mentoring & Developmental editing services for women scholars

bring your writing to life


Scholarly writing and publishing can be isolating and stressful. It can also be collective and empowering. We thrive as writers when we have a supportive community to share ideas, drafts, and challenges as we labor to bring our projects to life. We would love to be part of your community.

Write With Us!

Write With Us!

Monday write-ins

Start your week with An ONLINE WRITING GROUP FOR WOMEN WRITERS

Services

  • 1:1 Mentoring

    1:1 Hourly Mentoring sessions are useful at any stage in the writing process, from the earliest phases of conceptualization to the later phases of finalizing a project. They are perfect if you are in need of some quick support or sustained writing mentoring as you develop a project. [LEARN MORE]

  • Writing Groups

    4-6 women meet regularly to share and discuss their ongoing projects. Perfect for anyone who would like to receive regular feedback on their work while participating in an intimate and critically engaged writing community. [LEARN MORE]

  • Developmental Editing

    Ideal if you have a full draft of a grant proposal, book proposal, journal article, book chapter, dissertation, or book manuscript that you need to revise, reconceptualize or finalize. I will read your text and provide a substantial written evaluation along with suggestions for development. [LEARN MORE]

ABOUT

WomanWise provides writing mentoring and developmental editing services for women writing in the humanities and social sciences. Our central goals are to help you conceptualize and organize your project, sharpen your work’s central contributions and arguments, and develop the analytic and narrative coherence needed to bring your project to successful publication.

WomanWise was founded in 2023 by historian Ana Maria Candela, Ph.D., a published author, winner of several prestigious research awards, and former professor at a “Public Ivy.” It helps fill the growing need for writing and editorial services that can break the grind and isolation of the neoliberal academy, which exerts a greater cost on women scholars. By working with women, we seek to foster their success as scholars and published authors.

TESTIMONIAL

Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, SUNY Binghamton

“As a graduate student, I have greatly benefited from Dr. Candela's extraordinary editorial skills. She possesses a remarkable ability to grasp the essence of one's arguments, often better than the author themselves, even in topics outside her immediate expertise. In two different articles that are now published, she guided me in identifying my main argument and broader contributions to the literature. Dr. Candela is the go-to person for refining half-baked ideas and transforming them into cogent arguments. I wholeheartedly recommend her editorial services to anyone seeking to produce polished and persuasive content.”

contact

Thank you for your interest in WomanWise.

If you would like to explore working together, please schedule a 30-minute consultation using the link below or send an email to ana@womanwisementor.com. Be sure to tell us about your project, including the subject and format (e.g. journal article, book draft, grant proposal), as well as the kinds of services you are interested in and your timeline.

We look forward to hearing from you!