“Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.” – Anne Carson

“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.” – William H. Gass

“No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.” – Isaac Babel

“Words save our lives, sometimes.” – Neil Gaiman

“Written words can also sing.” – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past decade, I’ve helped more than 300 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the 7 Minutes a Day… writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.