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Cover Design
Base charge for cover design starts at $150.00
This includes paperback formatting of the cover, free minor adjustments up to the publishing date, and e-book format of cover.
Please email me at:
with Book Title, Page Count, Genre, Trim Size, and blurb.
I will be sure to respond to your message with full quote of both price and hours needed to complete your project.
*Please note that I may reject any requests for cover design if I am booked or the desired cover is not something I can deliver at the time.
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Formatting
Formatting can be difficult. It takes time, it's frustrating, and more than one thing goes wrong during the process.
Do you want an interior that competes with the traditionally published books of today? An interior that grips attention? That intrigues?
Please email me at:
with Book Title, Page Count, Genre, Trim Size, and blurb.
Formatting prices vary depending on chapter amount. Base price is $75 for 35 chapters. Above 35 chapters increases by $5 a chapter. Under 35 chapters is anywhere from $25-$55.
Bleed costs more. $175 for 35 chapters. Anything more is again $5 per chapter.
Any adjustments not caused by the formatter (such as cover design errors, typos found, etc.) will cost $5 each time. Any issues made by the formatter (me) will be adjusted at no charge.
***Most common adjustment errors are caused by the bleed setting. These will usually default to the formatter to correct and will come at no cost to the author or publisher.
Line edits
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Showing vs. telling
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Awkward phrasing
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Passive voice
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Weak verbs
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Inconsistent dialogue/inner thoughts
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Sentence variation
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Word choice
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Sentence flow
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$0.50 - $1.00 per page
To receive a sample edit, please send the first five pages as a google doc or docx file to:
Be sure the document is set to industry standards.
Double spaced, 0.5 indents, 12.pt Times New Roman font, one inch margins.
Copy-edits
· Grammar & spelling
· Punctuation
· Hyphenation
· Dialogue formatting
· Consistency
· Typos
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$1.00 - $1.50 per page
To receive a sample edit, please send the first five pages as a google doc or docx file to:
Be sure the document is set to industry standards.
Double spaced, 0.5 indents, 12.pt Times New Roman font, one inch margins.
Developmental
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Plot holes
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Underdeveloped/overdeveloped storylines
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Pacing issues
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Character development
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Overall story arc
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Structure
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World-building
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Narration
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$0.003 per word
To receive a sample edit, please send the first five pages as a google doc or docx file to:
Be sure the document is set to industry standards.
Double spaced, 0.5 indents, 12.pt Times New Roman font, one inch margins.
TESTIMONIALS
"J.M. was a joy to work with! She made sure to take what I wanted into account while also going above and beyond what I ever thought my book cover could look like! Anything that I had questions about or needed changed she was quick and efficient to fix and was great at helping me get it ready for all the platforms I was putting it on. I would highly recommend her for anyone who wants the best cover for their book. I’ll definitely be using her again!" - Kathleen Contine, author of Metal Bones
"Shortly before launching her editing services, J.M. did a developmental pass through my manuscript. She worked with me in depth to completely restructure my novel, erasing plot gaps and restructuring my entire character arc. Turns out, I’d completely lost sight of my MC’s true desires and fears. With her help, I resulted in five full requests in my first month of querying and look forward to working with J.M. on future projects. " - Phoebe Ross, @authorphoebeross
