The Process

Interested in working with me and curious how it’ll go? Here is a step by step explanation of the entire process.

1st: Contact me.

Once you’ve decided what service(s) you’d like to order, contact me via the form provided in the “Contact Me” section. This is completely free. I will email you back with a quote for the service(s) you selected and will answer any questions you provided. You should hear back from me within two business days. If I am unable to get your full consultation to you within that time, I will email you to let you know and provide a follow-up date for when to expect it.

You may request a sample edit of the first five pages of your manuscript during this part as well, or first two pages if it’s a short story. This service is also completely free.

2nd: Review your sample edit.

If you chose to utilize this part of your consultation, I will return your sample edit to you via Google Docs or as a Word document, depending on your preference. Take some time to go over the edits I made and see if I am a good fit for you and your project.

3rd: Sign your contract & pay.

Once you accept the quote and timeline for the service(s) chosen based on your consultation and sample edit, if you chose to do one, I’ll email you a contact and send a deposit invoice via PayPal. You can sign this contract electronically, or print it and sign in pen, then scan or take a photo of it to send back to me. You will also pay your deposit.

4th: Full edits & feedback.

I will begin editing your manuscript on the date we agreed to. When I finish my work, I will email you either a Google Docs link or a Word document, depending on your preference. It will contain all my comments and/or changes and suggestions. You will also be provided a separate document that contains your editing letter. This letter covers the “big picture” stuff of the edit. For developmental edits, this includes strengths of the manuscript, opportunities for improvement, suggestions, questions, and recurring things I noticed that might warrant change. For line edits, this will include recurring things that might warrant correction, and address things like flow.

5th: Follow-up conversation.

If you have any questions or wish to discuss something in your edits and edit letter, you are free to contact me to do so and I will answer them or provide what information and context I can. This part of the process can last as long as you need, but if you require additional editing beyond this point, it will involve an additional charge.

6th: Repeat the process or part ways.

If you would like to purchase additional services from me, we will discuss that here. If not, we will say our goodbyes and consider this transaction completed.