I don’t take rush orders because I care too much about the quality of my work to cut corners.

I don’t make priority bookings. If my schedule is already full with projects-in-progress, you’ll need to wait for an opening. If I’m booked out, I’ll let you know my next expected availability, and I’ll update you if a space opens early.

I provide a contract that defines the scope of the work you’re hiring me to do. The contract outlines expectations so there are no unpleasant surprises for either of us. The purpose of the contract is to protect us both. The goal is to minimize confusion, frustration, and disappointment. You only sign a contract once, at the beginning of a new project (before the manuscript evaluation begins).

I require a $200 non-refundable deposit, which is due upon signing the contract. This payment books your spot in my schedule and covers the time I spend reading and analyzing your book in the manuscript evaluation phase. No other payment is required upon delivery of the report, but you are welcome to offer a gratuity if you feel the service provided is worth it.

After receiving your manuscript evaluation report, you can take as long as you need to revise before we proceed with other edits. In the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th phases, there are no deposits. You send a simple email with the week’s wordcount and page numbers you want me to work on. I send back an invoice (based on the requested wordcount), you approve the invoice balance, and I get to work.

Once you’ve received my feedback, we schedule a video call to review.

Payments are due at the end of the week’s call. I must receive payment for services already delivered before I’ll continue with the next section.

You can pause at any point when you need to take a few weeks (or months) off; we’ll pick up where we left off when you’re ready.

You can walk away at any point if you don’t feel my feedback is serving you well. However, I will not work in the future or give a positive referral to my associates for clients with an outstanding balance.

I accept payment through Zelle and Venmo, but I charge an additional 2% fee for Venmo.

Manuscript Evaluation - $200 non-refundable deposit

Developmental Edit - $.02 per word

Line Edit - $.015 per word

Copyedit - $.01 per word

I offer two types of discounts: 

1. Repeat Clients with a new project (a new manuscript I haven’t handled before, or a manuscript that’s gone through extensive rewrites and has been changed sufficiently to be a whole new story). Every new project after the first will have a 10% discount applied to each payment of the entire project, from start to finish.

2. Referrals. Every new client referred to me by a previous client will receive a 5% discount, applied to each payment for the duration of their first project. The client who made the referral will also receive a 5% discount (applied to each payment of the next new project they begin with me or to the remainder of their current project in progress, client’s choice). The discount is only valid for the duration of one project. This 5% discount stacks with the 10% discount for repeat clients, if both are applicable.

With the exception of undelivered manuscript evaluations, I don’t offer refunds. Aside from the initial deposit (which is drastically less than the average cost of a full manuscript evaluation), you only pay for my services after you’ve received them and had time to review my work for yourself. If you’re unsatisfied with my work, you’re welcome to walk away at any time. However, I won’t work in the future or give a positive referral to my associates for a client with an unpaid balance. 

I don’t give sample edits because samples are only useful at the line- and copy-levels of editing, and by the time we get to that phase, I already offer clients the freedom to walk away at my expense on a weekly basis.

Editing is a collaborative effort, and keeping the lines of communication open helps the process. This is why I like wrapping up each week with a video call. There’s so much that’s better understood in-person than through notes on a page.

Outside of regular calls, I prefer to keep most information documented through email for ease of reference. You’re free to contact me at any time for a checkup, question, or concern.

I work in Microsoft Word.

Your manuscript should be formatted like so:

• Times New Roman.

• 12pt font.

• Double-spaced.

• No tabs before paragraphs.

• Only one space between sentences.

• Please do not change fonts for different character voices or special effects.

• Please include numbered chapter headers and numbered pages.

• My preference is for each chapter to be a separate document, organized numerically in a folder, but I will accept a single document with page breaks separating chapters.

Do not send me your only copy of your manuscript. You should retain your own separate copy to compare or revert to as needed.

I’ll use Track Changes to indicate recommended alterations to the text. I’ll use Comments to leave notes explaining my recommendations, impressions, and ideas.

All documents will be shared via email.

Steam. Spice. Hot. Heavy. These are subjective terms. Personally, I can’t imagine anything more erotic than a fully-clothed man with his shirt sleeves rolled up. (If you’re attracted to men at all, you know I’m right.)

So let’s work out some definitions for sex ratings.

I work with manuscripts that contain content up to Level 4. Anything beyond this is not my kind of book, and you should want an editor who appreciates your work. Furthermore, I am not the right editor for same-sex pairings between main characters. I’m not well-acquainted enough with same-sex relationship dynamics to do justice to it.

Level 1 - Sweet and wholesome. Handholding, the occasional caress, and chaste kisses only. Jane Austen’s flinty-eyed chaperones would find nothing to reproach in this courtship. These lovebirds are definitely waiting for marriage. The greatest danger here is getting a cavity.

Level 2 - Closed door. Characters may be engaging in sexual acts off the page, but the reader never sees more than the barest hint of it. Characters on the page behave as they would in front of company. Kissing, touching, and cuddling allowed, but no descriptions of contact with private body parts. Clothes stay on.

Level 3 - A little steamy. Impassioned kissing, petting, fondling, bodies making contact. Private body parts are referenced and may be touched, but clothes stay on.

Level 4 - Fade to black. Can get quite hot. Clothes coming off, but not full nudity. Touching, bodies in motion, but the scenes stop short of acts of penetration and explicit descriptions of private body parts.

Level 5 - Spicy. The lovers are going all the way and taking the reader on the ride with them. Nudity, private parts, penetration, orgasm, it’s all on full display. Sex is consensual.

Level 6 - Erotica. Sex play, BDSM, and rape. May or may not be consensual.