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A Range of Services at Competitive Prices My name is Katie Yee, and I’m a professional freelance book editor. I'm glad you've found your way to my little corner of the editing world. You will find me encouraging, easy to work with, reliable, and trustworthy. I have worked with authors from many backgrounds on a variety of projects, but I especially love the opportunity to work with Christian authors on faith-based projects. My first step is getting to know an author and their unique inspiration for writing. Then I join with them to make their writing clear and compelling. My projects have varied in size from 300 to 170,000 words. Whether I’m working with experienced, best-selling authors or first-time authors, I love helping people get their manuscript just right before sending it out into the world. I am a proud member of The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network and the Christian Editor Connection. I provide a full range of professional editing services and can help you determine the next step for your manuscript. Honoring your vision and unique voice is always my priority. I am flexible and can adapt my editing to your specific needs and budget. Are you: • a novelist looking to make sure your plot is sound and your characters are fully developed? • a first-time writer unsure about the next step for your manuscript? • writing an opinion piece for your local newspaper? • a blogger? • finally starting that memoir your kids have always urged you to write? • finding that your website verbiage needs a once-over? • working on a book or e-book with a message you know will impact others? I would love to work with you! Katie Yee Blue Jay Editing Services Editing rates are an estimate and will be finalized after a brief complimentary review of your manuscript: - Developmental Editing Service (analyzing the overall organization, strength, and effectiveness; examining the "bones" of the book) - Line Editing / Heavy Copyediting Service (focusing at the paragraph and sentence level on clarity and flow) - Proofreading / Light Copyediting Service (combing through a highly developed text correcting errors of grammar, spelling, syntax, etc.) - Mini Developmental Editing Service (reading a manuscript and writing a letter with general observations and suggestions for how to proceed)

Have you written a novel or short story and are unsure if the story is complete? What about your characters--are they fully developed? Will your conflicts keep the tension high and keep your readers turning pages? If you're not sure, let's talk about a developmental edit. Have you written a nonfiction book or article but are unsure if the whole thing makes sense from start to finish? Are your ideas fully fleshed out, or are there gaps that your readers may fall into? Let's talk about your content and your organization. Have you written something--book-length or not, fiction or nonfiction--and you're confident about the big-picture elements but you're not sure if your writing style is strong enough for publication yet? Do you think your work could use some help at the sentence and paragraph level? Let's talk about a line edit. Are you "this close" to publication but you want another set of eyes on your work, just to ensure there are no typos, grammar mistakes, or missing words? Let's talk about proofreading. Since 2011, I've been helping my clients polish their writing, and I'd love to talk to you about yours. Prior to freelancing, I taught high school and middle school English and spent many years as a newspaper reporter and editor. I've got the experience and the education to help you. I know grammar rules backwards and forwards, as well as both the Chicago Manual of Style and AP style, and I have no problem meeting deadlines. Your manuscript, paper, article, or email will shine when I'm finished with it. I welcome your questions and am looking forward to learning more about your project!

I am a trained historian and an expert copy editor and proofreader, with proven skills in making any text more readable, free of errors, and ready for publication in print or online. I work easily with text of all varieties, including auto-generated, but I specialize in scholarly nonfiction, having edited articles, books, and blogs professionally, for an academic journal and as a personal book editor, for over a decade. I offer: ⭐ WRITING GUIDANCE / I can assist you at any—or every—step of your productive process, whether you are just starting out or have a nearly completed draft. From helping you break through writer's block to discussing how to enhance the organization of your manuscript, I can help you mentally and editorially through the difficult process of constructing and completing a document. ⭐ LINE-BY-LINE EDITING / Let me follow your lead in optimizing your manuscript's power and style. I will clarify your views, demonstrate how to strengthen the impact of your prose and visual elements, and ensure that the guidelines of your form of work are met. I will standardize your text according to the most-used manuals of style or your own personal style guide. I am comfortable with CMS, MLA, APA, and AP style manuals, but I am also familiar with the importance of checking publishers' house styles to ensure conformity of your project. ⭐ COPY EDITING / If you are seeking to have the last corrections to your manuscript made—giving it that final sense of polish in style, grammar, and citations, let me help. I will move quickly and with a sure hand to make timely and professional changes that increase the strength and appeal of your argument(s) while rendering your work grammatically impeccable. ⭐ PROOFREADING / When almost everything about your manuscript is in place, I can perform the final, necessary step prior to putting your work before the public. I correct all grammar, typographical, syntactical, and citation errors, giving my meticulous attention to ensuring consistency of usage across all sections of your manuscript. I can also provide a human touch to enhance AI-generated writing. ⭐ Perhaps my most crucial skill is that I listen. I’ll work with you to craft your ideas and your voice into all you want and need it to be. Whatever your project—large or small, on paper or online—I can guide your thinking, help structure your piece, and will be your last line of defense against errors and inconsistencies.

Greetings! I am a freelance writer, researcher, and editor with a BA in English Literature. Reading is my passion, and I also love researching and writing! My most recent experience on Upwork is ghostwriting non-fiction books, children's books, website articles, Youtube scripts, and some technical writing. Additionally, I have experience editing non-fiction books for publication, poetry, academic papers, and blog posts. Detail-oriented and self-motivated, I put at least 110% into everything I do!

• I work with small presses and indie authors in all stages of book development, including developmental editing, line editing, proofreading, beta reading, and marketing (such as writing back cover text, taglines, and assigning search keywords and categories). • Experienced in all genres, particularly romance and mystery/thriller. • I collaborate with you—we have conversations instead of me just making edits on the fly. I want to have a clear idea of your vision because I’m here to help amplify your voice, not change it.

I help brands, authors, artists, and scholars tell their stories to the world and circulate information that is clear, correct, and compelling. This is not just my profession, it is my passion. I eat checklists for breakfast, style guides for lunch, and final revisions for dinner. I am in love with language and writing, obsessed with details, and I believe in a better world via storytelling and creativity. My experience includes: writer (US Ghost Adventures), proofreader and editor (Grammarly, High Bridge Books, Crystal Lake Publishing, Horror Writers Association, Writers Services), academic editor and marketing assistant (Purdue University Fort Wayne), social media content creator (American Red Cross, Sykophunk Productions), editor in chief (Confluence), and helping independent authors as a book editor, formatter, ghostwriter, and publishing consultant.