“Baby doll—you are SO brilliant!!”
—Carolyn Cassady, Off the Road: My Years with Kerouac, Cassady, and Ginsberg, Penguin UK 1991, Overlook Press USA 2008

“I am overwhelmed at the time and effort you have devoted to send me your first impression. You have done a brilliant job with Part 1. You have made it glow. What you have done with Part 2 is amazing. It could not be better. And ending it where you have ended it is perfect. You shouldn’t be editing. You should be writing novels!”
—Bhaichand Patel, When the Streets Were Dark and Cold; Chasing the Good Life, Penguin Books India, 2006; Happy Hours, Penguin Books India, 2009

“Victoria was one of the first readers of my novel, Baby Jesus Pawn Shop. Her perceptive reading and helpful comments at Squaw Valley Conference aided me in finishing it. More recently, Victoria edited my essay on Tiananmen Square, taking a somewhat lengthy and ’soft’ work and quickly making it into a stronger and polished piece that was published in time for the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in June of 2009. Easy to work with, but a perfectionist if you want the ‘treatment’—trust her!”
—Lucia Orth, Baby Jesus Pawn Shop, Permanent Press, 2008; Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review, NPR comparison to Doctor Shivago, publisher-nominated for the Pulitzer Prize

“Your suggestions are terrific. I wish I had shown you the novel sooner!”
—Sasha Troyan, Marriage a Trois, Semester; Angels in the Morning, Permanent Press, 2003; The Forgotten Island, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004; two-time Booksense Selection winner, Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews acclaim

“Everything makes sense and is absolutely brilliant! Working with you has been an amazing experience. I feel everything you said was already there, and you brought it up to the surface, gently and carefully. I thought it was scary to hire someone for a developmental edit. Now it seems scarier to be on my own.”
—Ania Vesenny, Swearing in Russian at the Northern Lights, Invisible Press, 2011

“Victoria did everything that I both hoped and feared she’d do: challenged me, pushed me, and motivated me. She showed me where I was pulling my punches and where I went astray. She helped me see how excision is a means to enriching a text, and helped me bring to life the ideas and tension I was striving for. Be warned: hiring Victoria will not get you out of doing work. It will, in fact, double your load, make your brain hurt, and cause you a bit of grief. That is what you want—to become a better writer.”
—Chris Ryan, The Ishmael Blade; The Bible of Animal Feet, Farfalla Press, 2007

“Thanks to you, my work rewriting is as satisfying as writing the first time. In some case even more so. I have a better feel for the story—and its flow—now than I ever had before. Sometimes I see your point right away, other times it takes longer. Sometimes I think, ‘Duh! How did I miss that?’ Sometimes I realize that even while writing I was unsure about one scene, or passage. I have made lots of changes, often with dialog and action replacing narrative. I’m starting to see that good dialog writing is an ongoing process, and that no matter what one can always learn more. Thanks again for what you’ve done for my book and me as a writer!”
—Jeffrey J. Russell, Standing on the Horizon

“Dang, you’re good. I feel like I just spent the best bucks in my life. A. Victoria Mixon, you are the real deal.”
—Kathryn Estrada, Mirren and the Wardogs of Alcindor

“I would have to echo many of these complimentary statements, as both your counseling and the many positive suggestions you had to offer are going to be extremely valuable in helping me make some crucial decisions regarding my project.”
—Jay Miller, SuperStar Nation

“I am so happy I found you. You have done more than just edit: you have taught me what I need to keep in mind as I move forward in order to strengthen my writing.”
—Devika Patel, untitled novel

“Thank you for an excellent crit. I like how you identified what worked as well as what didn’t. So many people forget that part. I need someone I can trust to go through my pieces. Thank you for your support and for talking to me like I do understand what I am doing.”
—Jo Ann Hernandez, Dying on Lovett Street, The Future Forgotten, Loving You Deadly

“Before you edited a short story for me, I didn’t know what to expect; I had never worked with a fiction editor before. But your constructive criticism was so useful. I’d be crazy to send out any work without first running it by you. You obviously know the craft inside and out. Money well spent!”
—Gracie Fletcher, “Moonlight and Melinda”

“Wow. I’m learning a lot from your edit. It’s like Christmas in May. OMG. I’m thrilled, in case you can’t tell.”
—Denise Throntveit, Princess Patches

“You rock, A. Victoria Mixon!”
—Marie Devers, Miles Above Everything