Be Creative

• An editor can make your writing clearer, structurally coherent, and market appropriate. If it's written, I can edit it to ensure your message is accurately and cleanly presented to readers. The editing order of operations is typically substantive, stylistic, copy, and then proofreading.
• Stylistic Edit: Clarifying meaning, removing slang (if not appropriate within context) and clichés, fixing sentences for language, and other non-mechanical line-by-line editing.
• Copy Edit: Editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation and other mechanics of style; checking for consistency of mechanics and internal consistency of facts.
• Proofreading: The final pass of an already-edited manuscript, intended to catch missed typos and inconsistencies.
• Substantive Edit: Editing text for overall clarity, pacing, unity, structure, and content. Reorganizing and clarifying content, editing for length, and cutting parts that are redundant or not relevant to the work at hand.

Manuscript Evaluations

A manuscript should be read by someone who can offer an impartial opinion. That person is an editor who has read hundreds of manuscripts and knows what to look for and what publishers want. An evaluation provides honest feedback on characterization, pacing, plotting, structure, dialogue, language, setting, believability, and writing technique. Evaluations can be done on complete and partial manuscripts. The fee is $200 for the first 10 pages, and then $2.75 a page for every page after that. HST applies if in Canada.

 

If you need an editor to spearhead the development and execution of a publication, I can effectively, and seamlessly, manage your project from concept to product. I've managed numerous consumer and trade newsletters and magazines.

I have experience seeking permissions for copyright material.

Whatever research you require, I have the skill and determination to hunt down the information.