Moneysaver Editing
"We're not done until you're happy!"
My Business Plan
I have been editing primarily fiction for five years. My genre include adventures, mysteries, urban, poetry, YA,satire,romance, fantasy, children's,some non-fiction (dream,political,rehab lit.)
Moneysaver Editing was born about five years ago. A wonderful lady contacted me and asked me to help her edit a children's story she wrote about a horse. I told her I wasn't an editor. She wanted me to try my best so I offered to edit her story for free. I felt I could nat take any money since I had no editing experience. She agreed on one condition, that I allow her to send me $5 for my trouble. Well, I agreed and she loved my edit.
A few months later, I decided to try my hand at writing free reviews for authors. I decided to search the internet to find a free book review site. I found one,http://readersfavorite.com/about-readers-favorite.htm . I contact the owner, DEB GAYNOR. She was very nice, we talked and she decided to send me one book to read and review for her. I read the book, an adventure story, and she loved my review. So I read another book for her and she loved that review. She told me that my reviews were fantastic and asked me if I would edit all of her reviews for her. We struck a deal-she offered to send my wife and I to the next RF convention in Las Vegas, all expenses paid, except for meals. It was a deal I could not refuse.
Then I read another book for her and decided to take it a step further. I noted all the errors I found in the already-published book and asked Deb to send them to the author. She agreed. Boy was he angry, not at me; he was mad at his publisher.
After he got over the shock, he contacted me and asked me to edit his next book. I was elated, so naturally I agreed.
I had progressed from editing a children's story for $5 to editing a full-length fiction for much more than $5. He loved my edit and Moneysaver slowly began to grow. It has been 5 years since I edited that horse story and I am beginning my 38th edit.
.First and foremost, I won't let you down. My work with you will be done only when you feel satisfied with what we have accomplished. I said we, not me. You and I, hopefully, will become a writing TEAM, working together to help each other.
I promise you that I will not change or alter anything you have painstakingly written, without asking you first. You wrote it, not me.
I do not charge by the word, I charge by the hour. I use voice recognition software to speed up the process and save you money. This way, if you're a good writer, you will benefit by saving money.
I am an all-around editor, from the proofreading stage to your final edit . We will come up with a payment plan together. I will edit your manuscript once. You will pay me in full and then I will do a final edit, for a much lower fee. This plan is not set in stone; it may vary from manuscript to manuscript based on certain factors.
Skills
Edit Fiction-almost any genre.
Send you marketing info.
We can form a Team to make your book the best it can be.
Orange County Community College 1971-73...
I took standard courses with a scientific major.
S.U.N.Y. New Paltz 1973-75...I majored in Psychology with an Education minor.
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I began my 35 year career in 1977 working for New York State @ Middletown Psych Center. I worked in the Storehouse for 4.5 years.
1982-89- I worked @ Mid Orange Correctional
Facility running their Storehouse.
1989-2013- I worked @ Otisville Corr. Fac. as a
Counselor Aide, a Counselor, a Notary, a Transitional
Services Coordinator.
2009- I began editing fiction as Moneysaver Editing.
2013- I retired after 35 years 4 months and 1 day!
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