Get your manuscript to its best possible version with my editorial services. Your writing will get the attention it deserves with my careful and thorough editing and/or feedback.
I currently offer three services to help you polish your fiction writing: a line editing & copyediting combo, copyediting, and beta reading.
"I've been working with Lila for over two and a half years. She does an outstanding job every single time. She's also stellar at scheduling and communicating any concerns."
Lexa Luthor
f/f Romance Author
FOR WRITERS WHO . . .
Want guidance on
- Dialogue
- Action beats
- Length, rhythm & flow of sentences
- Point of view
- Verb tense
- Telling vs. showing
Want someone to comb through their manuscript for
- Awkward sentences
- Grammar, punctuation & spelling errors
- Typos
- Repetition & redundancy
- Inconsistencies & contradictions
- Serious factual errors
- Potentially harmful language
WHAT YOU GET:
- 2 rounds of edits, with an author review after the first
- In-line edits using Track Changes so that you can accept or reject each revision
- Comments, questions & suggestions in the margins
- An editorial letter that includes overall comments, issues & suggestions
- A style sheet documenting capitalization, spelling, punctuation, grammar rules, style preferences, and character & place names
- A half-hour Zoom meeting to discuss the edits, after the first or second round of editing (optional)
FOR WRITERS WHO . . .
Want someone to comb through their manuscript for
- Awkward sentences
- Grammar, punctuation & spelling errors
- Typos
- Repetition & redundancy
- Inconsistencies & contradictions
- Serious factual errors
- Potentially harmful language
WHAT YOU GET:
- 2 rounds of edits, with an author review after the first
- In-line edits using Track Changes so that you can accept or reject each revision
- Comments, questions & suggestions in the margins
- An editorial letter that includes overall comments, issues & suggestions
- A style sheet documenting capitalization, spelling, punctuation, grammar rules, style preferences, and character & place names
- A half-hour Zoom meeting to discuss the edits, after the first or second round of editing (optional)
FOR WRITERS WHO . . .
Want reliable and honest feedback—from a reader’s point of view—on
- Readability/clarity
- Characters
- Dialogue
- Setting
- Opening & ending
- Plot
- Pacing
- Overall impression
WHAT YOU GET:
- Comments (in the manuscript margins) that tell you when I had questions, made certain assumptions & predictions, or felt a specific emotion
- A reader’s report (2–4 pages)
- Answers to any questions regarding specific aspects of your story (I will need this list before I begin reading)
- A half-hour Zoom meeting to ask me further questions (optional)
"Her communication is very good, and she is understanding as well. I loved working with Lila."
Krys Rayne
Fiction Author