Editorial Services

Submission Package: $650.00 (Flat Fee)

  • Query Letter Critique

    • Line-edited query letter with a focus on clarity and structure.

    • Margin notes on querying best practices, how to stand out to agents in the right ways, and market insight.

  • Synopsis Critique (up to 1,200 words)

    • Margin notes focusing on clarity and structure of the overall synopsis.

  • First Pages Critique (up to 5,000 words)

    • Margin notes and in-line edits focusing on the effectiveness of your opening chapters, as well as notes on character and plot development.

  • Note: This is a one-time critique service that does not include an additional assessment of revised material, but follow-up questions are encouraged.

Editorial Assessment (Full Manuscript Service): EMAIL FOR A QUOTE

Recommended for writers with a finished 1st or 2nd draft looking for Big Picture feedback on readability and direction.

  • Full read of the complete manuscript

  • 8-12 page editorial letter focusing on strengths and weaknesses of the full manuscript, including feedback and revision suggestions on character development, world-building, plot development, pacing, structure, and writing.

  • A full in-line manuscript edit is not included in this service.

  • Includes follow-up questions and assessment of your revised first chapter.

Developmental Edit (Full Manuscript Service): EMAIL FOR A QUOTE

Recommended for writers with a finished manuscript ready for deeper feedback (e.g. deciphering/applying feedback from agents, getting submission-ready, pre-publication polishing, etc.).

  • Full read of the complete manuscript.

  • 8-12 page editorial letter focusing on strengths and weaknesses of the full manuscript, including feedback and revision suggestions on character development, world-building, plot development, pacing, structure, and writing.

  • In-line revision suggestions on how to improve your writing on the sentence level, how to enhance your current strengths, and how to address any weaknesses in a way that best fits your own vision for the project.

  • Chapter-by-chapter margin comments on the manuscript and occasional line editing where appropriate. [Note: This does not include a full copyedit.]

  • Includes follow-up questions and assessment of your revised first three chapters.