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 non-refundable $300 deposit before work begins. Your place in my schedule is not reserved, and no deadlines take effect, until I receive both your full manuscript and payment. The remaining balance for the Manuscript Evaluation ($200) is due upon delivery of the report.

After receiving the report, you may take as much time as you need to revise before moving on to Developmental or Line Editing.

Developmental and line edits do not require a deposit. Each week, you'll email me the page numbers and word count you'd like me to edit. I'll send you an invoice based on the requested word count, and once you approve it, I'll begin work.

After you've reviewed my feedback, we'll meet for a video call to discuss the week's section. Payment is due at the end of that call and must be received before I begin the next section of your manuscript.

You're welcome to pause the process at any time and resume whenever you're ready. Likewise, if you decide my feedback isn't the right fit, you're free to end the project with no obligation beyond payment for work already completed.

Please note that I cannot continue working with—or provide referrals for—clients with an outstanding balance.

I accept payment through Zelle and Venmo; please note that I charge an additional 2% fee for Venmo.

Manuscript Evaluation - $500 ($300 non-refundable deposit + $200 due upon delivery)

Developmental Edit - $.03 per word

Line Edit - $.03 per word

I offer two types of discounts:

Repeat Clients (10%)
If you return with a new project—a manuscript I haven't edited before or one that has been substantially rewritten enough to start over with a new manuscript evaluation—you'll receive a 10% discount on every payment for the duration of that project.

Referral Program (5%)
New clients referred by a previous client receive a 5% discount on every payment throughout their first project.

The referring client also receives a 5% discount, applied either to the remainder of their current project or to their next new project—whichever they prefer. This discount is valid for one project only, and it does not apply retroactively to work already paid for.

Referral and repeat-client discounts stack. If you qualify for both, you'll receive a total discount of 15%.

With the exception of undelivered manuscript evaluations, I do not offer refunds.

My payment structure is designed to minimize your risk. Aside from the initial manuscript evaluation deposit—for a report which is substantially beefer than a typical manuscript evaluation, at a lower price than the going average—you pay only after you've received my work and had time to review it. If you decide my feedback isn't the right fit, you're free to end the project at any time.

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 documents.

Do not send me the 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.