Services

I specialize in science fiction, fantasy, romantasy, romance, and YA, though I’ll edit most genres. I especially love worldbuilding and brainstorming solutions to the problems worldbuilding creates.

Most writers need one or two of these services, not all five. If you’re not sure which, that’s what the free half-hour call is for.

Each service answers a different question.

Before you have a draft

How do I get started? How do I finally finish?

Origin to Outline

What comes back: A complete scene-by-scene outline, plus five sets of edited pages

How long: Six weeks

Price: $1,200 for the course

Once you have a draft

What actually made it onto the page?

Manuscript assessment

What comes back: An assessment letter, 3,000–10,000 words

How long: 2–4 weeks

Price: From $0.015 per word

Is the story good?

Developmental edit

What comes back: Marked-up manuscript, editorial letter (8,000–22,000 words), story bible, and a one-hour conversation

How long: 4–6 weeks

Price: From $0.04 per word

Is the prose good?

Line edit

What comes back: Marked-up manuscript and a style sheet

How long: 4–6 weeks

Price: From $0.03 per word

Is it ready to send?

Copy edit

What comes back: Marked-up manuscript, a clean copy with the changes accepted, and a style sheet

How long: 2–4 weeks

Price: From $0.02 per word

Not sure which one?

Schedule a complimentary half-hour call. Tell me what’s bringing you to an editor—where you are with the book, what’s worrying you—and I’ll tell you which of these you need. Sometimes the answer is none of them yet.

I also do shorter, targeted coaching sessions: a specific craft problem, a story knot you can’t untangle, a look at your outline and first pages, or how to use AI ethically as an author. Ask me on the call.