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Well--I'll hang out my shingle.

I'm a freelance editor on the side. I can proofread your lyrics, website copy, liner notes, etc. for reasonable rates. (Typically this is $2.50/page [$.01/word], with the disclaimer that if I find an overabundance of errors, I may have to either charge a little more or switch to an hourly rate.)

Short jobs have a fast turnaround, from the same day to within a week. Longer projects (say, full-length novels) require more time, and a place in my schedule to fit them. Let me know if you're trying to meet a deadline, and I'll see what I can do.

I also offer content editing (plot, form, structure, character development, etc.), which includes detailed notes and suggestions. I have a keen eye for what's working in a story and what isn't, and why.

My clients usually come away happy. Once in a while I work with someone who didn't actually want to change their manuscript, which makes things interesting. But overall the people I've worked with are pleased.

I have published two novels and two co-written nonfiction books, plus numerous short stories and poems over the past ten years. I have edited professionally for five. I can't guarantee future publication, of course, but I can point out the most likely reasons your manuscript hasn't been picked up, and offer you solutions to those problems.

I work with every level of writer, from beginners to successfully published authors.

Contact me by PM here, or through this website:
www.alyssastory.com/editingservices.html

Thanks!

Linda

Hi Linda, As a writer, I bet your songs are well written :-) I work with beginning songwriters and seasoned songwriters. If you have a couple songs lieing around on the shelf, please consider uploading them at our website as song submissions. If they are accepted into our program, we'll ask you to sign the License Agreement posted at the website which gives us permission to sell sub-licenses of your songs from the website.

Roberta