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 require a $350 non-refundable deposit, which is due upon my reception of your manuscript. Deadlines do not go into effect and my time is not reserved for your project until both the manuscript and payment are received. 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, and 3rd phases, there are no deposits. You send a simple email with the week’s word count 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 - $350 non-refundable deposit

Developmental Edit - $.02 per word

Line Edit - $.02 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 costs drastically less and delivers much more than the average 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 the mid-level edits, 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.

For manuscript evaluations and developmental edits, I work in Microsoft Word and Google Docs.

For Line edits, I work only in Microsoft Word.

Your manuscript should be formatted like so:

• Times New Roman or Arial.

• 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. Chapter headers should be formatted as “Header 1.”

• Please mark scene breaks according to the chapter number and in alphabetic sequence (ie. “Scene 1a, Scene 1b, Scene 2a, Scene 2b, etc.) Please format scene headers as “Header 2.” This makes your document significantly faster and easier to navigate and saves me time that could be spent reading and taking notes on your story.

• The manuscript should be contained within a single document, not a folder with chapters divided into separate folders.

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.