Shari Dorantes Hatch

Hatch Developmental Writing — A Nonfiction Resource

Kudos about the “Writing Coach”
You have a wealth of information here. The site is well organized and the articles will be very helpful to writers and want-to-be authors. Congratulations!

Cheryl Willis Hudson
Copublisher of Just Us Books


Kudos about “Writing Prompts”
What a wealth of writing prompt ideas you have offered us (the wide world)! I believe that particular beneficiaries will be English teachers, particularly middle school and high school teachers. And all for free! I am impressed with your thoughtfulness (as evidenced in the prompts themselves) and generosity.

Cheryl Dieckilman, retired public-school teacher



Annual Calendar


Since 1998, Shari Dorantes Hatch, of Hatch Developmental Writing, has created an annual calendar for people involved in using the written word to amuse, inspire, inform, or stimulate readers.

Please feel free to print copies for yourself, friends, and family, for noncommercial purposes, as long as you include my copyright notice.
I hope you enjoy it.

The annual calendar is offered to you completely free of charge. If you wished to offer a gift, I would gratefully appreciate it, but please feel no obligation whatsoever to make any financial donation. Your enjoyment suffices.







Note. This website does not qualify as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Consult your tax expert regarding whether you can deduct such a gift as a legitimate writing expense. In any case, I will wholeheartedly appreciate your generous gift to a fellow writer.

May I Help You?

A nonfiction writer, ghostwriter, collaborative writer, developmental editor, and writing coach with decades of experience, Shari Dorantes Hatch can help you to communicate your own great ideas and interesting information as effectively as possible. Please click on this “Contact” link for help to write more felicitously.
Previous clients have included publishers such as Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Harper Collins, John Wiley and Sons, McGraw-Hill, and many others; numerous book packagers; school districts such as San Diego Unified School District; several private-industry clients such as software and courseware developers; and private individuals such as college instructors (e.g., an Ivy League university professor), graduate students, other educators, fellow writers, leadership consultants, and many others.
A sampling of typical topics have included psychology (especially cognitive and social psychology), education (e.g., curriculum and pedagogy), child development, U.S. and world history (especially science, art, and cultural history), and popular science, as well as the writing process.


Services available
* Writing
Shari will research a topic and write an original work presenting her discoveries.

* Ghostwriting
Shari will take your ideas, research, or other information and create original works appealing to your readers.

* Collaborative writing
Shari will work with you and others to create a cohesive, integrated work.

* Developmental editing
Shari will take your rough draft, organize it effectively, and create a smooth, polished work enabling you to communicate more clearly to your readers.

* Coaching on writing tasks
Shari will guide you through the writing process to create your own original works.

Additional specialized services
* Creating résumés for new graduates and workers in transition
* Special-occasion greetings and notes for someone cherished

Please contact me to see whether I may help you more effectively express your own ideas and other information. I look forward to hearing from you.



Kudos from a Professional Writer and Consultant

Kikanza J. Nuri, of The Robins Group, said, “Shari edited our first book. She took three disparate, hesitant voices and made them sound like one. We had good ideas going in three different directions and Shari took our work and made it one cohesive whole. She didn't just change our work, she taught us, so by the time we wrote our third book, we could do it on our own. Shari did such a good job that the editor provided by the publisher had nothing to do!”

Selected Works

Nonfiction, Biography, Writers, Writings, Literature, Reference, African-American Literature
Encyclopedia of African-American Writing:
Five Centuries of Contribution

Biographies of hundreds of African-American writers, along with dozens of thematic and other entries
Nonfiction, Reference, Biographies
African-American Writers: A Dictionary

From Library Journal

This unique title profiles several hundred African American fiction and nonfiction writers from Colonial times to the present.

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