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 2-3 pages for an evaluation. I will base any quote required on these pages.

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 editor) must be double spaced, have the correct margins and font sizes no smaller than 11.

Any work sent for editing must have, along with a cheque for the agreed upon fee, a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) for the work to be returned to you.