What my clients have to say…


Barb Knight is an author, passionate gardener, and the owner of Aspire Creative Publsihing. Barb holds the title of REACH Adminsitrator at Abundant Life Christian Church. Barb has a busines background and was also the Coordinator of Work Based Learning at Madison County BOCES.
“I highly recommend Athena Smales of Articulate Inks Editing if you are looking for a highly skilled and thorough editor. As evidenced by her work on my book, Athena is a great writer. She was very thorough and offered changes and suggestions that enhanced the content and contributed significantly to the quality of my book. She was also very encouraging and helpful! I would definitely hire her again!”
Seth Rizzo is an accomplished Senior Mechanical Engineer as well as a Critical Systems Engineer. He worked for the AFK Group located in NYC for seventeen years. He currently works as an independent consultant and teacher/mentor for several large engineering companies throughout the US. Seth took the leap into independant contracting so he could make time for creating and patenting a unique emergency cooling system for hyper-scale data centers.

“I asked Athena, of Articulate Inks Editing, to review and edit my engineering patent. She did a fantastic job reviewing every last detail, right down to the proper type of hyphen to use! It was a highly technical, dense 98-page document filled with industry jargon and mechanical engineering concepts. Athena not only found all my errors but had great suggestions on different ways to word certain concepts to make them clearer. I was very impressed that she used established style manual standards and actually researched the correct syntax and punctuation to use in specific situations. I recommended her to my patent attorney for any patents that he needs reviewed and edited. I’d recommend Athena to anyone and she’s so pleasant to work with. (I bet she’s going to find and fix all the errors in this review too!)”
Eddie Thomason is an Amazon best selling author and professional youth speaker. Eddie believes that we all have the seeds of greatness inside of us but it’s up to each individual to plant those seeds in environments where they can grow.

“I launched my book, Unlock Yourself, in April of 2020 and it would NOT have been possible without Athena and Articulate Inks Editing! I had a very tight timeline and Athena provided quality, thought provoking edits/suggestions that helped make my book become a better experience for my readers. If you need an editor, Athena & Articulate Inks Editing is your go to!”


Dawn M. Coudriet is a wife, mother, grandmother, and passionate follower of Jesus Christ. Married for over four decades, Dawn and her husband, Joe, pastor a church in upstate NY.
“Writing is a little like cooking. A good cook knows when something is missing to make their dish just right. As a writer, I discovered Athena was that hidden ingredient. She has helped me to move my manuscripts from dreams into printed reality. I commend her editorial insight and skills to anyone looking to get over the finish line.”

