Editorial Services Rates
Full Manuscript Developmental Editing
Developmental editing is a comprehensive process that reviews the major backbone of your manuscript while also looking at the details, then figuring out how it all works together. It is a global approach with local line edits throughout the manuscript that lead to revision and rewriting to create a solid draft. Developmental editing is the first editing step in getting a ready-to-read manuscript. My developmental editing services include:
- Line edits to address: dialogue and sensory descriptions, narrative voice and language, pacing and deep line editing for syntax, redundancy and phrasing
- Global edits to address: through-line, age or genre appropriateness, underlying premise and story, plot, character and/or subject development, and the craft and literary art of the manuscript
Picture Book/Early Reader* (up to 1,500 words) – price varies
Early Chapter Book (up to 5,000 words) $550
Chapter Book (up to 10,000 words) $750
Middle Grade Novel (up to 50,000 words) $1,450
Young Adult Novel (up to 80,000 words) $1,950
Creative non-fiction, short stories, blog posts, poetry and other compositions – $85/hour
Full Manuscript Editorial Assessment
An Editorial Assessment is a great way to… The assessment comes in the form of a separate document with extensive notes on the manuscript’s strengths and weaknesses, and how to improve. This global critique will take into account the format, age of the readership, market standards, the craft and literary art of the manuscript.
Picture Book/Early Reader* (up to 1,500 words) – price varies
Early Chapter Book (up to 5,000 words) $250
Chapter Book (up to 10,000 words) $350
Middle Grade Novel (up to 50,000 words) $850
Young Adult Novel (up to 80,000 words) $1150
Creative non-fiction, short stories, blog posts, poetry and other compositions – $85/hour
Consulting Rates
Consulting might include
30 minute phone consultation – $100
1 hour phone consultation – $125
Work-for-Hire Writing and Editing Rates
Web content, Blogs, SEO articles, Creative fiction or non-fiction for online or personal use
Editing Rates – $85/hour
Writing Rates – $125/hour