Editing Services
Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 05:52PM I am unavailable for edits until July 2013
Experience
I received a Master of Arts in English from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2008 where I studied with Edgar nominee Tim Gautreaux. I have more than ten years of editing experience and am currently the Editor-in-Chief of LitStack.com.
I have spent the past five years in the corporate environment as a Technical Editor and have previously edited for Christine Rose, Phoebe North, Heather McCorkle, Christine Fonseca, Carolyn Crane and many other emerging and established authors.
In addition to working on several creative ventures, including my second novel and various short stories, my flash fiction, Street Noises, was included in Pill Hill Press' Daily Flash 2012: 366 Days of Flash Fiction last fall.
What You'll Get
- Edits done through Track Changes in Word
- Concise edits that produce a clean manuscript without stripping away the writer's voice
- Honest critiques
- Quick turnaround times (depending upon word count and genre).
- Demonstration of how to avoid overwriting, improper pacing and how to produce quality manuscripts, short stories and query letters that catch an agent's/editor's eye.
For all projects, please include the following:
- Story/Manuscript genre
- Type of editorial service you require (Line edits or Summary)
- A short synopsis of your project
- The word count/projected word count
Short Stories:
2000 words or less: $50
2000-3000 words: $70
3000-4000 words: $80
Anything over 4000 words will need to be discussed in order for me to draw up a customized cost summary.
Manuscript Services (Line Edits with Manuscript Critique)
50000 words: $250
60000-70000 words: $300
70000-85000 words: $350
85000 and above please email.
Manuscript Services (Summary Edits)
5000 words: $150
60000-70000 words: $200
70000-85000 words: $300
85000 and above: please email.
Query Letters: **
Creation: $50
Rewrite: $40
How to Pay:
*For rush jobs, (projects with a 24-hour turnaround), please add 50% to the above prices.*
Editing Definitions
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Line edit - An in-depth grammatical and typographical errors edit which includes punctuation and consistency edits of the entire manuscript. This edit is thorough and exhaustive.
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Summary grammatical - Edit of the entire manuscript that check grammar and spelling only.
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Query Letter review and creation. Self explanatory.
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Manuscript Critique - Substantive edit of the entire manuscript including pacing, plot and character development, etc.
If you have any questions or concerns about rates or you would like clarification of what they involve, please feel free to contact me to discuss your project.
NOTE:
*Academic and Non-Fiction prices vary and are not included in the pricing above. Email me for more information.
**While I feel that an author should write their own queries, I'm happy to offer critiques of query letters free of charge. However, the skill of query writing is one necessary, I believe, for any emerging author.