"Feedback and analysis from Appal Johnson have been some of the most valuable I have received in my writing career. As a beta reader for my third novel, and a final stage analyst of my second, Appal has offered more insightful, productive and instinct-affirming feedback than most agents, editors and professors. She possesses a keen eye for craft detail as well as broader thematic aspirations, and cuts to the heart of the matter in a way that writers truly appreciate."
Peter Troy
Author, May The Road Rise Up To Meet You (2012). Winner of the Michael Shaara Prize for Outstanding Civil War Fiction
"Having worked with Appal closely for the last two years, I can attest to her first-rate writing and editorial skills. She is wise, intuitive, responsive, and goes way beyond expectations. For the project I was working on, she wrote up notes, line-edited, and made a detailed timeline for the story, which was complicated, since it involved two protagonists and brought the story together. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Mary Sullivan
Author, High (2021); Dear Blue Sky (2012); Ship Sooner (2004). Winner of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Award.
"Appal is a master of generous, careful feedback, and has a careful eye in guiding writers to ask important questions about their work. I recommend her highly."
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta Author, Edit Your Life (2023); Awake with Asashoryu (2022), and She Never Told Me About the Ocean (2021). Harvard Writing Program Faculty.
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