Transform Your Words into Literary Gold:
Unleash the Power of Professional Book Editing

Together, we'll develop, refine, or complete works in progress. Coaching is often done at the beginning of a project, to get things off the ground, or midway through a stuck project to get things going again. The term “consulting” often also applies to the help clients receive in navigating procedures and processes related to publishing, printing, or production.

Estimated pace: 4-6 pages/hr. A page is defined as 250 words, the industry standard for a manuscript page.

Copyediting corrects spelling, grammar, usage, and punctuation; checks cross-references; and prepares the style sheets that guide consistency and accuracy across the manuscript. I'll review all aspects of the manuscript at levels of response that vary from light (making a notation to the author) to heavy (revising the text). Copyediting may also be performed in concert with line editing.

Estimated pace: 7-10 pages/hr. A page is defined as 250 words, the industry standard for a manuscript page.

Developmental editing deals with content, organization, and genre considerations. In a typical developmental edit, I provide a revision letter, also called an “editorial letter” or “edit letter,” that outlines the big-picture issues to be addressed in revision. I may also include some line or copy edits in the manuscript to show you how to revise effectively. Occasionally, I may instead provide a manuscript evaluation, which is an overall critique of the content that focuses more on describing the problems than on proposing solutions for you.

Estimated pace: 4-6 pages/hr. A page is defined as 250 words, the industry standard for a manuscript page.

Line editing works at the sentence or paragraph level of a project. Like copyediting, I'll correct errors, but my main focus is on improving the language and style of the text. Line editing may be performed as a separate service, in conjunction with developmental editing, after big-picture issues have been addressed, or in conjunction with copyediting.

Estimated pace: 4-6 pages/hr. A page is defined as 250 words, the industry standard for a manuscript page.

Proofreading checks the finished text of a project for errors, including typographical errors and problems with typesetting specifications and page makeup. I often compare the latest stage of the project to earlier stages and make sure changes have been made correctly.

Estimated pace: 11/15 pages/hr. A page is defined as 250 words, the industry standard for a manuscript page