Freelance Editing

Amy Michelle Wiley is dedicated to making your words shine. Retaining your style and meaning, she will smooth out the text and correct grammatical errors, as well as pointing out any flow or continuity problems.

Amy has experience editing full-length fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, articles, legal documents, web pages, and college papers through the doctorate level. As well as line editing, she has experience with critiquing and with book and e-book formatting. Amy is familiar with current fiction publishers' preferences and with the Chicago Manuel of Style.

To get a price and time-frame quote on a project, please email a sample chapter and indicate which of the following options you are interested in. Discounts may be available if several options are chosen. Samples of her work and references are available upon request.

Work is typically done using Microsoft Word's "track changes" feature, though other arrangements can be made if needed. Amy will correct all grammar and minor issues and will point out any major issues so you as the author may correct them yourself.

    LINE EDITING, from $0.007 to $0.1 per word, includes fixing the following issues:

    INTENSIVE EDITING, from $0.1 to $0.2 per word, includes attention to the following issues:

    MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE, from $0.5 to $0.15 per word, includes feedback on the following issues: (Note: typically a critique is given first, the author reworks the manuscript, and then sends it back for an edit.)

FICTION and CREATIVE WRITING:

NON-FICTION

    MANUSCRIPT FORMATTING, from $0.8 to $1 per page, includes the following, formatted to the specific type work you are publishing: