Testimonials

Jennifer Ladd, Connecticut

I connected with Zoe the first time we met after reading her NYT Modern Love article. Since then, she has been instrumental in helping me, as a beginning writer, to believe in myself and the value of my writing. She offers her love of words along with her great knowledge, experience and insightful suggestions to encourage and support my work. Zoe’s generous spirit and enthusiasm for me as a writer have been invaluable.

Gregory Wells,

Vermont

Zoe and I became friends instantly, and soon began talking about my use of writing to give meaning and value to my recovery from a Traumatic Brain Injury. She read my first attempts to capture this lifelong journey of mine, supporting me and pushing me to keep writing and find my own voice through characters, through my "HillBilly Recovery Crew." Zoe Fowler has become my most important friend, mentor and source of wisdom, pushing me to keep writing and believe in myself. She is an immensely powerful woman, driven to write and help others write.

Bennett Boyd Anderson iii

New Orleans, LA

Zoe’s criticism has an attention to detail that is rarely matched. Both thorough and thoughtful, she underscores the strengths of any given piece as well as its weaknesses, giving the writer a thorough overview of his or her abilities. Her mastery of tone, and of the subtleties behind it, has helped me strengthen several stories with only minor adjustments. Having worked with Zoe for years, I hope to benefit from her insights for many more to come.

Susan Skakel, NYC

Zoe's feedback is detailed, thorough, and well worth it. She has a keen eye for lyrical prose, plot-driven storylines, and she is exacting in her ability to see the strengths and, perhaps more importantly, the weaknesses on the page. She has an intuitive sense of flow and rhythm and is very clear when she expresses those senses. No genre-bending is too outside of her wheelhouse and certainly any writer would be lucky to call on her to read and edit their work

Mary Dingee Filmore, VT

Zoe gives every piece of writing, however preliminary it may be, her all. She can always find something positive to say which is sincere and cogent, but she also finds ways to make even the most sweeping revisions feel feasible. She has a wonderful way of making the unpalatable possible, and her editing skills are so superior that she can always see how to shift things, and teach me how to do the same. You can’t imagine the difference she will make to your writing, and to you.

Lisa Bakewell

London, UK

I have been working on my fiction with Zoe for a couple of years now. She is a careful and attentive reader, and her insights are always thoughtful and incisive. I thoroughly recommend Zoe to any writer looking for gentle guidance when improving and editing their work.