Sharp Copy, Smooth Pricing

All price estimates are established up front, before we start your project. I don’t like hidden fees or surprises, and I don’t expect you to like them, either.

Ghostwriting

This includes any type of project, from feature articles and op-eds to presentations, books, and blogs. Ghostwriting projects generally range from $800 to $5,000. Please contact me for a free consultation and quote.

Editing

Books — developmental editing is $10/page. I provide a three-page letter of guidance and one to three marked-up pages that illustrate overall structural changes or edits needed in the manuscript.

My expertise is in creative nonfiction manuscripts and business books, though I’ve taken on fiction on request. Manuscripts must be double-spaced, ten-point font or larger, with one-inch margins.

Book copyediting is a flat $10/page for basic copyediting. This does not include developmental editing or rewriting, only editing for grammar, punctuation and style. Your choice of hard copy or electronic editing. Manuscripts must be double-spaced, ten-point font or larger, with one-inch margins.

Marketing and business copyediting for content, facts, grammar, punctuation and style runs $35 an hour, billed in quarter-hour increments. Contact me for a free consultation and quote before we begin.

Technical editing (e.g. — White papers on technology standards) varies from $60 to $100 an hour, depending on the level of difficulty and fact-checking required. Price and estimate established up front.

Rewriting

For short articles and business or marketing materials that you have already drafted, rewriting fees may be either at a set fee per word for straightforward rewrites, or per hour for rewrites requiring background research or interviews to complete.

Most simple rewrites are roughly $250 per 1,000 words. Complex rewrites are between $50 and $100 per hour, with price and estimates established before we begin.

Book rewrites are bid on a case-by-case basis; cost depends on the state of the manuscript, technical difficulty of the material, and access to research necessary to complete the rewrite. Please contact me for a free consultation and quote.

Copywriting & Marketing Copy

Including brochures, articles, op-eds, product slicks, press releases, case studies, white papers, and general business writing. Fee is per hour of writing, on a sliding scale based on the difficulty of the subject material and amount of background research supplied or required of the writer. All projects estimated within a range up front.
Case studies generally run between $700 and $,1500, brochures anywhere from $200 to $3,000. Contact me for a free consultation and estimate.

Feature Writing

Magazine or other publications: Standard freelance rates negotiated per publication. Kill fee required.

Marketing Consulting

Includes marketing project management, marcom strategy, communications assessments, and any marketing work that requires expertise in marketing and communications management. I have more than a decade of experience in marketing management at high tech and consumer electronics companies. These projects are accepted on a limited basis. Please contact me to discuss your needs.