I've said it before and I'll say it again: Everyone needs an editor. All text benefits from an editor's objective and professional insight. You can see the types of editing I do to the right, or view a portfolio of past projects here.

My rates vary depending on editing type and project length; get in touch for an estimate.

• developmental / project editing

  Managing a project from its earliest stages to final manuscript; may include things like consulting with designers and sous-editors

• substantive / structural editing

  Reorganizing and clarifying a full manuscript for content and/or structure—this is "big-picture" editing

• stylistic / line editing

  "Medium-picture" editing—clarifying meaning, improving sentences for sense, getting rid of clichés, etc.

• rewriting / ghostwriting

  Taking content and/or a draft from an author and recreating either all or parts of a manuscript

• copyediting

  Mechanical, "small-picture" editing—although the term is often used to describe some or all of the above types of editing, as well. Involves correcting grammar, spelling, and mechanics, such as citations or front matter, within the manuscript.

• proofreading

  Reading proofs of a previously edited manuscript, to check for any sneaky errors, incorporate final corrections, etc.