Editing

Full service editing that includes suggestions for revision, ideas for filling content holes, expansions or cuts where necessary, and proofreading. Agents, publishers and readers (buyers) are looking for any reason to pass on a project, because the market is so saturated. Don’t give them a reason.

Pricing:

$.15/Word for 1-19,000 words
$.08/Word for 20,000-39,999 words
$.06/Word for 40,000 words or more

Proofreading

Get a detailed line-edit of your essay, short story, manuscript or other project. Proofreading improves your grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure and will correct any and all typos.

Pricing:

$.12/Word for 1-19,000 words
$.06/Word for 20,000-69,999 words
$.04/Word for 70,000 words or more

Ghostwriting

Ghostwriting with rough draft provided
Get a finished, polished version of your rough draft, including verification of facts and accuracy checks when necessary. Your name is credited with writing the book.
$.30/Word
Ghostwriting with no rough draft provided
Turn your idea or outline into a final, polished draft. You provide an idea and outline, I create both the rough and final, polished drafts. Your name is credited with writing the book.
$.40/Word

Manuscript Critique

Fiction: Get feedback on your plot, setting, characterization and dialogue to improve your story and snag more readers.
Nonfiction: Get feedback on organization, focus, overall clarity and book development so your book will be the tightest, clearest, most organized version before it goes to print.

Pricing:

$.06/Word

Short Story Critique

Get feedback on your story’s plot, subplot, pacing, style, point of view, setting, characterization, dialogue, story arc, word count and other elements that will improve your short story.

Pricing:

$.05/Word

Picture Book Critique

Get feedback on how to ready your picture book manuscript for publication by learning what’s working and what’s not in your manuscript.

Pricing:

$49.99/Project

Query Letter Critique

Get feedback on what’s working in your query letter and what’s not so you can impress literary agents and editors.

Pricing:

$39.99/Letter (one page only)

Personal Essay Critique

Get feedback on how to turn your personal essay into one editors will accept and publish in multiple online and print mediums.

Pricing:

$.06/Word

Story Coaching

Get help crafting your book from start to finish or in just the areas where you feel stuck. You can schedule coaching time once or request as many meetings as you need.

Pricing:

$99 per half hour meeting