Services Provided

Developmental editing: Big-picturing editing that focuses on the bedrock of the book—the characters, character development, pacing, plot, theme, consistency, and setting. The goal is help the author best realize their artistic vision of the book.

Line editing: Editing on the page and line level, assessing language, dialogue, scene set-up, action flow, fine-level characterization, as well as helping prevent writing errors of fact or logic. While aiming for clarity, precision, and consistency is a important part of this process, so is understanding and honoring the author’s unique style and helping them best employ it.

Copy editing: In between line editing and proof-reading, copy editing focuses almost entirely on language use and composition.

Sensitivity editing: Sensitivity edits aim to help the author write responsibly, ethically, and realistically when it comes to representing marginalized or disadvantaged groups. My key areas of focus are gender, pertaining to women, LGBTQA+ people, and especially transgender women and transfeminine people, as well as disability and mental illness, particularly the autism spectrum, ADHD, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders, PTSD, and C-PTSD.

Rates

I bill by the hour and charge a base rate of $50 USD per hour for developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, and sensitivity editing. I also frequently offer discounts or adjusted rates for marginalized authors with limited means and authors who live on fixed incomes, so please feel free to email and inquire if I can accommodate your unique circumstances! Please contact me at mayrpeterson@gmail.com