"A truly superb professional job! I appreciate it very much. If it is agreeable I would like to proceed now with you acting as editor - if you wish your name would be also included in the colophon."
Paul
Date: 2006-01-09 12:28:00
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"Many thanks. Again, let me assure you that your editing has helped enormously."
Paul
Date: 2006-01-09 18:58:51
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"I am accepting your proposal. Very pleased with what you have done."
"Thanks for your support on my book and thank you for doing the sample edit so quickly."
Fred
Date: 2007-06-23 12:31:37
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"You did a wonderful job."
Fred
Date: 2007-06-28 21:05:06
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"Thank you for your support, time and effort on my behalf."
Fred
Date: 2007-07-06 14:14:19
Editing Rates
Rate Per Page
US $5.11
Rate Per Word
US $0.02
Rate Per Hour
US $20.65
NOTE: these rates are not set in stone and are only an average for this editor. The actual rate applicable to your document will depend on the depth of the edit, the quality of the writing, the topic matter, the proximity of the deadline, the length of the document and several other factors.
Independent editor with more than twenty years experience will copyedit manuscripts for your novel, memoir, trade publication, coffeetable book, wartime narrative, Web content, audiobook, article, podcast, press release, or screenplay. Has copyedited more than two hundred books including biographies, family histories, medical research, poetry, philosophical works, scientific treatises, children's books, religious expositions, and books of readings. Authors are happy not only for the resulting polish of their work but also for correction of inconsistencies, contradictions and factual errors.
Former copyediting manager with staff of fourteen copyeditors. Worked in the 1980s for the U.S. Information Agency Regional Service Center in Manila as publications assistant and later associate editor for Trade USA, the U.S. Commerce Department's trade journal for the Asia-Pacific region. Former associate editor, World Executive's Digest and AdQ (affiliate publications of the Boston-based Inc. and Business Month magazines), edited in Manila and circulated in Asia and the U.S. West Coast. Has also written several articles for industry magazines, PR material for various books, and Web content for a publishing company. Uses the online Chicago Manual of Style and the American Heritage Dictionary of American Idioms as staple references.
Has completed a number of projects for Editfast, both fiction and nonfiction.
Present Occupation: Book editor, ghostwriter, article writer, voiceover talent, English-Tagalog and English-Cebuano translator
Experience in Years: Twenty-plus (books and magazines)
Writing experience:
Business-oriented articles, company profiles, personal-interest narratives
Editing experience:
Mystery/detective/romance novel, corporate history, biography, memoir, family narrative, wartime experience, philosophical essay, behavioral science treatise, specialized health care book, multimedia project, marketing technique, religious/biblical presentation, children's storybook, management magazine, business/industry periodical, podcast script, audiobook, Web content, ad/brochure/flyer copy
MS Word, WordPerfect, Adobe Acrobat, Random House Webster's Unabridged Multimedia Dictionary, MS Encarta, MS Powerpoint, Adobe PageMaker, MS Publisher, MS Excel, Microsoft Works, Ashampoo Office, Open Office Suite, Express Scribe transcription software, Final Draft, many others
Scored 99% on editing test.
Test score 100% .
Test score 70% to 84%. 
Test score less than 70%.