

Manuscript line editing is a tool, like a wrench. A line editor is a manuscript plumber. I use the line editing tool to help your manuscript in these areas:
Ideally, you won't pay for long. Line editing is a one-on-one educational tool. When you see the changes I make in your manuscript, and my reasons, and re-read your work with changes in place, you are training your mental ear.
Manuscript line editing is not a salability assessment. I won't tell you whether your manuscript will sell, because my crystal ball's in the shop.
I specialize in genre fiction, specifically mysteries, science fiction, and fantasy. Those are the kinds of writing my ear is especially tuned to, and I do a better job with them than with other types of fiction. I also edit nonfiction of a general nature, but I don't do technical, musical, or business administration jargon.
So, you ask, what is a page? It's simple: a standard manuscript page is 250 words, or about 20 lines of poetry.
If you print out your document in standard US format to send to a publisher, you'll have letter-size paper with one-inch margins, and your lines will be double-spaced. That means every line will have an extra, blank, line after it. (You don't do it yourself; you set your word processor to do it.) When you print a document that way, an average page is 250 words.
So, when I get your manuscript, I do a word count, and divide by 250. That's the number of pages.
A 1,000-word document is 4 pages, and costs $20.00 to edit. A 10,000 word document is 40 pages, and costs $120.00. 100,000 words make 400 pages, which cost $800.00 to edit. It's really pretty simple.
I take checks, money orders, and PayPal.
You may e-mail or snail-mail your piece. It can be a whole story or essay, or part of one, one page or thirty, or three hundred, just as you like. It can be fiction or nonfiction.
Before you invest your hard-earned money, how about trying a free sample? Find out if you like what I do, before you pay for it. You might even learn something!
Or a manuscript you're thinking of sending? Contact
BKEdits@BKEdits.com.
Or phone (216)486-4879; I'll be happy to talk to you.
If you want to stimulate yourself into writing, amuse yourself in wordless ways. Instead of going to a theater, hear a symphony orchestra, or go by yourself to a museum; go alone for long walks, or ride by yourself on a bus.
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