✹ Editing services for fiction authors.

Alchemy 

  Editorial

✹ You finished your book!
Are you ready for the next step?

Whether you're looking for developmental editing to shape the foundation of your story, stylistic/line editing to refine your prose, copyediting for technical accuracy, or proofreading for that final polish, I’m here to help.

Throughout the editing process, you can expect meticulous attention to detail, thorough feedback, and personalized guidance. I believe the relationship between an author and editor should be collaborative, and I'm excited to work with you to help you reach your creative and publishing goals.

I aim to refine your work while ensuring your unique voice stays intact. Together, we can develop your manuscript while remaining faithful to your original intention.

Whether you're looking for developmental editing to shape the foundation of your story, stylistic/line editing to refine your prose, copyediting for technical accuracy, or proofreading for that final polish, I’m here to help.

I aim to refine your work while ensuring your unique voice stays intact. Together, we can develop your manuscript while remaining faithful to your original intention.

Throughout the editing process, you can expect meticulous attention to detail, thorough feedback, and personalized guidance. I believe the relationship between an author and editor should be collaborative, and I'm excited to work with you to help you reach your creative and publishing goals.

My Services

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My Services ✹

✹ This is a quick overview of the editing services I offer. For a full breakdown of the service and pricing, check out the individual page for each.

  • Developmental editing, sometimes called substantive editing, is the first step after finishing your draft.

    At this stage, I focus on the big-picture elements of your story, helping you refine and strengthen its overall structure, plot, characters, pacing, and narrative flow.

    You receive:

    • An editorial letter outlining the strengths and weaknesses of your manuscript’s use of storytelling elements.

    • Notes throughout the manuscript to point out examples of the details outlined in the editorial letter.

    • Optional call to go over changes or email communication to discuss feedback.

    See a full breakdown of the process and pricing → here.

  • Stylistic or line editing focuses on refining the prose and language of your manuscript.

    This stage of editing reviews your manuscript at the sentence level and considers word choice, syntax, and overall writing style.

    You receive:

    • An editorial letter outlining the strengths and weaknesses of your writing.

    • Comments and editing directly in the manuscript.

    • A style sheet.

    • Optional call to go over changes or email communication to discuss feedback.

    See a full breakdown of the process and pricing → here.

  • This phase of editing focuses on the mechanics of grammar, punctuation, spelling, usage and style.

    You receive:

    • In-line corrections/tracked changes.

    • A style sheet outlining consistencies.

    • Optional call to go over changes or email communication to discuss feedback.

    See a full breakdown of the process and pricing → here.

  • Proofreading is the final stage of editing and focuses on ironing out any remaining errors before publication.

    At this point, content editing should be complete, and we are focusing on spelling, grammar, punctuation, typographical errors, consistency, and clarity.

    You receive:

    • A marked-up version of your manuscript with in-line corrections and suggestions.

    • Optional call to go over changes or email communication to discuss feedback.

    See a full breakdown of the process and pricing → here.

✹ A bit about me…
your future editor, perhaps?