Editing

Canary Mafia Editing

We offer no-nonsense, honest feedback and editing services. We tell you what your editor and best friend dance around–what’s wrong, where it’s wrong, and why it’s so absolutely appalling (as well as how to fix it). If you would like to use our services, please contact us at ‘canarypost@gmail.com’ or through our  “Contact” form.

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Substantive Editing:

We offer substantive editing (also known as developmental editing and comprehensive editing) in which we offer feedback on content, organization, plot, and style.

Pitch/blurb:

• we make it good. Often, authors have a terrible time condensing a story into short, succinct paragraphs of awesome; it’s all too easy to leave all sorts of feathery fluff sticking out. Blurbs matter, and we can make them work for you instead of against you.

Excerpts, Stand-alone Articles & Short Stories (pieces up to 10,000 words) and Full-Length Manuscripts:

• breakdown of overarching or emerging issues.
• reading analysis: characterization, setting development, and plot introduction.
• grammar, spelling, tone, etc: We will not proofread your grammar, but rather discuss issues, offer selected examples, and refer you to resources. For proofreading services, please scroll down.
• hook and reader appeal: Does the book engage the reader? Is the reader likely to continue reading? What kinds of readers (and in which age group and genre) will read on?

Query letters to publishers, agent and editors:

• We can work to help you out with this too, feathery friend.

Proofreading:

For both excerpt and full manuscripts, we perform extensive proofreading for grammar, spelling, and consistency. For substantive editing (content, story, etc), please scroll up!

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Pricing (payments accepted via PayPal):

Substantive Editing:

• Pitch/Blurb: 5$
• Query Letters: 5$
• Excerpt: Negotiable*
• Full Manuscript: Negotiable*

*For substantive editing, we will request to see an excerpt of 2-5 pages before listing our price. Because the time spent on any one manuscript is variable, we cannot guarantee a rate without first seeing and assessing a sample.

Proofreading:

• Pitch/Blurb:  5$
• Excerpt: Negotiable.
• Full Manuscript: Negotiable

Note: For any editing job estimated to cost more than 10$, we require half the listed price to be in our grubby wings before we start pecking away.

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About Us:

Meg holds a Master’s in composition and Naiya specialized in two-degrees-worth of literature. We both have extensive workshop, critiquing, and editing experience, which includes over four years running writing workshops and practical experience in the world of journalism and fiction-writing.

References available on request.

We can be reached at ‘canarypost@gmail.com’ or through our  “Contact” form.