When it comes to editing, any decent editor can provide the basics, correcting your punctuation, capitalization, hyphen usage, split infinitives, dialogue, and more.
Any good editor can go a step beyond, advising you on point-of-view shifts, mid-story name or pronoun shifts, and why words like ‘really’ and ‘very’ are lazy (and what to do about them).
An experienced genre editor does all those things, but we’re also not going to gasp at your wildest fantasies, balk at your most depraved thoughts, or shake our heads at your fantasy tropes, sci-fi technologies, or supernatural horrors. You can’t shock or embarrass us, but we love to be surprised.
- We’re sensitive to LGBTQIA themes and characters
- We understand the difference between erotica and smut (and love both)
- We’re familiar with pronoun usage for trans/non-binary, alien, an and non-human characters
- We know human anatomy and can keep your sexual experience real
- We’re aware of how context can determine the difference between slurs or terms of affection
- We know the difference between sexual fantasy and SFF magical fantasy and can manage both
- We maintain an editorial bible for your work so that the most complex names or terms remain consistent throughout
- We’re very familiar with the genre tropes and can recognize the difference between falling into them, playing them, or undermining them
With over 1 million words edited and/or proofread each year, I would be honored to immerse myself in your story, embrace your style, and look for those opportunities to turn good into great.
SERVICES
Substantive/Developmental editing: Proofreading and Copyediting plus line-by-line editing and advice on structural issues like flow, theme, jargon, tenses, repetition, point-of-view, and more.
HOURLY RATES
- $50 USD / $70 CAD per 5k words
- includes Proofreading & Copyediting
Payment accepted via PayPal or Interac Interac e-Transfer.
Contact me (sb.milne.ca[at]@gmail[dot]com) for booking details.
Confidentiality and discretion assured. Pen-names and pseudonyms respected.
S.B. Milne 