Story Services – Full Service Editing with Terri

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The Author Buddy Team - Professional Beta Readers & Cover Designers - Beta Reader Profiles - Terri, Editor

USA Today Bestselling author Terri A. Wilson is now offering a full service editing package through The Author Buddy! For any manuscript stage, from early developmental editing to thorough final polishing, Terri’s years of experience and hybrid developmental-and-line edit approach helps you elevate your book to the next level.

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Terri A. Wilson at The Author Buddy was great to work with.

Her comments and edits were spot on and the sprinkle of encouraging comments of a fan girl is the boost an author needs when they feel like the world is against them. I will be using her from here on.
Deborah Garland
Award-Winning and a Top 50 Amazon Bestselling Author
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I cannot express just how much working with Terri has transformed my books.

She is an excellent editor whose notes are always helpful and supportive, particularly the little bits of encouragement she mixes in with her edits.
The first book she edited for me became my bestselling and best-reviewed work, which has continued to be the case. I love working with her and will keep her at the top of my list. 
N.D. Jackson
Romance author of Love in Emerald Creek and Mustang Prairie Romance 

I highly recommend Terri to anyone who wants to take their book to the next level. 

Cassidy K. O’Connor
USA Today Best Selling Author of The Chronicles of Addison Schmidt and 
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Full Service Editing with Terri

Includes thorough analysis of:

  • Plot
  • Characters
  • Pacing & Flow
  • Tone
  • Reader Experience & Genre Standards
  • Mechanics, Prose, and Style
  • For Romance: Efficacy of Romantic Chemistry, Tropes, and Steam Level

Turnaround time for Editing with Terri is 5k/day. Projects needing faster turnaround or booking within eight weeks of the deadline will be charged a rush fee.

$10.00

Special Launch Pricing

$7.50

per 1,000 manuscript words

How it Works

Editors all have slightly different processes, so even if you’ve worked with an editor before, it’s helpful to familiarize yourself with our process.

When you sign up for an editing spot with us, you’ll first complete and submit the Beta Project Request form. Please contact us through email if you have any trouble with the form.

Once we receive the form, we will review the project specifications with our team and then send you a confirmation email within 48 orders (excluding weekends). The confirmation email will include the details of your order, information on any additional services you’ve requested, an estimate of the total project cost including all additional services requested (if applicable), as well as available date options for your editing project reservation(s) and any other options that need to be confirmed or selected.

Once you approve the estimate (if applicable), date, and next steps, we will send the invoice for the 50% deposit through PayPal to the PayPal email address provided on the signup form. Once the deposit invoice is settled, we reserve your editing project spot on our calendar.

About a week before your editing reservation date, you will receive a reminder email with details about how to submit your manuscript. If you expect a significant difference in the final word count compared to the word count you provided at signup (5k+), please let us know as this point so we can adjust your reservation if needed.

The manuscript should be delivered as a Word document attached to the email or shared through Google Docs to theauthorbuddy@gmail.com. Please let us know during the signup process if you would prefer a different format or platform.

When your project reservation date arrives, please make sure to send your manuscript by 9AM EST on the first date of your reservation so our editor can get started.

If the manuscript is received with the project word count significantly different than the estimate you provided during signup, the final balance invoice at project completion will reflect the accurate final word count.

If your project reservation is scheduled for more than five days, we may send a check-in email to you with a project update during that time.

Once the project has been delivered, we will send the invoice for the remaining balance on the project through PayPal to the PayPal email address provided on the signup form. The balance invoice must be settled immediately unless other arrangements have been made in advance.

Once your editor is finished, the manuscript will be delivered back to you via email as a Google Drive folder link (unless other arrangements have been agreed ahead of time). The project folder will contain the manuscript and all included deliverables for the project. The final project delivery will be sent by 5PM on the final date of your project reservation unless other arrangements have been confirmed.

What to Know Before You Order

Any work produced by the client as a result of the editors’ comments is and remains the property of the client.

The Author Buddy and its readers and editors acquire no rights of ownership to the work produced through our beta reading, editing, and story services, including specific plot concepts, wording suggestions, character and story details, and all creative contributions.

The Author Buddy will not make any unauthorized use of any of the Author’s trade secrets, confidential information, proprietary property, trademarks, or copyrighted materials.

The Author Buddy retains the right to use client’s name and book title on our website and social media promotion, and to market and promote our services.

If you have any questions about our copyright policies, please email us at hello@theauthorbuddy.com.

Additional samples and the PDF version of the sample above are available by request.

If you have any questions or want to request a sample, please email us at hello@theauthorbuddy.com.

When you signup for a Full Service Edit with Terri, you receive:

  • Manuscript with inline editing suggestions using Google Docs Suggesting Mode, as well as reactions, feedback, suggestions, and other considerations noted as comments
  • Feedback Doc (also referred to as an editorial letter) detailing overall impressions and evaluation of the manuscript based on genre trends, tropes, and reader experience

When beta readers and authors work together, we can create a truly great experience,

What we ask of our authors:

  • When you receive your confirmation email, please respond to let us know you have received it, and let us know if you have any questions or concerns about the project not shared in the signup form.
  • Please reply promptly to emails so that we may ensure a timely delivery.
  • Please notify us as soon as possible if you believe your manuscript may be late or at a significantly different word count than what you provided in your signup.

What we provide for our authors:

  • All beta read and story services are completed to our highest standards, and the readers—and editors and proofreaders, for those services—provide the best possible service to the best of their ability. 
  • Timely communication and status updates throughout the project, transparency about our process, and advance notice of all pricing and invoicing.
  • Guidance and assistance to the author throughout the publishing process

Check out our Portfolio to see the work we’ve done with other authors.

We’ve prepared a detailed FAQ page to help make sure all of your questions are answered, so you can sign up for our services with confidence.

Click here to View our Full Terms of Service

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We’ve prepared a detailed FAQ page to help make sure all of your questions are answered, so you can signup for your project with confidence.

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Questions before you Order?

Fill out the form below to send us any questions you may have about working with us.

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We will be back in touch within 48 hours (excluding weekends) after your form is submitted to confirm your project details.

Full Service Editing with Terri Reservation Form

Editing with Terri

Please fill out the form below to Request a Reservation for your Editing project

Author Information

Contact Name
Contact Name
First
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Book Information

If you are signing up for multiple books, please complete a separate form for each book

Triggers & Content Warnings

***IMPORTANT *** This disclosure is required, and helps us protect our readers & editors and ensure that our team is the right fit for your project.
Please list any triggering subject matter in your book. Click here to view a list of sample triggers and content warnings

Series Information

Is this book a part of a series?

If the book is part of an existing series, we will read it as a standalone unless:

  • our editors have worked on the rest of the books in the series
  • or unless the author requests the editor catch up on the series as a whole prior to the project start date, the request is approved, and the applicable fee is paid by the author
If this book is part of an existing series, do you want it read as a standalone?

Author Concerns

If you have any particular concerns about your book that you want our Editor to be aware of, please let us know here.
For example:

  • if your book is set in the US but you live outside of the US, and you want particular attention paid to regional word choices
  • if you’re not sure if your grumpy in your grumpy/sunshine is too grumpy
  • if you’re concerned your steamy scenes don’t hit your intended heat level
  • and anything else specific you’d like your Editor to consider during the project

Draft Stage

Please select the draft stage that best describes your manuscript at the time of the project requested

Deadline

Please indicate here if your project has a hard deadline, and we will do our best to accommodate you. If you have a hard deadline, please be advised that our Editors work in US Eastern time (GMT-5) and will deliver projects by the end of day. With that in mind, please adjust the date services need to be completed in the deadline field above to accommodate for time zone differences.
Do You Have a Hard Deadline?
Please note: “Date services need to be completed” is the date that you need the completed project returned to you after our reader(s)/editor(s) have finished the project.
Please note: “Publication Date” is the date you have scheduled for the book to be published
Manuscript must be delivered within 24 hours of the project start date that is indicated and approved at the time of scheduling and deposit. We use manuscript completion dates for scheduling purposes so that we can ensure and editor is available for your project and deadline.
When will your manuscript be ready for scheduling?
Please note: “Actual or Anticipated Manuscript Completion Date” is the date you intend to have the manuscript ready to send to us for your reader(s)/editor(s) to start your project.

Rush Fees

Please note that there may be a rush fee for projects that do not meet the minimum notice and turnaround time for the services selected, and that the rush fee will be calculated based on word count and requested turnaround time (Min. $15 up to 3.00/1k words).

Rush fees may apply for Editing projects which cannot accommodate the 5k/day turnaround. Editing Projects have LIMITED AVAILABILITY and cannot be added to projects with a deadline within 4 weeks.

Rush Fee Agreement

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Please review our Story Services Project Policies

– Turnaround time varies by service. We work in US Eastern time (GMT-5) and will deliver editing projects by end of day (please take this into account with your deadline).
– A deposit of 50% of total project cost is required upfront to reserve your spot and for the project to begin. The remaining balance is due in full prior to the project delivery.
– All Story Services deposits and payments are non-refundable.
– The dates of your reservation are not confirmed or added to our calendar until payment of the deposit invoice is received.
– Editing Reservations can be rescheduled or postponed without a rescheduling fee up until three weeks before the scheduled reservation start date.
– Manuscripts must be delivered to The Author Buddy by 9am Eastern Time on the scheduled reservation start date
– If a project needs to be rescheduled, postponed, or cancelled, all deposits are retained by The Author Buddy; a reschedule fee may apply; and if work has already started, and additional fee will be charged for any work completed beyond the deposit amount, if applicable.
– A rush fee may be applied to projects that do not meet the minimum notice and turnaround time for the services selected.
– Projects are completed in Google Drive / Google Docs unless other arrangements are made prior to the start of the project
– The Author Buddy will send a confirmation email within 48 hours (excluding weekends) for all Story Services signups that will include project details, next steps, and information about the deposit invoice.
– If you have any questions, please email us at hello@theauthorbuddy.com
– Click here to View our Full Terms of Service

I have read and agree to the policies listed above and the Terms of Service, and I understand that a 50% deposit is required for all beta & story services projects at the time of booking.