I started a new folder entitled ‘Revisions, Post SK.’ Taking poems that have existed in their gelled forms for years and applying the suggestions you’d given… I went through about 10 of them. Then I sat there and stared. The poems were better.”
— Susan Berlin, February 2010

“I have been thinking through the implications of your comments and really appreciate the revolution in my thinking about this project that has occurred as a result. Thank you for your encouragement of the way I am working with voice in the collection now. What you are doing to encourage and help women with crafting stronger poetry is invaluable work.”
— Marie Lovrod, July 2004

“Your response was clarifying—if sometimes painful. My solutions are not always the same as yours, as to be expected, but yours allowed me to articulate some of my own troubled feelings about the manuscript and understand more concretely how to address them. Thanks for being so thorough and so honest.”
— Candice Reffe, October 2008

“Your comments were so thoughtful and helpful. I felt honored by your attention to my work. It gives me a whole new perspective and a structure for working on the manuscript. Now I’m thinking more about how to get my poems to spring out away from me and to the world.”
— Nancy Hechinger, April, 2010

“I have been reading, re-reading, and digesting the review, and I want to let you know that I am totally pleased with the job you have done. Your frank assessment of my manuscript was exactly what I was hoping for. You told me exactly what I need to know about where I am with my collection and what steps I need to take to go where I want to go. It was the best investment I could have made. The review was thorough, incisive, illuminating, and set me on an actionable path. Reading it was a Eureka! moment for me.”
— Marc Berman, December 2008

“You have gotten me to look at the manuscript from a different point of view, and that will make a huge difference in the end product.”
— Patricia Lee Lewis, March 2005

“You provided some very productive criticism and a healthy dose of positive strokes along with it. Most everything you said I think I knew intuitively or subconsciously, but you put words to it and made it real for me. I feel confident that you have told me the truth about my poetry and this is what I wanted. So thank you for that.”
— Cynthia Veach, March 2010