Editing services

by Clare Williams
18th November 2016

Hi everyone,

Do most authors pay for editing services before sending their MS off into the big wide world. I know one would help but as they are quite costly I wondered if anyone had any experience of having the full MS report - and whether it made a big difference?

Thanks

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Thanks Jimmy

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Clare Williams
18/11/2016

Hi, Clare!

This bloody StupidPhone and the PM service of this web-site are completely incompatible! I typed 2 paragraphs but couldn't scroll down to click "send"!

I'd be interested in reading your ms with a view to possibly editing it. If you're interested in negotiating terms, send me an email. Granota at LA middle-hyphen granota.com (spam spoiler) otherwise gr***ta@la-g***ota.com

Use a recognisable subject line, because we get loads of spam. "Hi!" and "requested documents" don't get opened.

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Jimmy Hollis i Dickson
18/11/2016

Many thanks Lorraine for your response. I read your blog on wordpress which was very helpful, as was the feedback you gave me on my first chapter. I did purchase the first draft report from here which was useful and encouraging. The larger report is just so expensive I wanted to make sure it was worth paying out for.

Thanks again.

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