Editing Services

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SavAllow Us to Be Your Go-To Editors

Being a writer is often overwhelming and lonely, which is why we are here to help you reach your goals of becoming published through our editing services.

We have over 10 years of combined editing experience and providing detailed, motivating feedback to writers. In short, we have spent a lot of time ensuring everyone around us sounds and looks smart. Whether you’re writing your debut novel or your tenth, building a website, or composing an essay for publication, we want readers to see your writing style shine.

We Help Bring Sci-Fi & Fantasy Reads to Life

We have a special fondness for sci-fi and fantasy, but we edit novels, short stories, resumes, essays, and web content. As life-long readers, we can give detailed, friendly, and motivating feedback that will help polish your work and thrill your future readers.

Ask Us About Our Services & Discounts

Enough talk about us, we’d like to get to know you and your current WIP. Below is a look at the various editing services we provide. If you’d like to get in touch with us about a freelance project, please use the form below.

We also give a forever 10% off our editing services to anyone who subscribes to our email list. If you’d like to take advantage of this offer, click here to sign up. All you have to do is mention that you’re subscribed and we’ll figure the discount into the total price.

Package #1: Proofreading $4/page

Ideal for one last check for grammatical or spelling errors before submitting your manuscript to an agent or publisher. At this point, all bigger changes have been made or decided on and I will only fix minor typos.

  • We use Track Changes via Microsoft Word
  • We can edit in American English, Canadian English, and British English.
  • We lean towards rules found in the Chicago Manual of Style—but can switch to whichever style guide you prefer.
  • We consider one page to equate to 250 words—the industry standard.

Package #2: Copy & Substantive Editing $7/page

This service focuses on grammar, spelling, punctuation, and minor paragraph flow errors. You’ll need this package is ideal if you’ve finished your first or second draft.

  • We use Track Changes via Microsoft Word
  • We can edit in American English, Canadian English, and British English.
  • We lean towards rules found in the Chicago Manual of Style—but can switch to whichever style guide you prefer.
  • We consider one page to equate to 250 words—the industry standard.
  • This package includes two passes of your manuscript to ensure everything has been addressed.

Package #3: Developmental Editing $50/hour

This package is for providing story-building insight chapter-by-chapter in an analysis. This includes feedback on just the strength of the characters, plot, pacing, voice, and more.

  • We will make editing suggestions based on your genre and target audience. The writer is also required to provide a short list of problems they’d like for us to focus on.
  • Depending on the writer’s preferences, we can provide all feedback in one master document at the end or quick updates after we finish each chapter.
  • The delivery of feedback is up for negotiation. The writer must choose if they prefer email or social media to exchange feedback.

Package #4: Manuscript Critique $50

Are you ready to pitch a novel to a literary agent or you’re preparing to self publish? This package is ideal if you’d like a second opinion on the overall state of your manuscript.

  • We can provide a brief analysis of your novel. We will address our thoughts as the reader on how your novel caters to your target audience and genre.
  • We can provide a brief analysis of how the writer can market their book. This is ideal for self-publishing authors.
  • This is ideal as a soft developmental editing service. If you’d like deeper analysis, then you can opt for Package #3.
  • Once your novel is published, we can provide an honest review on Amazon and Goodreads that match your revisions.

Package #5: Beta or ARC Reading

Do you just need someone to read, rate, and review your novel right as it comes out? This service is ideal for you. We receive a free copy of your published book and leave an honest review of your novel on a preferred day.

NEW Package #6: Any Package + Book Design Services

Do you also need book interior design or formatting services? We’ve teamed up with Ines from Ines | Book Formatter so your self-publishing experience can feel more like a one-stop shop.

  • The writer can combine any of our services with Ines’s services.
  • The writer can also pay us separately or through one payment.

If you’re interested in our editing services, tell us all about your project by answering the following questions:

  1. What is your target audience/genre?
  2. What is your word count or page count?
  3. Do you have a specific deadline for us to meet?
  4. What is the purpose/goal of the manuscript? What do you hope to share with your audience?
  5. Should we pay extra attention to any specific requests?
  6. After looking at our prices, do you have any questions about the total price of our services?
  7. Do you need us to provide editing services that aren’t listed here?
  8. Do you want to combine editing and book formatting services?

Brittany Olsen
Whitney helped me with two short projects written for children, and she was very pleasant to work with. She has an eye for detail, helping me with small grammar errors as well as insights about adding scenes that would enhance my story. Her turnaround time was extremely quick, which I really appreciated when on a deadline!
Jessica Frazier
Whitney McGruder has created a vast and imaginative world in Destiny Seeker with surprises to delight the reader at every turn. Readers can settle in to devour the diverse and ingenious magic Destiny Seeker has to offer. I highly recommend it.
Rachel Barnard
I won a contest via Wit & Travesty in the summer of 2017. The prize was a professional edit of the first 100 pages of a WIP. My middle grade fantasy was only 90 pages, so she read the entire manuscript. She was communicative and positive about the project. Her edits markedly polished up my manuscript and were easy to understand.
Jonathan Baker
Whitney and I worked together in a writing feedback group some years ago and have remained in touch since then. From the beginning, I was struck by her absolute responsibility as an editor. Even in the capacity of a group member, not even being employed or contracted by me to edit my work, Whitney was unerringly punctual, thorough, and accurate with her feedback. Her advice is genuinely insightful and I believe the marketability of my work was noticeably increased due to her guidance. I so value her skills that I still turn to her as a resource after three years of working with her in-person have passed.
Angelika Offenwanger
Whitney did a copy-edit on my third novel, Checkmate. She was a pleasure to work with, and helped me give my novel that final polish that it needed before publication. Put her on your list for editors that help your work shine!