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Need great content for your book? We can get your idea in best-selling form.

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Do you need organization, clarity, or just confirmation you are headed in the right direction with your writing? We also evaluate manuscripts and coach writers to help find the best possible presentation of their message.
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Do you want to learn how to find your voice, articulate your message, and effectively make it heard? We are teachers at heart. Contact us about our workshops and courses.

Melissa and Rick are a dynamic duo that will absolutely help you produce your best work. From framing a concept into a compelling narrative, to structuring the chapters, editing, writing and supporting authors, their experience, compassion and savvy make all the difference.

Jessica Hartung

Founder, Integrated Work

As a publisher and publishing services company serving both indie authors and other trade publishers, it’s critical to find writing and editorial partners that are professional, cool under pressure, and responsive to the needs of clients. Killian Creative checks off all three of these boxes. We worked with Rick in serving a client on a tight-turn revision schedule for a novel, and he was a complete pro every step of the way, translating the client’s requests into solid prose on the page. I’m glad to work with Rick and recommend Killian Creative to others looking for professional writing and editorial services.

Matt West

Founder and CEO, Dexterity Books

Rick and Melissa are a truly dynamic team! Their combined creative writing and editing abilities are second to none. They have a unique ability to find the voice of each author and express ideas consistent with each author’s style and personality. 

Ronda Ranalli

Former Director of Content and Author Relations, Destiny Image Publishers

Rick is both an accomplished writer and editor—and in the publishing world, people with both competencies are rare animals indeed. When I’m in need of a great writer or book doctor, “Killian” comes first to mind.

Kyle Duncan

Writer in Residence, The Fedd Agency

Working with the Killians was a joy for me. My book was so personal and to be comfortable enough with them to be open and honest with the pain in my life made this journey a successful one for me. They are professional, thorough, detailed, and most important—kind.

Staci Boyer

Founder and CEO, Motiv8n'U Personal Training & Wellness Coaching

I was a reluctant writer! Rick coached me into a love and confidence of writing that has made the whole experience enjoyable. Rick’s ability to preserve your thoughts and stories while adding an easy reading style and ordering the material to best flow for the reader is something I could not have done without him.

Jon Petersen

Founder and CEO, CityForce

All our experiences with Rick have been great. He’s easy to work with. His research is outstanding, and he masterfully incorporates it into his writing.

David Horton

Former Vice President of Editorial, Bethany House Publishers

Recent Blog Posts

Read our most popular thoughts on writing, publishing, and whatever inspires us.

Don’t compare yourself with others
except to learn from them—
compete only with yourself,
maintaining the highest standards
of excellence with yourself.

—Rosemary Daniell

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Compete only with yourself…

Don’t compare yourself with others except to learn from them— compete only with yourself, maintaining the highest standards of excellence with yourself. —Rosemary Daniell

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TELL ME A STORY!
Don’t try to impress your reader with style
or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases.
Tell the story first!

—Anne McCafferty

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Tell me a story…

TELL ME A STORY! Don’t try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first! —Anne McCafferty

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I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problems to solve—
with no conscious aim; but, as my mind takes in what is so produced,
a point arrives where some idea crystallizes,
and then a control and ordering begins to take place.

—Henry Moore

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The same could be said of writing…

I sometimes begin a drawing with no preconceived problems to solve— with no conscious aim; but, as my mind takes in what is so produced, a point arrives where some idea crystallizes, and then a control and ordering begins to take place. —Henry Moore

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Finish the thing before you start revising.
If you’re working on chapter three and you discover you have to go back
and plant the butler in chapter one,
scribble a note to yourself and keep working on chapter three.
Otherwise you run the risk of having twenty versions of chapter one—
and nothing else.

—Marta Randall

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Finish the thing before…

Finish the thing before you start revising. If you’re working on chapter three and you discover you have to go back and plant the butler in chapter one, scribble a note to yourself and keep working on chapter three. Otherwise you run the risk of having twenty versions...

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 Everyone is unique. Find out what you have to say that no one else can say;
then perfect the way to say it. That’s all any writer has to sell.
Anybody who can do it can sell anything they write.

—James Gunn

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Find what you have to say…

 Everyone is unique. Find out what you have to say that no one else can say; then perfect the way to say it. That’s all any writer has to sell. Anybody who can do it can sell anything they write. —James Gunn

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Edit thyself.
(Learn the big difference between what’s interesting to you
and what’s interesting—period.)

—Larry Strawther

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Edit thyself…

Edit thyself. (Learn the big difference between what’s interesting to you and what’s interesting—period.) —Larry Strawther

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