I want to help turn your book into something you've always dreamed of.
Manuscript Evaluation
Evaluates your story's strengths and weaknesses to bring your story to the next level. It's very similar to a developmental edit.
You will receive a 20+ page editorial letter that goes over many areas, including the opening, the POV, the plot, the dialogue, the ending, and more. It also has a chapter-by-chapter section where I give specific chapter feedback.
This is a great option if you're working with a budget.
Copyediting
Evolves your story from the ground up. Afterward, it will improve in many areas, including but not limited to:
- Conscious language
- Dialogue tags
- Grammar
- Inconsistencies
- POV
- Punctuation
- Repetition
- Showing versus telling
- Tenses
You will receive a copyedited manuscript and a multipage editorial letter that explains my edits and suggestions.
This critical stage helps your story grow.
Proofreading
Hatches your story into a beautiful piece of art. This final stage mends any last-minute grammar mistakes and glaring errors.
You will receive a proofread manuscript and a multipage editorial letter that explains my edits.
Query
Brings your query letter to the next level to grab a literary agent's attention.
The basic query package includes:
- In-text comments and suggestions
- Line edits
- A onetime editorial pass
For the advanced query package, we go back-and-forth with edits until you're satisfied. It includes:
- In-text comments and suggestions
- Line edits
- 3+ editorial passes
Synopsis
Evolves your synopsis to catch literary agents' eyes.
The synopsis edit includes:
- In-text comments
- Line edits
- Suggestions
First Chapter
Hatches your first chapter to captivate readers and literary agents with your prose. Includes copyediting for your first chapter. Can personalize to either do a certain number of pages, the full first chapter, etc.
Testimonials
I would thoroughly recommend Robin to anyone starting out in the writing process. She has been helpful, insightful, and approachable throughout. The level of clarity and detail in her report on my writing has been far in excess of what I was expecting, and it has helped me to refine my writing as I have tried to improve the quality of my storytelling. I have more books in the pipeline, and I will not be looking to work with anyone else.
— John Stapleton
Robin is an amazing editor with great attention to detail. She is very punctual, and she provides helpful feedback and suggestions. She offers wonderful support and is there to answer any questions I may have. I am very glad I was able to work with Robin on my project.
— Annika Wittneben
Wow… Just…wow… It's really hard to describe what I received from Robin. I paid for the full package, and what was provided was so much more than I had expected. Okay. Professionalism—great! Communication—great! Everything was great. My favorite part of the editing was her comments and WHY she made the comment. As a new short story writer, this is invaluable information. I can now study what was commented on and make sure that I make the right decisions in the future on my other stories. Wow… Just wow… There's no doubt that she is an amazing editor. To be able to preserve my voice AND give me information on how to improve my writing is worth every penny. I highly recommend her.
— Doug Hoppes