I currently provide the following editing services.
(At the present time, I do not edit Young Adult, Horror, or inspirational romance.
New Adult editing will be a case by case basis. I also do not edit "first" books,
which are an author's very first books written, unless it's previously been
vetted by an industry professional--an agent or another editor.) Many
times these books aren't ready for an editor's eyes and can take double or even
triple the time needed for an edit, which has to be billed accordingly.
Comprehensive/Developmental Editing.
This includes finding plot issues, looking at character development,
emotional drive, misused or overused words, pacing problems, sentence structure,
etc.
Services here will also cover strengthening your plot and characters, finding
places where deep POV can be added, etc. This service will also include light
line editing.
In the same vein, I also do historical content editing. This includes doing a
comprehensive sweep of your historical romance to check for anachronisms (modern
things, pieces of clothing, words and phrases that should't be in your chosen
time period) My strengths lie currently in the Regency and Victorian genres. The
charge for this service is .0070 cents a word and will take the same amount of
time to edit as listed below.
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Unless you have been quoted for a specific job, I charge 0.0070 cents per word.
This means, if you have a 25,000 word novella, the cost would be $175.00.
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Anything under 50K will take me a week to edit. Anything over 50K will take me
two weeks to edit (weekends and holidays not included).
Line Edits Only
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If you're in need of line editing, I charge 0.0050 cents per word.
Contact Information
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If you have more questions or would like to schedule an editing slot,
please email me at sandra.sookoo@live.com
OR you can PM me through Facebook.
Be sure to put "editing" somewhere in your subject line.
I'll get back to you within 24 hours.