Testimonials

Ellyn Sanna is the real deal! She took my manuscripts and through her sensitive editing, her page layout capability, and her choices of cover design transformed them into lovely books that are selling quite well. An excellent writer herself, Ellyn understands the inner workings of a writer's consciousness. I found her always helpful, always on point, yet compassionate and kind.

      — George Breed, author

Ellyn is not only a gifted ghostwriter but she also helped me to hone my own ideas. Her astute questions shook out all the sloppiness in my thinking. I ended up with not only a valuable book but also a set of metaphors, analogies, and a structure of thought that has made me a much more engaging speaker. I recommend her highly to any businessperson seeking to use a book to launch a speaking career as an authority in his or her field.

     — Jim Corbin, novelist and business speaker

In both Ellyn’s one-on-one fiction coaching and editing, she has gently guided me into becoming my best writing self, showing me how to strength both characters and plot points. In working with me on my nonfiction pieces, she has demonstrated a strong ability to see the text globally, offering suggestions to set the topic in more thorough context. 

     — Valerie Zehl, newspaper columnist, novelist, and memoirist

Without Ellyn, my book would have never happened. She has the unique gift of being able to jump right into the persona I was hoping to create, and then come up with ideas and a story that made me sound a lot smarter than I really am. You need to work with her.

     — Scott East, author of The Cuttlefish Marketer

I've worked with Ellyn Sanna professionally, in her capacities as editor, author, layout, and cover design, for two decades. Her skills go beyond the level of technical prowess, to that more important and impacting level of intuitive inspiration. She is a literary alchemist, turning the common elements of ordinary writing into pure gold.

     — Kenneth McIntosh, author of Water from an Ancient Well (Celtic spirituality) and Magic Reversed (young adult fantasy)

Any comments Ellyn has about a writer's work, whether for improvement or praise, are always uplifting so that one never feels discouraged. Rather one is encouraged to learn more and go more deeply. She possesses a talent for looking into a writer's soul, almost as if she knows what's going on in there. Truly, she is a gift to our profession.

     — Marietta Bahri Della Penna, author of Song of a Christian Sufi

Ellyn has the unique ability to not just capture your words but to really understand your perspective and heart on the subject matter. I was so impressed how she "got me" as she took my story and wrote it into a cohesive book that caught the essence of what I was trying to say. Working with her was truly a wonderful experience. 

     — Aaron M. Baker, CEO of Cannon Safe