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Genre Specialties
Romance
As my primary specialty, I enjoy a good romance book of any heat level, especially one with humor and a heartfelt happily ever after. Who wouldn’t want to imagine themselves in a world where, even when things go wrong, it will all turn out perfectly in the end?
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
I also love books with fantastical elements that keep you guessing. In these genres, the author has full creative authority, and when literally anything could happen, there’s excitement on every page.
Mystery
Trying to figure out whodunnit makes me feel like a self-declared detective. I find it thrilling to search for every little clue lurking in the background (similar to what I do as a developmental editor!).
Don’t See Your Genre?
Reach out anyway! I keep a pretty open mind when a new client contacts me with a genre outside of my specialties. In fact, I have worked on a wide variety of genres with great success. If I truly feel I wouldn’t be a good fit for your manuscript, I will let you know. I want you to get the best for your book, even if that means I’m not the right editor for you.
Services & Rates
Choose one round or both!
Developmental Editing
Rates average 4.5c per word
Developmental editing looks at the big picture of your manuscript, and is often recommended for new authors to help refine their writing craft.
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Through this process, you will learn how to develop and improve your manuscript while increasing your skill and understanding of the craft of writing. This round of editing ensures that the story makes sense and the author addresses larger issues such as overall structure, timeline and order of content, hooks and prompts of each chapter, archetypes and character development, point of view, plot and tropes, time and location setting, proper pacing, consistency, transitions, dialogue, and adding/deleting/rearranging of scenes.
Line / Copyediting
Rates average 7.5c per word
This is a line-by-line process, combining line editing and copyediting into a package deal, saving you both time and money.
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Line editing focuses on the rhythm and language of your manuscript, working on voice and word choice, style and phrasing, dialogue and dialogue tags/anchors/said bookisms, similar sentence structure and repetition, filler words, and consistency with action.
Copyediting checks for typos, double words, grammatical errors, punctuation, spelling, formatting issues, echo words, complete fact-checking, and ensures an accurate timeline. (Note that this is only the first attack on such issues and I highly recommend following up with a fresh set of eyes for a final proofreading.)
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