owwww, called out

Queer editor of sci-fi, fantasy, mystery/thriller and horror. 20+ years of experience. Rates and info here:

thurmondediting.com

+by quietly deciding whether or not to ignore that reader, this author RANTED in public about how dare they and “go read something you like”.

Noticing typos =/= dislike. Notifying the author… is a case to case thing and there are ways not to. But that rant? I’m never reading that author again.

So, with me you get fast and good. I wish I could charge what my own personal definition of “not cheap” is, but in this economy that’s likely to never happen.

You know the old saying “Fast, good, cheap: pick two”? I consider myself cheap because my rates are at the bottom edge of EFA average… yet most indie authors would think me expensive because there are editors (native speakers living in US, CAN, etc.) charging .005 cents a word. That’s NOT a typo. 😬

I am in the unique position of being available to work full-time as a CE and also being unusually fast thanks to learning my trade at a company that required 80pg proofread in an hour. This means I’m still available even with that calendar.

I’m also open to work outside of direct contracts with indie authors — subcontracting for publishers or editorial teams, corporate projects like offering memos, employee handbooks, etc. (Corporate rates are higher than fiction rates.)