PineTree Whispers

Gloria's PineTree Whispers

Taking it piece by piece

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Winning the Dreaded Disease

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Welcome to the world of editing.

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You've written your article, story, or book. You've gone through several revisions, or should have. Now it's time for that extra pair of eyes to seek out the problems you missed. Let me help you through the final stages of preparation before you send your material out into the world. Let's work together to make it as good as it can be

I can help you edit the following types of manuscripts:

♦ Non-fiction books and articles

♦ Autobiographies/Biographies

♦ Articles: feature, shorts, fillers

♦ Newsletters

Don't see it here, please ask me.

Below are the types of editing services I can help you with.

NOTE: All recommendations and suggestions are based on my opinion and experience. You may accept them and use all of them, some of them, or none at all. In the end it's your work and your decision. I'm here to help you make it the best it can be.

Copy Editing (Basic)

♦ Typographical
errors

♦ Spelling

♦ Capitalization

♦ Punctuation

♦ Grammar

♦ Redundancies/
Missed words

♦ Consistency

♦ Common word
   errors

♦ Minor

   formatting
   issues

⇒ Maintain

♦ author's
voice

♦ meaning of
the original
text.

⇒ E-mail the author

♦ regarding
possible
errors

♦ regarding
inconsistencies

⇒ Provide notation
regarding

permissions needed
to include

copyrighted material.

copyrighted material.

Estimated pace:
5-10 pages/hour

Manuscript Critique/Evaluation

⇒ A complete
   read-through of the
   entire manuscript.

⇒ Provide a document
   summary noting

♦ strengths

♦ weaknesses

♦ suggestions
for
improvement

⇒ Recommend the
    level of edit that
    would benefit your
    manuscript:
    copy edit, or

proofread.

Copy Editing (Line-by-Line)

♦ Typographical
errors

♦ Spelling

♦ Capitalization

♦ Punctuation

♦ Grammar

♦ Redundancies
♦ Missed words

♦ Repetition

♦ Wordiness

♦ Hyphenation

♦ Common
word errors

♦ Voice: passive
   vs. active

♦ Suggestions
to improve:

  √ Syntax

√ Word
      choice

√ Light
      structural
      changes

√ Consistency
     of
   information
     and ideas

√ Consistency
    in character
    and/or time
    lines

♦ Prepare style
   sheet to
   include:

√ Character

      names and
      traits

√ Locations

√ Key terms

√ Comments
      and/or
      questions

⇒ Review of
formatting details:

♦ pagination

♦ margins

♦ headings

♦ consistency
of fonts

♦ indentation

♦ paragraph
spacing

♦ header/
footer text

♦ Table of
Contents.

Estimated pace:

1-6 pages/hour

Proofreading

♦ Grammar

♦ Spelling

♦ Capitalization

♦ Punctuation

♦ Hyphenation

♦ When called
for check
URL links.

Newsletter Editing

♦ line-by-line
edit

♦ correction
of misspelled
and missing
words

♦ typos

♦ Checking of
all
hyperlinks.

Other editing services

Corporate periodicals, editing

Family History Copy Editing

Please query first. To submit a project electronically put Editing Project

Proposal in the subject line. When I receive it I will review it and send you

an estimate for time and cost.

For payment details see the Terms, Submissions, and Payment section.

Price Chart

First Page FREE!

Copy editing

Basic package
$25.00/hour

Line-by-Line edit
$35.00/hour

Proofreading
$25.00/hour
Additional information on the proofreading page.

Newsletter Editing
$25.00/hour

Manuscript Critique/Evaluation
$15.00/hour

Corporate periodicals
$35.00/hour

Family History Copy Editing
$750/project

Gloria Oren Redmond, WA 98052 (425) 445-5382 or email me at gloriaoren at gloriaoren dot com

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