Self-Help Book Finalizing and KDP Publishing

I’m looking for an experienced self-help/personal-development book editor to help me complete the final editing, polishing, formatting, and publication of my upcoming book, The Real Love Diet: Love Yourself Into the Life You Want.

About the Book

The Real Love Diet is a self-help and personal-growth book about learning to live from love rather than fear, shame, resentment, old conditioning, or self-criticism.

The central idea is simple: just as we become more conscious about what we feed our bodies, we can become conscious about what we feed our minds, hearts, relationships, and lives.

This is not a traditional diet book. The “diet” is about what we emotionally, mentally, and spiritually consume—and what we choose to release.

The book combines personal stories, practical life-coaching tools, spiritual principles, psychology, forgiveness practices, visualization, boundaries, prayer, self-love, and Ho’oponopono.

Some of the major themes include forgiveness, retraining the mind, self-love, healthy boundaries, prayer, gratitude, visualization, relationships, emotional patterns, and consciously choosing a more loving and peaceful life.

The tone is warm, conversational, encouraging, spiritual but accessible, and grounded in real-life experience.

About Me

I’m Susan Foxley, an author, life coach, yoga teacher, hypnotherapist, and longtime personal-development teacher. I have taught yoga for more than 35 years and have spent decades working with people around relationships, self-esteem, recovery principles, forgiveness, spirituality, and personal transformation.

My previous work includes books and programs such as Mixed Up to Fixed Up, F’d Up to Fixed Up in Four Weeks, and The Foxley Fix.

My writing comes from both professional experience and lived experience. I want the book to retain my distinctive voice—direct, loving, sometimes humorous, vulnerable, practical, and hopeful.

Where the Manuscript Stands

The book is essentially written and nearly complete. It has already gone through substantial development, restructuring, and revision.

At this stage, I am not looking for a major rewrite or extensive developmental editing.

I mainly need someone to:

Trim the manuscript slightly
Tighten repetitive or overly long sections
Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage
Smooth awkward sentences
Improve flow and readability
Check consistency throughout the manuscript
Preserve my natural voice
Make sure the manuscript is clean and publication-ready
The manuscript is approximately 80,000 words, although I expect it may become somewhat shorter after final trimming.

I previously worked with a professional editor on restructuring and strengthening the manuscript. I am now looking for someone new because my current editor has become ill and is unable to continue.

Publishing and KDP Help Needed

In addition to editing, I would ideally like to work with someone who can help take the finished manuscript all the way through Amazon KDP publication.

This would include:

Formatting the interior manuscript for KDP
Preparing the book for paperback publication
Preparing or coordinating the ebook version if applicable
Making sure margins, trim size, chapter headings, page numbers, front matter, and back matter are correct
Checking the final KDP proof for formatting issues
Working with my existing book cover
Making sure the cover file meets KDP specifications for the final trim size and page count
Uploading or helping me upload the manuscript and cover to Amazon KDP
Reviewing the KDP preview before publication
Helping make sure the book is properly set up and ready to publish
I already have a book cover design, so I am not necessarily looking for a new cover designer. However, I need someone who understands KDP cover requirements and can make sure the existing cover is correctly sized and prepared for publication.

Experience with Amazon KDP publishing is strongly preferred.

What I’m Looking For

Ideally, you have experience with:

Self-help and personal-development books
Line editing and copyediting
Proofreading
Light manuscript trimming
Book formatting
Amazon KDP
Paperback and ebook preparation
Working with existing book-cover files
Spirituality, psychology, relationship, recovery, or mind-body-spirit books
I want someone who can polish what is already there rather than reinventing the book.

I do not want the prose turned into academic or heavily clinical language. Accessibility, warmth, humanity, and emotional connection are central to the book.

When Applying

Please tell me:

About your experience editing self-help or personal-development books.
Whether you have experience with line editing and copyediting nearly finished manuscripts.
Whether you have formatted and published books through Amazon KDP.
Whether you can prepare both the manuscript and an existing cover for KDP specifications.
Whether you can assist with the actual KDP upload and final proof review.
Your approximate rate and availability.
Whether you are willing to edit a short sample before we commit to the complete project.
Examples of relevant books you have edited, formatted, or helped publish.
I am particularly interested in finding someone who respects an author’s established voice and who can help take an almost-finished manuscript through the final editing, formatting, and publishing stages.

Thank you. I look forward to finding the right editorial and publishing partner to help bring The Real Love Diet into its final form.

Susan Foxley
Author of The Real Love Diet: Love Yourself Into the Life You Want