Services & Rates

The links below provide access to complete information about our services, prices, and turnaround times. Should you have any questions or need guidance in deciding which service or editor best fits your needs, contact Ross Browne at our Tucson office.

Our approach to editing is highly customized. In most cases, the process begins with a diagnostic read-through, with additional steps recommended as needed based on the condition of the work and your own objectives for the project. We can provide as much or as little aid as necessary to help prepare your work for traditional or independent publication and attract readers once the work is published.

Manuscript Critique

Candid, objective, constructive, no-nonsense feedback on what works, what can work better, and how to position your manuscript for the best chance of successful traditional or independent publication.

Introductory Critique: $75
Manuscript Evaluation: $.01 – .016 (1 -1.6 cents) per word for most manuscripts
Manuscript Annotation: $.014 – $.025 (1.4 – 2.5 cents) per word for most manuscripts
Traditional Publishing Readiness Assessment: $.01 per word for most manuscripts

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Developmental Editing

Substantive, in-depth guidance on revision to bring out a manuscript’s full potential and prepare for final line or copy editing.

Manuscript Annotation: $.014-.025 (1.4 – 2.5 cents) per word for most manuscripts
Reread Report: $.01 – $.016 (1.6 cents) per word
Manuscript Consultation: $75 per hour

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Line Editing, Copy Editing, Proofreading

Editing to strengthen voice, polish prose, correct errors, and ready your work for traditional or independent publication.

Line Editing: $.02 per word and up
Copy Editing: $.016 (1.6 cents) per word and up
Proofreading: $.01 – $.02 per word

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Author Coaching

Craft-focused primers and personalized coaching on writing technique, based on your own manuscript or work-in-progress.

Self-Editing Primer: $775
Task Memo: $500 and up
Fiction Technique Memo: $2200
Coaching Line Edit: $.06 per word and up

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Ghostwriting & Book Collaboration

Professional collaboration, ghostwriting, and book planning by experienced authors published in a wide range of genres.

Pricing varies based on the needs of your project. Click below or contact the Tucson office for more information.

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Traditional Publishing Support

Expert guidance on query letters, synopses, book proposals, and submissions outreach to literary agents and publishers.

Query Letter Consultation and Editing: $75 per hour
Logline, Query Letter, Pitch, and Synopsis Writing: $75 and up
Query & Submission Packet Evaluation: $325
Book Proposal Editing & Development: $75 per hour

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Self-Publishing Support

Strategic support, editing, and promotional copywriting for self-publishing authors using any printer or publishing services provider.

Line Editing: $.02 per word and up
Copy Editing: $.016 (1.6 cents) per word and up
Proofreading: $.01 per word and up
Book Blurb and Flap Copy Writing: $75 and up
Publishing Consultation: $75 per hour

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Adaptations & Screenplays

Critique, editing, consultation, coaching, and ghostwriting services for screenplays, treatments, adaptations, and more. Pricing starts at $.01 per word. Click below or contact the Tucson office for more information.

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“If you imagine, all the while while you’re copy-editing, that your manuscript is the work of a slipshod and possibly feeble-minded soul, you’ll find it easy to adopt the most effective copy-editing attitude: suspicion. Go slow and question everything.”

Judith Appelbaum