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A good editor doesn’t rewrite words, she rewires synapses.—S. Kelley Harrell

If you’re looking for an editor, you’ve come to the right place. I’m a trained, well-seasoned, versatile editor, and I especially enjoy helping writers publish their books, articles, and stories. In 2006, I launched my freelance editing business in Seattle. Since then, I have helped dozens of writers revise their manuscripts and prepare them for publication. See testimonials from past clients here.

It doesn’t matter where you are in the writing process because my services include coaching, manuscript assessments, and developmental editing, in addition to the usual line editing, copyediting, and proofreading. You’ll find detailed descriptions of these services here. 

Over the years, I’ve edited everything from letters and reports to book-length manuscripts. My favorite genres are nonfiction, memoir, young adult fiction, and literary fiction, but I’ve also edited sci-fi, fantasy, middle grade fiction, and romance. As an editor, I qualify as a “generalist” because, quite frankly, I enjoy variety. Just to illustrate, this past winter, I line edited an article on stamp collecting, copyedited a novel, and provided a manuscript assessment for a sci-fi writer.

If you aren’t sure which type of editing you need, no worries! We’ll figure that out when you submit your free sample edit.

 

 

     

 

Melanie Austin, freelance editor/owner of Seattle Editing 

 

Contact me:

Email: [email protected]
Message phone: (206) 784-7070