Editorial services

You’ve completed your manuscript. Congratulations! Give yourself a pat on the back!

Now you are ready to get into the nitty-gritty. You want readers to immerse themselves in the story you’ve crafted. Whether it is through narration, recipes, or anecdotes, you want to take the reader on a journey with you. You don’t want a spelling error, inconsistencies in the timeline or character names, or a missing ingredient in a recipe to confuse your readers. You need a professional editor to check your manuscript.

You’ve come to the right place. I offer different editorial services, depending on what stage of your writing journey you are at. Whether you are planning to self-publish your story or submit it to an agent, I can help you polish your manuscript.

Specialties

  • Fiction: Crime, mystery, suspense, thriller (Novels, novellas, short stories, and flash fiction)

  • Nonfiction: Memoirs, cookbooks

Copyediting

You’ve completed your manuscript and addressed all big-picture elements. Now you’d like to focus on a sentence-level review.

Copyediting involves

  • Fixing errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

  • Checking for consistency issues (plot, timeline, character descriptions, formatting, writing).

  • Applying stylistic preferences throughout the manuscript.

Copyediting packages

  • A comprehensive option if you are ready to have the full manuscript copyedited.

  • A budget-friendly option if you are not ready to have the full manuscript copyedited.
    This copyedit covers the same elements as a full manuscript copyedit, but only applies to the first 10,000 words of your manuscript.

You’ll get

  • Two versions of your manuscript

    • A file with all the comments, queries, and suggested changes.

    • A file with all the suggested changes accepted, which allows you to see what the edited manuscript would look like.

  • A style sheet outlining all stylistic preferences applied throughout the manuscript.

Proofreading

Your manuscript has been copyedited and formatted, and you’d like one last check before you publish your book.

Proofreading involves

  • Fixing errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

  • Ensuring all style decisions are applied consistently.

  • Checking for typographical and formatting issues.