Services and Fees

Your characters will come to life in an engaging plot that rings true with realistic dialogue. The compelling narrative will hook readers and keep them turning the pages. If your book is nonfiction, I will make it professional, organized, and perfect for your target audience. If you want me to produce your memoir, I'll take the details you give me and produce a work of art that uses the narrative voice that best suits your personality.

Many manuscripts need the fat trimmed. Others need to have the gaps filled in, the chapters reorganized, and the style enhanced. I'll polish it to a high luster, and, in the process, I'll make your sentences flow smoothly as I eliminate awkwardness, repetition, and grammatical errors.

Book proposals are necessary for the submission of nonfiction manuscripts to agents or editors. A book proposal is usually twenty to fifty pages in length and includes the following features: author credentials and bio, the thesis of the book in one or two sentences, a brief synopsis of the manuscript, the target audience, marketing strategies, marketing platform (why the author is uniquely qualified to present such a book), outline, chapter summaries, why the book is relevant, and what distinguishes the book from others in the same category.I will make your book stand out by providing the information an agent wants to see in order to get excited about your work.

As time permits, I will occasionally read a manuscript and provide a five- to ten-page critique of the work. This service mainly benefits new authors who are interested in writing their own books but require feedback on style, organization, pacing, and level of writing competence.

I charge a flat monthly fee (pro-rated for weeks and days), but every project is different in scope, length, and complexity. For this reason, it is impossible to provide an estimate without learning about your project. Please note: I do not work for royalties. For all services, a good-faith deposit is required before any work begins because there have been some clients who failed to make payments once the book was started. All retainers apply towards the overall fee.