Whether you’re polishing a manuscript, fine-tuning a journal article, or tightening up website copy—I’ll help you say exactly what you mean, with clarity, consistency, and zero typos. Not sure what you need? READ ON!
Let’s Make Your Writing Shine
Detailed and intentional editing that improves clarity, flow, and structure. I keep your voice intact while making sure everything reads smoothly and professionally.
Corrects awkward phrasing, redundancies, and inconsistencies.
Checks grammar, punctuation, spelling, and syntax.
Improves transitions and overall readability.
Copy Editing
Services
The final polish before you
hit publish. This service is all about catching the tiny things that risk readability, along with your credibility.
Cleans up typos, spelling errors, and misplaced punctuation.
Corrects formatting inconsistencies and style slips.
Light grammar checks without altering your voice.
Proofreading
Not sure which service you need? No problem.
Check out the Editorial Freelancers Association's published definitions.
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Ideal for: Books, essays, reports, speeches, scripts and more.
Also known as substantive, structural, or content editing.
Focuses on content, organization, character development, pacing, and genre considerations.
Provides an overall critique of the content in a manuscript evaluation letter, outlining the major issues and offering suggestions for addressing them
Allows for structural changes early in the process.
Developmental Editing
Ideal for: Emerging authors, novelists, and memoirists, authors writing in their non-native language, and anyone seeking a
critical assessment by
a skilled editor.
Ideal for: Final drafts, websites, newsletters, resumes, etc.
Proofreading
The “get it right” part.
This is your final polish before publishing—correcting surface-level errors like grammar, punctuation, and formatting. Clean, consistent, and typo-free.
Copy Editing
The “make it sing” part.
Copyediting includes everything a proofreader does—plus deeper edits to ensure your writing is clear, well-structured, and aligned with your tone and goals.
You deserve great editing and a great deal.
That’s why I charge whichever rate is less expensive for you—
per word, per page, or per hour.
No surprises, just quality work at the best possible value.
My rates are based on the Editorial Freelancers Association’s Annual Rate Chart. My published rates are for straight copy, so I aligned with the EFA rates for fiction.
More complex projects will be priced accordingly.
$40/hour
$0.020 per word
$5.00 per page (based on 250 words)
$45/hour
$0.025 - $0.03 per word
$6.25 per page (based on 250 words)
Example: Let's assume that a 20,000-word essay takes me 14 hours to complete.
- By the word, this would cost $500-600.
- By the page (250 words/page), this would cost $500-600.
- By the hour, this would cost $630.
Example: Let’s assume that a 20,000-word essay takes me 7.5 hours to complete.
- By the word, this would cost $400.
- By the page (250 words/page), this would cost $400.
- By the hour, this would cost $300.
The Bottom Line
Let’s take the mystery out of this money thing.
Developmental Editing
This is a big-picture overview of your emerging work, ensuring that your structure, characters, pacing, and sequencing effectively support and enhance your work in the best possible light.
$50-60 per hour
$0.04-0.05 per word
$10-12 per page (250 words)
Let's assume that a 20,000-word manuscript takes me 14 hours to complete.
- By the word, this would cost $800-$1,000.
- By the page (250 words/page), this would cost $800-$1,000.
- By the hour, this would cost $700-$840.
