Here's what the authors, agents, publishers, and book publicists I've worked with have to say about me.
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Danielle Goodman is simply one of the best editors in the business today. Her professionalism and work ethic, her positive, get-it-done attitude, and her “this is not just an assignment to me or a job,” sense of mission from beginning to end: This is the magic sauce of Danielle Goodman. It was evident in my last bestselling book The Memo and it became a transformational asset to this new book, Up From Nothing.
Danielle listened to and understood, translated, and ultimately was able to even channel my unique voice when I was not available for an immediate change or edit needed for the manuscript. She was always right on point with what I meant—and what an author “truly means” is everything to an author. In many ways, Danielle spiritually co-wrote the underlying energy of this book with me, and for that I will be eternally grateful. 
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I have absolutely loved working with Danielle to develop my book ideas and a thorough book outline that had been years in the making. I say years because until I started working with her, it only existed in my mind! She has helped me so much with consistency and accountability.
Danielle has been the perfect, steady, grounded balance to my very creative-brained nature. I tend to be a little all over the place with my ideas, and she has helped organize them in such a beautiful way. She also adds such valuable feedback. One of my favorite parts of working together has been her excitement about my work and her belief in me. Having someone who believes in what you are doing goes an extremely long way. Working with Danielle is absolutely when I get the most writing done, and that has been so helpful to my process. I highly recommend hiring her to help bring your book ideas to life! 
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Danielle is fabulous. She helped me reorganize parts of Touching the Jaguar in a manner that greatly improved it and did lots of excellent word and idea editing. She also was extremely talented at pointing out areas where my words could be more culturally sensitive and where I might express more of my own emotions about how I felt to be a privileged White male working in other cultures. She pushed me in gentle and effective ways — exactly what you want from an editor. I highly recommend her.
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Working with Danielle was a game changer for my writing process. When I was introduced to Danielle, I had just received constructive feedback on a substantial draft of the first book I had solely written. I was swimming in fear and uncertainty about how to incorporate the editors’ notes within a very short time frame. Danielle struck the incredible balance of compassionate active listener and shepherd armed with critical questions and inspiring prompts. Her thought partnership helped me to clearly articulate my ideas and shape what finally became The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition at Work. I continue to recommend Danielle to any writer, at any stage- and have hired her again to work on my next writing project! You’re in excellent hands with Danielle.
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