Copy Editing

Copy and Line Editing

We identify and fix spelling and grammar errors, tone and style inconsistencies, and awkward syntax while maintaining your author voice.

Is this service right for you?

You’ve done the hard work—your story is ready—but now it’s time to refine your prose. Our combined copy and line editing service ensures your sentences flow smoothly, dialogue feels natural, vocabulary fits your genre, and repetitive words, dialogue tags, and other small distractions are polished away. We deliver in-text edits, tracked changes, and comments where needed, giving your manuscript clarity, readability, and professional polish.

Our expertise, cost, and turnaround time

Genres:
Fantasy, romance (including paranormal), young adult (romance, dystopian, fantasy), and thrillers
Cost:

Starting at $0.0235 per word

Adjusted pricing available if booked following a developmental edit

Booking: A 20% deposit of the total cost is required to secure your copyediting slot.

Over 100,000 words?

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Turnaround:
1-2 weeks for a novella (60K words and under)
2-4 weeks for a novel (60K-120K words)
4-6 weeks for large novels (120K+ words)

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What authors say about us

“Incredibly talented and knowledgeable”

“Alexa is one of the best beta readers I’ve ever worked with. Her comments are honest, in-depth, and helpful. I cannot recommend Alexa enough. She’s incredibly talented and knowledgeable and has frequently picked up on things I hadn’t even noticed! Not only that, but she helps me come up with ways to fix the issues that she raises. What she suggests never feels dictatorial either; it’s a two-way conversation where we bounce off each other to solve the problem. Any writer looking to take their book from ‘eh’ to ‘AMAZING’ should get Alexa’s help immediately.”

Kristina Adams

Author of What Happens in... and Hollywood Gossip women's fiction series & more

IMPORTANT NOTICES
Pricing

Pricing is in US dollars and is subject to change. Manuscript length and complexity can lead to additional charges. We will always contact you before proceeding in such cases.

English Proficiency

We do not accept manuscripts with a poor mastery of the English language. If you are unsure, please send us the first chapter of your work. Any misrepresentation of the complexity of your novel will lead to your order being cancelled.

Turnaround

Unless otherwise specified on your invoice, turnaround for the majority of our packages is 2-3 weeks. We can accommodate urgent requests, but there will be an additional rush fee. Please contact us in advance.