ABOUT MY SERVICES
I invite you to compare prices to any other on-line proofreading services. I can offer value because I have no overhead, this being simply a "me-to-you" assistance. I enjoy helping other writers, especially new ones and I often critique on writing forums to "pay back" as a writer. I enjoy proofreading. But if I'm going to line-edit an entire novel, which is a whole lot more than giving suggestions for improvement, I want to get a little compensation for it. I only take on one editing project at a time so, if you hire me, you'll get personal attention.
Basic proofreading includes grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization and word choice (does the questionable word convey the proper meaning in context?) I will line-edit manuscripts for as little as $1.00 per page, depending on the editing needed.
Contact me and send me a sample chapter for an exact quote.
Copy-editing is something normally associated with non-fiction, where the copy-editor is responsible for technological or scientific factual errors in the meaning of the text, along with checking for libel risks. In fiction, it's watching out for "logic fallacies" in characterization, novel plotting, dalogue flow, and time sequencing.
Rewriting is another matter entirely. Generally, if your novel needs a complete re-write, I must ask again, "Are you sure you're a writer?"
Send me a sample chapter (not to exceed 15 pages) at john@johnbushore.com and I will give you a free edit and, if requested, also do a critique (Is this writing any good at all?) If you decide not to engage my services, you can use the final edit as a guide when line-editing your own writing.
I provide a satisfaction guarantee for all services provided.
Feel free to request references. Or preferences. Or a shipload of bananas.
About me: I have no degrees in literature, or any other college credits for that matter. But I learned grammar, spelling and punctuation from a bunch of nuns who drilled the English language into me. I got into writing about, well, a few years ago, at the age of 45 and realized although I knew the mechanics of writing, but didn't know how to write good, salable fiction. I joined a VERY good writer's group which included two Eng. Lit. professors, both published fiction authors and some other published writers. After six years of tutelage, I began submitting stories. I began receiving very complimentary responses, but no acceptances at first, since I didn't yet know how to target submissions. My first accepted piece (a poem in 2002) received rave reader responses and won an award. I continued to submit and soon had a children's book, then a novel to my credit. I've now published 5 novels. I've won some minor awards and gotten some very nice comments about my writing style from editors. Every novel I've gotten onto a publisher's desk has been accepted for publication.
I'm only offering to proofread novels in an attempt to pick up some "pocket change," where my writing labor doesn't pay off months or years down the road, when my story or novel is finally published and royalties drizzle in. Or until I'm discovered and on the best seller list.
About the name: It doesn't say "perfect" proofreader," it say's "prefect," a tongue-in-cheek misspelling. A prefect, like those in the Harry Potter novels, is a person of limited authority who checks on your legitimacy or your progress. In a way, it's apropos to my service. - But that brings up another point, try going to professional proofreading sites and notice that there might be "typos" in their presentations. Check my blog if you don't believe it. Nobody's perfect. But I'm a "prefect."
The Prefect Proofreader
