Service guide

assisting romance authors with all of their publishing needs!

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Editing

manuscript critique

A read-through of your manuscript using the Comments feature in Microsoft Word or Google Docs.

Includes:

  • Comments through document
  • Tropes list
  • Potential promo quotes
  • Report

4-week turnaround: $0.01 per word

 

Heavy Copy Edit

Two read-throughs of your manuscript, sending the manuscript back to you between rounds, focusing on:

  • Rewriting, breaking up, and streamlining awkward sentences and Transitions
  • Substituting stronger words
  • Making suggestions and giving advice
  • Fact-checking
  • Consistency, clarity, and continuity
  • Correcting spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • Correcting syntax issues
  • Ensuring consistency in spelling
  • Ensuring consistency in hyphenation
  • Ensuring consistency in numerals
  • Ensuring consistency in capitalization

3-week turnaround (per round): $0.015 per word, with option of 2 weeks or 4 weeks between rounds.

Copy Edit

A read-through of your manuscript focusing on:

  • Correcting spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax issues
  • Ensuring consistency in spelling
  • Ensuring consistency in hyphenation
  • Ensuring consistency in numerals
  • Ensuring consistency in capitalization
  • Noting inconsistency issues

2-week turnaround: $0.01 per word

Beta Read

A read-through of your manuscript focusing on:

  • What I like
  • What I dislike
  • Trouble areas
  • Potential promo quotes

3-week turnaround: $.002 per word

Proofread

A read-through of your manuscript focusing on:

  • Grammar
  • Spelling
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
  • Formatting errors

2-week turnaround: $0.007 per word

Heavy Copy edit + proof

Two read-throughs of your manuscript, sending it back to you between rounds, focusing on:

  • Rewriting, breaking up, and streamlining awkward sentences and Transitions
  • Substituting stronger words
  • Making suggestions and giving advice
  • Fact-checking
  • Consistency, clarity, and continuity
  • Correcting spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • Correcting syntax issues
  • Ensuring consistency in spelling
  • Ensuring consistency in hyphenation
  • Ensuring consistency in numerals
  • Ensuring consistency in capitalization

A proofreading round, focusing on:

  • Grammar
  • Spelling
  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
  • Formatting errors

3-week turnaround (per round) for heavy copy edit, 2-week turnaround for proofread: $0.02 per word

graphic design

Branding

Includes: 

  • One main logo
  • Two alt logos
  • One signature
  • One social media profile image
  • Two social media templates
  • One social media banner
  • Branding Graphic

$150

SWAG

Bookmarks or stickers designed for your books based on tropes or other information provided during discussions.

$15 a piece

BUSINESS CARDS

A single-sided or double-sided business card with your contact information, designed based on discussion.

$60

retractable banner

A retractable banner designed at the requested size based on discussions.

$60

postcards or flyers

A single-sided or double-sided postcard of flyers designed based on discussion.

$60

Cover design

ebook cover
  • One high-resolution ebook cover
  • One high-resolution ARC ebook cover
  • Transparent title png
  • Blank background of cover without typography
  • One Ebook mockup
  • One cover reveal graphic for social media
  • One now live graphic for social media

 

$100

full wrap cover
  • One high-resolution full wrap cover
  • One high-resolution ARC full wrap cover (if requested)
  • Transparent title png
  • Blank background of cover without typography
  • One Paperback mockup
  • One cover reveal graphic for social media
  • One now live graphic for social media

$150

 

ebook &and full wrap cover
  • One high-resolution full wrap cover
  • One high-resolution Ebook cover & ARC Ebook cover
  • Transparent title png
  • Blank background of cover without typography
  • One Paperback & ebook mockup
  • One cover reveal graphic for social media
  • One now live graphic for social media

 $175

book formatting

basic epub formatting

Formatting of the ebook using Vellum, no customizations.

$50

BASIC PDF FORMATTING

Formatting of the paperback/hardcover using Vellum, no customization.

 $80

basic ebub and pdf formatting

Formatting of the ebook and paperback/hardcover using Vellum, no customizations.

$100

 

formatting add-ons

Chapter Backgrounds: $10 per background variation
Chapter Header Images: $10
POV Images: $10
Chapter/POV Header Image Combo: $15
Scene Break Images: $5
Text Messaging Bubbles/Notes/Special Formatted Text: $5
Image Title Page: $10

personal assistant

team management package

Includes:

  • ARC Team Management
    • Creation of FB Group
    • Promotion of ARC Team
    • Creation of forms & spreadsheets
    • Reviewing of applicants
    • Sending ARCs & related emails
    • Checking Reviews
    • Review Follow-ups
  • Street Team Management
    • Managing Group
    • Creation of Street Team Graphics
    • One Share Per Week (more on release week)
    • Tracking Shares

$100 per month

Organizational package
  • Everything listed in the Team Management Package
  • Calendar Management
    • Setting Up Calendar
    • Managing Calendar (adding releases, arcs, parties, etc)
  • Google Suite Management
    • Creating Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms
    • Creating Google Drive
    • Maintaining Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Drive
  • Newsletter Management
    • Creating Newsletter
    • Scheduling Newsletter
    • Finding Newsletter Swaps
    • Managing Newsletter Swap Spreadsheet

$200 per month

build your own package

If you’d like to customize a package to meet your needs, you can select from the options below.

Options:

  • Alpha Reading
  • ARC Team Management
  • Beta Reading
  • Calendar Management
  • Creating Graphics
  • Discord Management
  • Facebook Group Management
  • Formatting
  • Giveaway Management
  • Google Suites Management
  • Notion or Trello Board Management
  • Newsletter Management
  • Party/Takeover Management
  • Promotional Posting
  • Street Team Management

 

Price is based on services needed.

document creation

Creation of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms, etc based on author’s need.

 

$20-45 per document

ARC MANAGEMENT

Managing the author’s ARC/promotion team for individual book releases.

May Include:

  • Creating the Sign Up Form
  • Promoting Sign Up form throughout socials
  • Creating a tracker spreadsheet
  • Sending Important ARC Emails
  • Creating a Review Form spreadsheet
  • Sending Out ARCs
  • Sending out Promo emails
  • Sending out follow up emails
  • Checking reviews
  • Creating promo graphics

$150 per book (without creating graphics), $200 per book (with creating graphics)

IT services

it package

The ability to email me when you’re encountering an issue with a software used for your author needs (Example: Vellum, Word, Notion, Google docs, etc) for me to troubleshoot the issue and see if we’re able to come up with a solution to resolve the problem.

 I will always strive to find a solution to your problem, but if I am unable to, I will lead you in the direction you need to go to resolve it.

$10 per month

it + review package

Everything listed in the IT package, plus having the ability to have me review your design and formatting files before uploading them on their respected sites. This includes ensuring that a cover meets the requirements for printing, checking formatted files for any formatting issues that need to be adjusted, checking files to ensure they are set correctly.

 $25 per month

file review

Don’t want to sign up for a monthly package, but would like your file reviewed? 

 $20 per file