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Editing Services for Hire

1/21/2013

12 Comments

 
My editor (RIP to her) thought I was pretty good at what I do. She gave me the thumbs up on my idea of becoming an editor myself. Pretty high praise if I do say so myself.

SO since I'm just starting this, and since it does take valuable time away from my own work, I'm going to state it officially: I will go over your manuscript for $1 per page - consider it something of a beta read with a lot of suggestions if they are needed.

Now, if you go and say to yourself, "I'm going to get the most for my dollar" and send me a document in size 8 font with 0 margins, I'll probably send it back to you untouched. I mean really, if I can't see it, neither can you.

This is how I will work: You send me your Word document and I will use track changes to recommend changes and make comments. If there's a lot of little red and blue bubbles, they will jumble together, and I find that confusing, so as soon as that point is reached on a page, I will take the rest of the page's contents down to the next page. I usually leave a comment saying as much, just so you know what I'm doing.

Payment will be in advance, and I will begin work on your document as soon as I get the PayPal notification of payment. Just so you know what this money will go for - I fully intend to use this money to buy cover art or pay editors, so the more money I make here, the sooner the next book will come out.

I seriously don't mind helping other writers, so you can send me a few pages - say 5 or less - and I'll work them up for you for nothing. For you hard earned $$$, I will work on your document until you are happy with the result. It is important to me that the books we put out there for readers are the best they can be. Happy readers are good customers.

Be warned, as the popularity of this offer grows (I hope), the price just might go up. A girl's gotta make a living somehow.

My email address is - AnnaLWalls@gmail.com - please make a mention of seeing this offer here. I'd kinda like to know. Thanks in advance. I promise to do my best, but before you publish, make sure you hire a certified professional to go through your work.

12 Comments
Arun Debnath
4/4/2014 07:22:01 pm

Anna, First of all, I love the place in you live in - it's almost like a dreamland to me! And I'm pleased you've now gone professional so I can do business [with real money] with you. I'm in and as one of your first customers pls hold the price for me until I'm ready for your services. And just to make it public - you are the only first American who helped me edit the first chapter of my book out of your good heart [the donation I made to your account was for my guilt to take advantage of your kindness]. I know I've gone a long way from that first step but your kind-hearted help, I'm proud to say, gave me much inspiration and confidence. So thank you again for your kindness. Love and best wishes. Arun

get so much favour plus your valuable timethe

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Kim Hornsby link
10/27/2014 03:49:17 am

I'm a published, Amazon Bestselling, Award Winning Author who used Anna as a beta reader for my last release. It turned out that her suggestions were so spot on, and her eagle eye was so finely-tuned, that I wondered why I paid to have it edited before I sent it to her. Here's an example: my protagonist had two different shirts on in one scene and after editing, 5 beta readers, and me, Anna was the only one who caught that she was wearing a T-shirt that read Maui Parasail across the back and a page later wore a neon-colored stretchy tank. Anna not only found this type of error, but caught grammatical errors too. And offered more powerful verbs and phrases as suggestions. We joked that I should've given her a co-write status on the book!
Very Thorough!
Kim Hornsby
http://amzn.com/B00AA4FAJC

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Anna L. Walls link
10/27/2014 09:29:15 am

Thanks so much Kim. I'm sorry that the link isn't clickable, but it's most certainly welcome.

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Roo I MacLeod link
12/9/2014 08:41:26 am

You have taken my prose to a new level. I can only repeat Kim's comments above. I am beginning to see my work in a different light and, as a result of your work, I am producing a better more professional story.Thank you.

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Anna L. Walls link
12/9/2014 04:39:55 pm

Awww Thanks so much. Glad I could help. :D

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Jacki Delecki link
2/13/2015 12:58:37 am

Thank you, Anna for incredible editing. She has great insight into building tension and developing scenes. She also is able to help your prose. I Can't recommended her more highly.

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Kayla Shown-Dean link
2/23/2016 01:46:12 pm

I have used other editors in the past, and with them, I got a basic grammar and punctuation check. This is not so with Anna! She took an in-depth look at my novel, carefully pointing out any plot holes, helping me with sentence structure and readability, and she also paid close attention to my formatting and mechanics. I'm already noticing a change in my writing as she has truly challenged me to become better. I highly recommend her, and I will definitely use her again.

Thank you so much, Anna, for your insight on book one of my series. I will definitely be consulting you for editing on books two and three.

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Toby Whaymand link
4/4/2016 07:13:17 am

I would recommend Anna she fluent in both American England and British English.

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Anna L. Walls link
4/4/2016 11:20:28 am

Hello Toby. I have edited British English before and the writer was satisfied with my effort.

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Catherine link
10/16/2016 05:41:14 pm

Hi Anna. Thank you for getting back to me on the Writer's Group post re my Spirit book.

Do you do content editing as well and grammatical?
Thank you,
Catherine ~

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Anna link
10/16/2016 10:01:17 pm

Hello Catherine. To answer your question, I will give you everything. I treat the work as a whole. I don't divide and portion off the work - it would drive me nuts trying to do that. I'll be happy to work on a sample for you for nothing - say the first half dozen pages or so.

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Phil Adams link
3/8/2017 05:57:29 pm

Hey, Anna. Thanks so much for working with me on BENEATH BURNING SANDS! You were fast, thorough, and offered some great insight that I think ended up improving the manuscript nicely! It has been great working with you!

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