Editors
HBT Editing offers a range of editing services for authors, businesses, website owners, and students. They provide line editing, copyediting, and proofreading tailored to an author’s style and intent. Services are priced by word count (every 1,500 words), and they welcome non-standard projects by request. Initial evaluations and sample edits are available, allowing clients to review a 1,500-word sample to ensure fit.
Pricing: $5 per 1,000 words - Developmental Editing
$5 per 800 words - Grammar/Spelling
Accepts: PayPal, Venmo
Developmental Edits
Manuscript Critique
Screenplay Coverage
Book/Manuscript Blurb and Synopsis
Mary Harris offers a complete suite of editing services for fiction and nonfiction manuscripts. She starts with a free manuscript assessment to determine what level of editing is needed, from developmental edits that enhance story flow and plot to detailed copyediting and line editing for grammar and style. For developmental edits, she examines story structure and consistency, creates a timeline if necessary, and provides suggestions to improve plot and character arcs. She also develops an internal style guide for consistency in names, places, and other key details, and verifies factual elements like dates or foreign phrases. Mary’s copyediting focuses on grammar, punctuation, and clarity, while her final polish includes a thorough proofreading pass. Authors can rely on her support throughout the editing process via email, Skype, or phone, and she offers small, post-edit tweaks free of charge. Payment is divided into two parts: half at the start and half upon completion.
Pricing: $ .0245 / word for Developmental Editing
or
$30.63 / hour
$150 for 200-300 word blurb of a 50k-60k word book