Affordable Edits for Children's and Young Adult Authors

After publishing nine books, I've seen the ins and outs of good editing, terrible editing, and everything in between. Let me help you skip the trial and error. I will take a look at your work and provide useful developmental critiques, including areas such as flow, structure, characterization, reader age-related suggestions, and plot. I'll deliver your manuscript back with notes as well as an editorial letter outlining my overall suggestions. The timeline for review is typically one to two weeks.

Please note that this is not copyediting. This is a developmental critique to help your book be the best it can be! Also, at this time, I'm not accepting adult fiction. I prefer to specialize so that I can offer the best insight in my own area of writing.

Picture Books

Picture book manuscripts of 1,000 words or less are only $50. Illustrations are not necessary, but I'm happy to look at them as well if you'd like.

Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Young Adult

All other manuscripts are charged a flat rate of $2 per double-spaced page. I use a flat rate rather than per hour so that you can know how much you'll end up spending. There's nothing worse than getting a bill that's hundreds higher than expected!

The Process

Please fill out the contact form below, and then email your manuscript to mmlarche@gmail.com. (Put "Developmental Editing" in the subject line.) I'll get back to you with an invoice and an estimate of the time I need to review your work. Typically, the review timeline is one to two weeks.