What is Full Measure Editorial?
Writing really screws with our heads. Sometimes we get so fed up with seeing the same sentences over and over again that we’d rather just toss the whole thing out the window and binge on Game of Thrones until we don’t know what day it is. Sometimes, when we don’t make the word-count quotas we want, we question whether we’ve got what it takes. Or we may have a ton of ideas but just don’t know where to begin.
In other words, writing tests us. Constantly.
And revision? Writing is nothing without it, and yet as we get too close to our own material, our ability to pull back and assess our work with a cool, analytical eye is too often shot to hell.
That’s where Full Measure comes in.
Full Measure Editorial is an experienced, full-service edit shop based in Austin, working with authors and publishers all over the country. We also bring a fresh approach to organizations looking to develop, revise, and polish their website content and custom-published materials.
You’ll benefit from our years of experience working with NYC publishing houses, independent authors and self-publishers, Inc. 500 companies, small businesses and scrappy entrepreneurs, e-learning providers, and institutions of higher learning. Best of all, when you work with Full Measure, you’ll get our trademark candidness—always delivered diplomatically, of course; we’re not jerks. We just want to be sure we let you know how your sophisticated readers might interpret your work. Sound good so far?
Who are we?
Matthew Patin
Matthew Patin has been in publishing for almost fifteen years, working with small presses, book packagers, the big New York publishing houses, and nearly 175 authors on over 10 million words’ worth of material. He’s worked with novelists, scholars, photographers, chefs, entrepreneurs, and business pros and has worked extensively with first-time and self-published authors.
He is an alumnus of the Author-Editor Clinic in Seattle, a sort of flight simulator for developmental editors, and is officially designated by California State University as a Certified Ghostwriter, one of the few practicing in the United States, after having
completed an intensive, one-of-a-kind program in book positioning, structuring, and ghostwriting.
As the former editorial director and staff writer of a graduate-level entrepreneurship program, Matthew logged more than 7,500 hours working directly with practicing entrepreneurs to develop material on leadership, personal development, sales and marketing, and operations. He is a former member of the Editorial Freelancers Association; a board member at Austin Bat Cave, a writing-workshop center for kids and teens; a former volunteer committee co-chair at the Texas Book Festival; and an organizer for Lit Crawl–Austin. His book reviews and author profiles have been published in Kirkus Reviews and the Austin Chronicle.
When he’s not editing or reading, he’s curating his collection of reaction gifs; here’s how he feels about working with great clients.
- "Great job on this! I appreciate especially your careful attention to making this a better read—and your suggestions."
Lelia Mander, Artisan Books - "Terrific work. . . . Your review was thorough, your comments thoughtful and professional, and your fixes excellent. It was a pleasure reviewing your work on these manuscripts, and I really look forward to working with you again."Leah Tracosas Jenness, becker&mayer!
- "It's been a pleasure working with you. . . . I'll definitely be calling again."Dylan Loewe, West Wing Writers
- "Matt . . . respects the author's voice and tailors his editing to the needs of the project. Authors and editors love his work."
Julie Hersh, HarperCollins - "You’ve really outdone yourself."Barbara Sjoholm, Author-Editor Clinic
- "World-class editor."Mark Moore, author