Testimonials

  • "Dominic was a critical part in the editing and creation of my book. It wouldn't have come to be without his hard work on each word of the text and his guidance throughout the entire process. The book has been a huge success, hitting the USA Today Best Seller list and listed on JP Morgan's exclusive summer reading list, thanks in no small part to Dominic's expertise and steady hand."

    Laura Mae Martin, Google’s productivity expert and author of Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing

    Book cover titled 'UPTIME: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing' by Laura Mae Martin, Google’s Productivity Expert. The cover features a stopwatch icon and rainbow-colored bars at the bottom.

  • "Dominic is one of those rare artists that looks at teaching as both art and craft. Under his guidance, I felt my prose lift and lighten, my images crystallize and my story tighten. What sets Dominic apart as a mentor is his enthusiasm for guiding and supporting a writer as she creates her own vivid world. This is his gift: transforming not only the writing, but the writer-in-process."

    Evanthia Bromiley, author of the novel, Crown, longlisted for the Center for Fiction Prize

    Book cover for 'Crown' by Evanthia Bromley. The cover features a gold crown with three points and three hovering colorful birds against a blue background. The title 'crown' is in large white lowercase letters, and the author's name is in large white lowercase letters at the bottom. There is a quote at the top praising the book.

  • "Dominic was essential to me completing my first collection of short stories. He was a steady and calming mentor, guiding me away from self-doubt, instilling in me the confidence I needed to find solutions to my creative conundrums. I could not have finished the book nor found representation and a home for it without him — Dominic provided key professional advice just when I needed it!"

    Lenore Myka, author of King of the Gypsies: Stories, winner of the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction. She is also a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship.

    Cover of the book 'King of the Gypsies' featuring a close-up of a woman's face with one half painted blue and the other half painted pink.

  • "When I look at my book, I see Dominic Smith’s fingerprints. These stories are fully informed by Smith’s perceptions and insight. He was never prescriptive, never told me exactly what to do, but with his help, I learned that I could change anything: narrative distance, characterization, structure. This was totally empowering!"

    Nancy J. Allen, author of A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes and Other Stories. Her fiction has won awards in journals such as Southwest Review, StoryQuarterly, and Short Story America.

    Book cover titled 'Nancy J. Allen' with stars and constellations, featuring illustrations of a lizard, a centipede, a pyramid, and a crab in a space setting.

  • One of my greatest pleasures—and most rewarding experiences—as a writer has been working with Dominic Smith. Always encouraging and straightforward, able to see into the heart of the roughest of drafts, he’s a gifted teacher and one of the most thorough and intelligent editors I’ve ever worked with. From early pages to final publication, your work couldn’t be in better hands.

    Sue Mell, author of the novel Provenance and the story collection A New Day