focus on a manuscript at the sentence and paragraph level, with the aim of enhancing your craft. These edits address such elements as creative content, writing style, language use, emotion, tone, and clarity of prose. I’ll help you catch crutch words and phrases, make suggestions to improve your use of techniques such as showing versus telling, and offer stronger word/phrase choices to ensure each sentence works as hard as it can. Unless otherwise specified, I do a dual line and copy edit, which means I’ll also check grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, etc.

Please note: line edits are an intimate look at how you use language. They’re a more involved process than copy edits and are priced as such.

focus on a manuscript at the mechanical level to improve readability and bring your manuscript to that next level of professionalism. These edits address technical aspects such as: spelling, grammar, word usage, syntax, hyphens, repetition, dialogue tags, numerals, font, capitalization, etc. I’ll also check for consistency and factual accuracy. Copy edits should be done after (or in conjunction with) a line edit and before proofreading.

examines a manuscript in detail to ensure errors – typos, stray commas, etc. – are caught and corrected. Think of proofreading as going through your manuscript with a fine-toothed comb. This is the last line of defense before publication, and all other edits should be addressed prior to proofreading.

Pitches, blurbs, and synopses are a necessary evil if you’re querying or publishing a book, but that doesn’t mean you have to go into battle alone. Send me what you’ve been working on, and let’s create something you’ll want to cheer for instead of curse.