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Thanks!

I do 'flat rate' proofreading and copy editing. My rates are generally a fraction of what other companies charge and I've got great references from GoodReads Authors.

www.final-edits.com

(10% discount if you mention this post ;-)

I edit along with a partner, over at Divas At Work. Check out our site - between us, we bring more than 10 years of editorial experience.

http://divasatwork.wordpress.com/

(mention you're coming from this link for a special package!)

Here is a link to our website where we offer ridiculously affordable editing services!! Check us out!

http://ljediting.blogspot.com/

Hi Carol here from
Www.carocaroediting.co.uk
I and my two freelance editors work with writers from all over the English speaking world.
Examples of edited books are : A Face To Die For
by Jan Warburton; which is aimed mainly at the UK market and follows the Oxford Dictionary of English for spellings
Another excellent book published this week is The Second Advent: Disciples
by Lex Stephenson; which is aimed for both US and UK markets but follows US spellings in The New Oxford American Dictionary.
On the website you will see other happy authors comments with their book titles.
Our prices are very reasonable, see the web for further information.
A free sample edit is given to reassure potential clients of the quality of our service.

My editorial agency, The Book Specialist, offers a full range of services for authors and publishers - from proofreading, copy-editing and development editing through to manuscript assessment, mentoring and ghostwriting . Visit www.thebookspecialist.com for details.

If you're a UK author, also check out The Novel Prize, which I've founded - you can win publishing services worth up to £6,000 for your novel.

Happy writing,

Charlie

How to Succeed as a Freelancer in Publishing: The Complete Guide

Rough Diamond is a friendly two person team, offering a full Manuscript Appraisal Service, along with an editing/formatting programme for self publishing as e-book.
We are both published novelists, with 10 years Editorial experience between us working for the top two U.K Consultancies. Our aim is to provide a personal but professional service at very reasonable costs. We also have great agent contacts.
Do visit our website at www.roughdiamondconsultancy.co.uk

I've been doing freelance copy editing and proofreading for other authors for over ten years. I charge a per-page rate based on a formula I apply to your computer word count.

I've done fiction, nonfiction, and children's and young adult books.

I look at typos, correct word usage, punctuation (it's all over the place these days so I go for clarity, natural pauses, whether it's just plain correct, and whether or not the writer prefers/uses the serial comma), grammar, paragraphing, readability, dialogue, flow, sentence structure, etc.

I do fact-checking, unless very technical material or overwhelming number of facts.

I'll send a list of books I've worked on, all self-published (to my knowledge) if requested.

Go to http://www.sharonkgarner.com for first chapters of my published works, etc., and to contact me.

I'll do a ten-page sample for free.

Sharon K. Garner

I'm a certified copy editor with great references from several Goodreads authors. I generally charge by the project at a lower rate than most editing companies. Manuscripts are edited for spelling, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, clarity, usage, and style, and minor to moderate fact-checking is also done.

Email: ghostinmarble@gmail.com

Natalie Ballard

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I have just lowered by rates for summer. I offer both proofing and storyediting services. Rates are flat or per word, making it easy for you to calculate up front what your costs will be. I work with Canadian, British, or American spelling and grammatical conventions, as well as print or digital conventions, as required by the client.

Credentials

• Twenty years freelance experience as a writer, editor, and creative consultant
• Novelist (Baby Jane)
• Non-fiction writer (The Global Indie Author)
• Production notes for over thirty major Hollywood films (ghostwriting)
• Screenwriter of six spec and four commissioned scripts and one optioned documentary project, and the unaccredited story editor on the award-winning MOW A Cooler Climate, starring Sally Field and Judy Davis
• Published editorialist
• Featured essayist in Writing About Literature: A Guide for the Student Critic by W. F. Garrett-Petts

For rates and to contact me, see my web page. You can also message me on Goodreads.

Looking for a working relationship with a final draft, line editor, Urban fantasy-humor, for adult and YA.

Email me: suesan0814@aol.com
If you have a blog address, please include it.

You can check out my writing style on B&N or Amazon. The Grateful Undead series.

I have completed two fantasy YA's--working on edits.

The third in my Undead series is finished, just need to do a final pass. I'd like to release it in Nov./Dec.

Thank you,
Susan Stec

Ocean's Edge Editing

Rates: $.0065/word OR $20.00/hour, whichever works out to be less for you. It's a policy which offers me a fair hourly rate proportionate to the intensity of the edit, and also encourages good authors to return.

Browse our client library. Friendly inquiries encouraged.

Or contact Lee@oceansedgeediting.com directly.

Feel free to check out my site at

www.oceansedgeediting.com

Every author needs a sound, reliable, honest editor. The greatest danger with self-publishing, as I see it, is not getting this fundamental help. I am very grateful to my new publisher (for The Chosen Man) in that that they gave me pretty hard critical feedback and found silly mistakes I hadn't seen in my umpteen self-edits. After a while, I know I stop seeing typos. So, if you're just starting or just finishing an MS, remember to get a professional editor - especially if you didn't study grammar seriously at school and/or you've lost track of the pace of your novel!! JGH

i am going to need an editor for my upcoming book. ill be looking in the months to come.

I offer developmental editing, copy editing, and proofreading. For new clients, I'll do a free sample of 1000 words or so; there's no obligation after that.

I've worked on technical/scientific papers; full-length, non-fiction books; and fiction, including erotica. I'm not easily offended or bored—just let me know what you need done.

You can find my rates and a bit more about my background at Aeroplane Media .

Please e-mail me at aeroplanemedia@gmail.com if you have any questions.

I am an editor with more than 25 years experience in the industry. I specialize in story development, line editing and evaluations. My Company Village Green Press LLC offers a full range of services both for self-pubbers and those pursuing more traditional publishing outlets. For more information please see the Testimonial page at http://VillagegreenpressLLC.com and check out my blog archive at http://villagegreenpressllc.blogspot....
for lots of great free advice!

I do all kinds of editing on fantasy and science fiction. I'm just starting out freelance, so I'm offering discounted rates for the moment.

http://larkinediting.com/

contact me at matt@mattlarkin.net

BTW can anyone do a fast Kindle formatting on a pretty clean manuscript for Kindle? My formatter's on vacation, and my author's chomping at the bit. email me please with rates and qualifications.Thanx editorial.village.green@gmail.com

Hi Teresa, formatting I've used Bob Houston, contact him see if he does what you want, he format's MS's for me and writer friends for amazon etc and he's good and reasonably priced, contact is... bob_houston@hotmail.com

I can sort out your spelling, grammar and punctuation (including the correct use of apostrophes), tense- and perspective-drift, etc. I don't do structural edits.

I'll do 2,000 words for free, either a short story or a sample of a longer work. Any genre. Live samples and references on request.

marcus dot blakeston at gmail dot com

I am looking for a proof reader. I don't want someone who will tell me what my characters would say or how they would say it. I know things about my characters that are not in my books. I need someone who will not charge me a fortune.

Peggy wrote: "I am looking for a proof reader. I don't want someone who will tell me what my characters would say or how they would say it. I know things about my characters that are not in my books. I need s..."

Hello Peggy. You've probably found someone by now, but if you're still looking then I proofread at pretty low prices. My email is crystal _ serpent @hotmail.com (remove spaces). Let me know how many pages you need doing and I'll give you a quote.

I do all sorts of editing, from the thorough, characterisation and plot-based stuff down to copy editing and proofreading.

You can email me at sylvia-winters@hotmail.co.uk or just send me a message here if it's an enquiry. I'll get back to you very quickly.

Pricing depends on what sort of edit you need, but I don't charge much per page, and my fees are available for discussion.

You can find more details on services and rates here at my Wordpress blog.

When it's time to get an editor:
When you're not only over it, but your writing buddy won't answer your emails and your group wants to talk about THEIR books for a change.
When you're actually ready to hear that you've still got some work to do. Editors are fun people, actually, only it's NO fun at all when somebody hires you for an expert opinion and they just don't want to hear it. We're not cold, cruel or critiquing your manuscript for sport.But nobody ever writes the perfect book, either. Darned tough to have to pay for a pro's opinion, but we're here to make your book better, nothing else.
Editors might be fun, but editing is hard work. It takes time and energy and care. So don't expect to hire an editor Tuesday morning if you want to publish on Kindle by Friday.
Finally while self-editing is great, working on your own manuscript is a lot like taking out your own appendix. Editing is like word surgery; it's a different skill than writing and like that appendix problem, it really pays to hire a pro.
Need one? I'm here: editorial.village.green@gmail.com

...editing is hard work. It takes time and energy and care. So don't expect to hire an editor Tuesday morning if you want to publish on Kindle by Friday.

Boy, did THAT need to be said.

Hi, I am looking for editors to join my new business. If you can do grammar, line or content editing for both fiction and/or non-fiction, then check-out my information at: http://www.contempinstruct.com/Englis...

Hi, I publicize books on my blog Flurries of Words at http://flurriesofwords.blogspot.co.uk/ and http://flurriesofwords.blogspot.com

It's as low as $1 minimum donation per day to advertise

Also, for a great editor, use D.P. Prior at http://homunculuseditingservices.blog...

Thanks :-)

Have you seen our testimonials page at http://villagegreenpressLLC.com?

Hi everybody,

I'm an editorial assistant in NYC and am always looking for new books to acquire. If you have a proposal or an MS you'd like me to read, feel free to message me and I'll set you up with my work contact.

I also do proofreading and copyediting on the side, so if you'd like some feedback (and you're willing to pay a small sum!), I'd love to help you out. Just say the word.

Nice to meet all of you!

Nicole

I do freelance editorial work for authors. You can read testimonials at my web site under the "Editorial Services" link. http://www.cindyamatthews.com
Thank you.

Cindy

Just saying to authors...If somebody can't produce references,a resume, and a track record on demand? They might be awesome and sincere and even cheap, but Indie publishing is pretty Darwinian these days. You want to go with a pro?
Or take your chances and maybe have to pay to get the job done over again, when the person you hired didn't do it right???? Don't hear the news from customer reviews...Don't pay twice for one job if you can pay once for the best.

Heat For Our Civil Rights

Heat is an online novel. It is mainly about a senior federal judge's attraction to women with amputees. The plot explores disability rights through the eyes of a lawyer born into a wealthy family and with a disability and other characters. As the novel is written it is posted on the blog, you can help develop the plot by posting your ideas on the blog.

On Aug 11, 2012 I decided to put the first part of my novel on a blog to get feedback as I create it. Now I have 2895 readers. I wait for more views before I get advertisers.

I got feedback on the online novel as to the sexual depiction. The novel contains more violent depictions than sexual. However, the main goal of the novel is to expose disability discrimination so I decided to only refer in general to sex. We want people to learn about disability rights without being offended. Our goal is to educate about disability rights in an interesting way and not to offend.

Two months ago I discovered "devotees" - people that are sexually attracted to people with disabilities. I decided to write a short story about devotees. Then I decided to broaden the story to include disability rights. I have published 3 books on lulu.com but they did not create revenue. So I decided to create a novel blog to attract viewers and advertisers.

The primary readers are mystery lovers, people with disabilities and their families, lawyers, legal professionals, and devotees.

The beauty of this novel is it is a "living document" so I post a part as I write it. Then I change it based on viewer feedback. For example, sex and disability description was offensive to many viewers so I "watered" down the sex stuff.

The title "Heat" is from the "Heat of Passion" element of voluntary manslaughter in criminal law. Under my birth name I was a lawyer for 20 years until I represented an alleged prostitute with disabilities. She lied to the bar about me. I decided to stipulate to a nolo contender of disbarment for health reasons. I hated being a lawyer. So the disbarment frees me up to do what I love - write and produce videos with my team.

My team and I conduct extensive research to write the novel. However, all the characters and love scenes are based on real people and events.

Wow, we learned much from Novel Blogging. We discovered we had to make each post stand on its own and short. Also, we must repeatedly put the first part of the novel on all the social networks each day and email disability groups world wide each day. To broaden the viewers we reduced the sex stuff. We must write and market at the same time.

We want our readers to give us feedback and follow the novel.

From Arthur Lee
http://heatheatheatheat.blogspot.com/...

I am searching for an editor for my book Meditation on Space-Time. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


Meditation on Space-Time

I think he just plugged that site a few posts upthread.

Leonard wrote: "I am searching for an editor for my book Meditation on Space-Time. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


Meditation on Space-Time"

Hi there, I'm an editor and I'd be happy to take this on. Here are my details: http://sylviawinters.wordpress.com/ed...

If you need coaching, line editing or book reviews posted on your latest brilliant work, then check-out my business at English Majors Reviewers and Editors: http://contempinstruct.com/English

Hello, everyone! Guess I will jump right in to the great mix of editors already posted here! Looks like a nice club to be a part of. :)

I'm a writer and editor with my own business since 2002, through which I help aspiring authors navigate the entire process of completing a manuscript to publishing (traditional or POD, usually self-publishing). I've done everything from ghostwriting and complete rewrites to proofreading with light revision for final polish. Here's my website with more about services, clients, and so on: www.z-ink.net.

I hope everyone has a super week!
Z

I am an editor with 30 years' experience. I have worked extensively in non-fiction and technical publishing, as well as with textbooks at the high school and college levels.

I have recently begun editing fiction and my rates can be quite reasonable. Check out my blog at
scottswrittenwords.blogspot.com
and my website at
www.writtenword.ca

Email me if you'd like a little more information. And advice is usually free.

Scott,

PM'd you.

I am currently having my book edited. I must say this process is a blessing because my last book alot of errors went through that I was unaware of and this time im making sure my next book is error free.

I would like to have my 1st book ever written professionally edited - line, content and grammatical - as to I have received mixed reviews where customers have pointed out a need for all 3.

There are so many great seeming editors here, how do I choose?

I would just have to let all you editors know, that my book s available totally FREE, here on Goodreads and if you want to download this, The Shortest Chapter Book you will ever read, and make offers to me based on what you read, I will go with the 1st and the lowest priced editor, or the one who seems to feel my story-line and believe they could help me advance this story the most.

Might I mention that this book series has 9 more books to be released, so if you offer and do a good job, I would be more than willing to consider you for work on the next 9 books coming up in the series.

Here is the Facebook page for the book series.

www.facebook.com/10000LakesTales

and here is the book link on Goodreads.

Thank you very much for your interests, I Love You all and wish you all good luck with your business and writing!

Foster Fox: A 10,000 Lakes Tale

I would like to offer here my services as an editor.
I have written four fiction books (two published: Two Moon Princess and Immortal Love) and four nonfiction published by Chelsea House.
I have edited books for fellow writers for over ten years and they all agree my strengths are plot and character development.
You can learn more about me and my services at www.WriteEditPublish.com
Please contact me at cferreiroestebanauthor@gmail.comif you think we are a good fit.

I do editing and formatting. I can aslo do book covers. Here is my portfolio link. http://sunnimorris.carbonmade.com/

My prices are reasonable. I can be reached at this email: nightowlscribe@aol.com

Be sure to put editing in the subject line of your email.

After making online inquiries using Google, I'm a little afraid to ask for editing services for a paranormal romance novel that is the first of a trilogy. It's ~99,649 words, 262 pages and will include some adult/sensual elements. I'm looking for assistance in line editing/copy editing depending on what is a better rate. My day job doesn't bring in enough that I can afford $800 to $3500 for editing services. I would like to work with someone who enjoys this type of novel as well as will work with me on a payment plan that's reasonable and not debilitating - I have to feed my kids still.

The woman who edited my book is a big fan of paranormal. Let me ask her if she'd be interested in editing for you. I'll get back to you.

I offer comprehensive, low-cost editing. I specialize in content editing, though I do offer proofreading as well. I will do partial manuscripts to help authors save money and can assist with marketing plans. I am focused on fact-checking, covering plot holes, and helping the author develop the book further. For those who work with outlines, I also offer low-cost assistance in developing book outlines and ideas. I like to build ongoing relationships with authors and will continue to assist after the work is complete if the author has any additional questions.

Here is my page:
http://www.chompasaurusreviews.com/se...

Feel free to message me with any questions at annie@chompasaurusreviews.com.

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Cassia, I've edited some paranormal books AND I just finished a rather steamy romance novel. Nothing shocks me.

Hi everyone, my blog, The Indie Tribe is now offering mentoring to new and inexperienced Indie writers. We offer a Structured Plot , wherby we convert your general synopsis into a chapter by chapter plan. We also offer a Manuscript Critique, where we scrutinise your first draft to make sure that it will stand up as a novel. Upon completion of your second draft we offer a Structural Edit to make sure your self-published book stands comparison with the quality of conventionally published books. Join The Indie Tribe and check it out.
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Greetings, folks.

I'm in the market for an editor for my self published novella/novelettes. They are sci-fi/fantasy, and I've been publishing about one a month (I have a day job. I do not have a life)

I need somebody willing to catch my sentence fragments, point out my comma splices and call me on my bullsh*t, (IE Wind Resistance Does Not Work This Way) The work would be as clean as I can possibly get it on my own. They would be relatively short, about 25-30K per book, but there would be one of them a month. I'd be especially interested in a long term relationship with an editor.

I'd also like some form of flexible payment plan regarding rates.

Please either PM me or contact me at christwriter AT hotmail DOT com.