Reviews and Testimonials

“Joyce Irvine worked for me doing editing and basic writing and construction work on my book, Second Ticket to the Dance, (now selling briskly). I engaged her based on her good reputation and never had a regret as she created the structure for my writing and taught me a lot about the project, as she played a very large editing role. She writes as well as she edits, and is highly responsible and creative.

She is professional, cares about the material and take pains to get it right, that she has a good sense of story, can find the essence of the material and stay true to it, and has a way with words, a sense of how to convert diverse material into an absorbing story, is easy to work with, confidential, sticks to the point, is also imaginative, has good ideas, is experienced with books, and she works hard."

— Alan (Berkeley, CA)

"I recently worked with Joyce on a non-fiction travel book that I wrote but needed a lot of editing. I am by no means a professional author, but working with Joyce, I was able to turn my story into a professional level book. She is extremely meticulous in her work, and does not accept any cheap adjectives or allow something to slide because of a difficult impasse. Even when she is 'off the clock' she still focuses on the job at hand, often bringing in ideas that she's had, but still focusing on my words and finding a way for me to get to the solution, as opposed to taking the quick way out and using what she thinks is best. She is extremely punctual and friendly. I would work with her again in the future."

— Jonathan (Oakland, CA)

"Joyce is an excellent tutor in all subjects! She is well educated in English and can assist in areas that are hard to understand. Joyce not only has helped me in English, but also in public speaking. This has built my self confidence. She also has patience to teach a slow learner like myself. Patience must be one facet that makes a great tutor and Joyce understands this. I now have a Master's degree. Thank you, Joyce for being a great tutor and mentor."

— Claudia (Oakland, CA)

"After a series of career setbacks, I had lost confidence, lacked presence and had given up. I hired Joyce as a "drama coach" to help me work on my appearance, presentation style, presence and affect. This gave me the confidence to keep going in my career search. Eventually I was able to embark on a new career. I attribute this in a large degree to the drama coaching I received by working with Joyce."

 — Loren (San Jose, CA)