Scarlett Editing wants to help you finish up your book in time for 2016 publication!
We will be accepting a limited number of clients before the new year at a big discount of 10% off.
Did you just finish NaNoWriMo and now need to hammer that book into shape?
Once you've tackled a few drafts on your own, you will be ready for a professional to go through your work.
Have you been writing your memoirs?
Did you finally get around to writing that romance novel you've been dreaming about for years?
How's your children's book going?
Most writers begin with a developmental edit. This is a very thorough service that will pinpoint all the areas in your book that may need more information or even a bit of re-arranging. You can read more about DE services elsewhere in this blog.
The DE is returned to the writer and then corrections are made. This can take the author weeks or even months. There is no right or wrong way to edit. There is never a hurry. The goal is the best book possible, not the fastest. No one cares how long it took you to write a book or how many rewrites you went through to make it perfect. All your reader cares about is holding a professionally edited book that won't be confusing and annoying.
Once the DE work is completed, most writers order a Copy-Edit service. This is the service that most people think of when they say they need editing. This service tackles spelling, grammar, and all that technical stuff.
After the author has gone through very thorough DE and CE services, some will order a Proofreading service. It is often advisable to use someone who didn't work on the DE and CE to perform proofreading. This service is what happens just before you click the "publish" button if you're self-publishing or it's the final draft before you send to that big New York publishing house.
The manuscript should be absolutely perfect in your mind when you send the final proof to Scarlett Editing. Of course your editor will find a few things, that's her job. However, this isn't the time for rewrites or discovering recurring grammatical issues. All that should be under control. Proofreading catches that last minute typo or things like that renamed chapter isn't reflected in the TOC.
Writers write and let the editors edit!
Book your slot today with a deposit of $100.
You can take advantage of this 10% off sale by sending a deposit of $100 to Paypal or by EFT to sephgiron@rogers.com by December 31, 2015.
If you send $100 deposit, that will ensure you receive the 10% off rate when your work is ready to be edited as long as you send in your manuscript before June 30, 2016.
NO REFUNDS.
Once your manuscript is ready to be sent, estimate the cost of the service by the word count. When you send your manuscript, you can send the rest of the deposit if it is more than $100.
Example:
For instance, you send $100 on December 10, 2015 because you're working on a romance novel and know you will want DE or CE or even proofreading at some point. You don't know what you want, you have no idea how long your book will be but you know you'll need a professional editing service at some point so you send $100.
On January 15, 2016 you finish your novel and you're ready to send it in. You've decided that you want DE work. The novel comes in at 50,000 words.
The cost of a DE for a book of this size is: $1000.
The SALE PRICE for your DE since you reserved your spot in December is now only $900.
This means that the first half of your payment plan is $450 that you would send when you send the manuscript.
However, you put a $100 deposit down back on December 10 towards this work so you only have to send $350 when you send in your manuscript.
The DE will take anywhere from one week to one month. When the corrected manuscript is returned, the final balance of the payment is due which would be $450.
No surprises. No added on fees. No taxes. No bloated hourly rates. The fee is the fee.
If you want to proceed with more services, you will receive a discount of some kind, depending on what you want and the length of the material.
HELP A STARVING ARTIST!
If your significant other is a writer, why not surprise him or her with the gift of an editing service?
Even if you don't know what kind of service your writer may want or need, you can send $100 deposit in his or her name by December 31, 2015 to reserve a spot for editing.
Scarlett Editing can send a special "gift certificate" email that can be printed out to include in a card or other present.
When the writer is ready for editing, he or she can contact Scarlett Editing and we'll work through what service the author wishes to use! Then the writer can tell you what the next two or three payments will cost over the next few months and they can be sent either by you or the writer, depending on your arrangement with each other.
EASY!
Any questions, just email and ask! sephgiron @ rogers.com
The response to the previous sale was pretty intense so do note: first come, first served!
This offer might be withdrawn at any time before December 31, 2015 if the limited spots are filled.
There are limited spots available for this sale so that each manuscript will receive full and careful attention.
Quality is always the priority at Scarlett Editing!
HWA members receive a discount in addition to this discount!
