Editorial Services
I’m now offering editorial and coaching services for middle grade and young adult authors across all genres! Having critique partners edit and help revise my work took me to the next level and allowed me to land an agent and publishing deal within four months back in 2018. Since then, I’ve sold multiple books to the publishers Bloomsbury, Scholastic, and Penguin Random House. I firmly believe that receiving editorial insight from others allowed me to learn how to deeply revise, and in turn provide crucial feedback to others that has helped them make their work shine as well.
Query, Synopsis, and First Chapter Consultation
Query: $60. I will read your query letter and edit for presentation, content, tone, grammar, etc. I will also give you my thoughts on the pitch overall and provide insight on how to better appeal to agents. This includes up to 2 passes of revisions.
Query + Synopsis Package: $90. The query service is the same as outlined above. In addition, I will read your synopsis (should be 1-2 single-spaced pages) and provide line edits, readerly feedback, and overall thoughts. This includes up to 2 passes of revisions.
Submission Package: $250. In addition to feedback and line edits on your query and synopsis, this package also includes feedback and edits on your first chapter (up to 15 pages, double-spaced).
Manuscript Editing and Critique
Reader Report: 1.3 cents per word (i.e. 50k words = $650). With a reader report, you receive all my normal editorial services, with the feedback presented into 5-10 pages emphasizing my main critiques. Instead of providing line edits, I will point to specific examples in the overall letter to show how you could improve upon plot, voice, character development, and other craft areas. This is the service for those who don’t wish to wait longer to receive feedback on every line, as I can turn around a reader report with my overall thoughts without delay. I will highlight my main critiques and provide next revision steps.
Line Edits: 2 cents per word (ex. 50k manuscript = $1000). With line edits, I will dig deeply into the developmental aspects of your manuscript, focusing on story arc, plot, stakes, tension, structure, character, and other major craft considerations. I will not only provide my feedback from a reader standpoint, but also focus on the nuts and bolts of your writing, including more editorial concerns like grammar and voice and style. Line edits are much more intensive than reader reports, and are best suited for writers who need intense revision to prepare their novel for submission. This service includes an edit letter (5+ pages) providing overall feedback about your novel’s strengths and weaknesses, detailed line edits within the document itself, and a thorough assessment of your story as a whole.
Coaching
Author Coaching: $300 per 1 hour session (or $275 each for 4 1-hour sessions and $250 each for 10 1-hour sessions). Looking for a more personal interaction and feedback on your author branding as a whole? This is the service for you! This one-hour phone call includes an assessment of your social media presence, general publishing advice, author branding, and networking tips. Whether you’re writing your first novel or published already, we’ll walk through your author presence together to set you up for success.
Testimonials
“The best editors don't dictate what a writer should do but give the writer space to think about how to solve problems. Katie is an editor like that, encouraging and thoughtful while respecting an author's voice. I've entrusted three manuscripts to her, and her insights on pacing, character development, and description have been invaluable. In fact, one of the unpublished novels I revised with her feedback was recently short-listed for an international prize!" - Cassandra Farrin, managing editor of Amberjack Publishing
“I met and had the opportunity to work with Katie through Author Mentor Match, a program that matches new writers with agented authors to sharpen their craft. Katie's feedback is a perfect blend of upbeat enthusiasm and intelligent critique. She took my manuscript and provided insightful suggestions for expanding character arcs, digging into the emotional landscape of the novel, and restructuring the plot to be faster paced. Katie truly took the time to understand my story and voice in an industry that is often too busy to take such care. Her ability to identify and articulate the edits that will most improve the work while bringing out its heart is a rare skill. I am so lucky to have worked with Katie and can't recommend her services highly enough!” - Jennafyr Giuffrida, AMM Round 4 Mentee, and YA fantasy writer