At Beautiful Ink Editing, my goal is to help you put the final touches on your manuscript so that it is ready to be released into the world.

 

Before the work begins in earnest, I will provide you with a FREE sample copy edit or proofread (depending on what you are looking for) to make sure that you like my work.

 

I provide professional copy editing and proofreading for:

 

• Full-length novels

• Novellas

• Non-fiction books

• Short stories

• Blog posts

 

 

Genres I work with include:

 

• Historical Fiction

• Thrillers

• Mystery

• Urban Fantasy 

• Romance 

• Young Adult

• Non-fiction History 

• Memoir

• Biography

• Self-help

• Non-fiction How-To

• Non-fiction Science

 

 

I do not accept the following:

 

• Horror

• Erotica

• Books containing extreme torture of people or animals

• Books containing child torture or abduction

• Business or legal books

• Technical books or guides

 

Copy editing services are more comprehensive than proofreading and ensure correctness, accuracy, consistency, and completeness. Some of the things I help with are:

 

• editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage

• checking for consistency and continuity of mechanics and facts, including anachronisms, character names, and relationships

• editing tables, figures, and lists

• checking front matter, back matter, and cover copy

• checking web links 

 

Proofreading services examine material in its final format to correct errors in textual and visual elements. The material may be read in isolation or against a previous version. It includes checking for:

 

• minor mechanical errors such as spelling mistakes or deviations from style sheet

• flagging or checking locations of art

• inserting page numbers or checking them against content and page references

 

Note that proofreading is checking a work after editing; it is not a substitute for editing.

 

Please Note: Beautiful Ink Editing does not provide in-depth story editing services. However, if anything really stands out, I will make a note of it for the author.