Proofread your work before you submit it to an editor so that they are seeing the cleanest work you can provide. Catch your own spelling mistakes and common punctuation errors, rather than paying me to do it.

A completed manuscript always provides an even read and takes less time to edit.

Send me the first 2 chapters for an evaluation and edit (specify which kind - click on 'Authors' link at top of homepage). I will point out consistent errors and improvements which you in turn correct, as wanted, and then apply to the remainder of the manuscript. This eliminates a large expense by doing the large amount of changes yourself. A final edit and read by me will catch any further mistakes on the rest of the chapters.

Make sure that your manuscript / story is properly formatted for submission. Reading books about writing from your local library will provide valuable publishing information that will increase the chances of your work being read, as well as reduce the cost of editing.

Check into any publishers that you are considering submitting your work to, and obtain a copy of the "Publisher's Guidelines" before submitting any work. If your work doesn't match their guidelines, they won't even look at it.

All work being sent to me (or any publisher) must be double spaced, have the correct margins and font sizes no smaller than 11.

Any work sent for editing must have a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) for the work to be returned to you.