Pencil Scratch Editing
Itching to make your manuscript ready to publish—
Editor
Nancy J. Wakefield
Authors and editors need to find if they are a good working combo. Before accepting your manuscript I will review it and decide if it’s a match for me. I’m happy to work with fiction, non-fiction, academic subjects, and family or personal history subjects. I do not work on occult, erotica, horror, and extreme violence.
Manuscript Guidelines
A manuscript page is a one-sided page, Times New Roman 12-point type, with 1” margins. Each page should have a running header that gives your name, the title of the book, and the page number.
Fees and Services
First Look Review: $25 for the first 30 pages of a manuscript
I’ll read then write a basic review on your work.
Evaluation: $50 for manuscript 350 pages or less
I’ll read and give basic comments on your manuscript in a written response. It will cover problem areas in plot, characters, logic and so forth, as well as general notes on your usage, spelling, grammar and how much work might be involved in polishing your manuscript.
Content Edit: $1.25 per page
This includes a solid reading, a review of continuity, characters, plot, flow, and logic, in order to improve your manuscript. A written response and a half-hour in-person or phone discussion is included with each editing service.
Copy or Line Edit: $1.25 per page
A copy edit includes sentence structure, word choice, grammar and usage. A written response and a half-hour in-person or phone discussion is included with each editing service. Any more discussion falls into the consultation fee below.
In Depth Edit: $2.00
Bundles both the content and copy edit, see each service above.
Consultations: $35 per hour
Phone or face-to-face meetings to discuss your work.
Proofreading: $.50 per page
A proofread is intended to catch last minute typos, the odd sentence that somehow didn’t get straightened out and so forth. I will mark proofreading corrections on a clean manuscript. There will not be any notes or discussion about the structure of your work.
Printing and shipping costs
Authors bear all printing and shipping costs. If you would like to electronically send your manuscript to a print shop of my choice and pay for the printing there, I will pick it up at no extra charge.
Manuscript Guidelines
A manuscript page is a one-sided page, Times New Roman 12-point type, with 1” margins. Each page should have a running header that gives your name, the title of the book, and the page number.
Fees and Services
First Look Review: $25 for the first 30 pages of a manuscript
I’ll read then write a basic review on your work.
Evaluation: $50 for manuscript 350 pages or less
I’ll read and give basic comments on your manuscript in a written response. It will cover problem areas in plot, characters, logic and so forth, as well as general notes on your usage, spelling, grammar and how much work might be involved in polishing your manuscript.
Content Edit: $1.25 per page
This includes a solid reading, a review of continuity, characters, plot, flow, and logic, in order to improve your manuscript. A written response and a half-hour in-person or phone discussion is included with each editing service.
Copy or Line Edit: $1.25 per page
A copy edit includes sentence structure, word choice, grammar and usage. A written response and a half-hour in-person or phone discussion is included with each editing service. Any more discussion falls into the consultation fee below.
In Depth Edit: $2.00
Bundles both the content and copy edit, see each service above.
Consultations: $35 per hour
Phone or face-to-face meetings to discuss your work.
Proofreading: $.50 per page
A proofread is intended to catch last minute typos, the odd sentence that somehow didn’t get straightened out and so forth. I will mark proofreading corrections on a clean manuscript. There will not be any notes or discussion about the structure of your work.
Printing and shipping costs
Authors bear all printing and shipping costs. If you would like to electronically send your manuscript to a print shop of my choice and pay for the printing there, I will pick it up at no extra charge.