January 17, 2013
Since I’ve spent the past few months being booked out a couple of months, it seems it’s time to be a little more exclusive…
That’s a polite way to say my editing rates are going up.
For projects BOOKED after March 1, the rates will look like this:
Content editing (looking at plot, pacing, characterization, tension; etc. The big picture)
$.011 (or, $2.75 per 250 words)
Line editing (looking at your language and your sentences. Do they match the voice? How’s your word choice? Can you reword something for better meaning?)
$.008 (or, $2 per 250 words)
Proofreading/copy editing (sticking straight to mechanics — are words used correctly? How’s the punctuation?)
$.005 (or, $1.25 per 250 words)
As always, booking me for a content edit will give me the freedom to work on line editing and proof work — although as always, if you make revisions I haven’t seen (and you should!), look into having a final proofread right before you hit that submit button. Be that for an agent, an acquiring editor, or on the self-published side. Strive to put your best out there — and remember I’m here to help you get there.
Alice Audrey
January 21, 2013 7:34 pm
What I really need is someone to write my query letters for me. 🙂
I’ll have to hurry up and get something done. I was doing a final proof of the one we talked about and have just deleted out a character and re-done the opening chapter twice. I tell you, it’s endless.
Dana Griffin
January 23, 2013 10:38 am
Oh, just great. So let’s see, my 300,000 word novel will cost me, yikes, $3,300. I guess I better do some trimming. 🙂
Susan
January 24, 2013 3:34 pm
Nah, cut nothing. I won’t have to worry about the mortgage for a couple of months!