My A-list clients include best-sellers, a Pulitzer Prize winner and winner of Isabel Allende best new fiction Award. I have ghost-written or heavily edited both fiction and non-fiction. One of my own novels was nominated best literary fiction by USA Books (The Boy with a Torn Hat) My greatest pleasure is helping a writer discover there are no limits to their abilities to tell a compelling story, and to do it with passion. As a publisher, I have published authors pro-bono because they deserve...
My A-list clients include best-sellers, a Pulitzer Prize winner and winner of Isabel Allende best new fiction Award. I have ghost-written or heavily edited both fiction and non-fiction. One of my own novels was nominated best literary fiction by USA Books (The Boy with a Torn Hat) My greatest pleasure is helping a writer discover there are no limits to their abilities to tell a compelling story, and to do it with passion. As a publisher, I have published authors pro-bono because they deserve a readership even though their work is not commercially viable according to most publishing
gatekeepers.
I have conducted about 150 workshops, and was the founder of KidExpression, a 501(3)c that taught kids how to write stories. I was a recipient of PEN-in-the-Classroom grant to teach novel writing to middle-schoolers, and I have published about 25 books of others under my own banner, A Word with You Press.
I never lose sight of the fact that you, the author, are the world's leading authority on your own manuscript. I just provide the adrenaline. I wrote the lead book reviews for the San Diego Union Tribune before they downsized, eliminating the books section altogether. Of my many endorsements, I like this back-handed compliment the best:
The funny thing about working with Thorn is that I can’t exactly say what he does that helps me. I usually start out not agreeing with his suggestions, only to end up following them. Maybe it’s the very act of resisting his ideas that serves as an exercise in clarification. After all, more times than not, this exercise leads me to see the wisdom of his direction. Perhaps it’s Thorn practical wisdom on the art and craft of writing. I’m still not sure. All I know is I’ve become a better writer since working with Thorn.
– Mark Cohen
Attorney at Law
Why I am an editor:
I was the skinny kid with glasses who held the jacket when somebody with more balls than me had had enough and was going to punch somebody’s lights out in the playground after school. I observed the passion
