Editing Services

Do you dream of publishing a book that will keep your readers up all night—bleary-eyed and desperate to make it to the end of the chapter before they fall asleep?

If so, I am your new best friend.

And as your new best friend, I promise to open your eyes to your storytelling strengths, amplify your voice, and smoke out each lingering grammar error—together, we will pull the magic in your story up to the surface and make your dream a reality.

Why I Started Ryan Edits LLC

I learned to read at five years old, and ever since, words and stories have been my entire world. Twenty-six years after crafting my first sentence, I published my first book, but by then I had already worked as an editor for years.

As a fellow author, I know the challenge of crafting a story that will keep your reader up past their bedtime. I know the toil that manuscript you’re holding in your hands represents. You’ve already put your blood, sweat, and tears into your writing—and I want nothing more than to come alongside you to help you pull the magic in your words to the surface,

to polish your story until it shines so that your book can go to print as the best version of itself—and start wreaking havoc on your readers’ bedtimes.

My Dream

YOUR DREAM is publishing a story that will keep your readers in its grip until the concept of bedtime loses all meaning.

MY DREAM is making your dream a reality.

And after eight years of my dream job—editing countless manuscripts for authors just like you—I only love it more.

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What I Do

Authors come to me at different stages of their writing process.

Some struggle with sagging middles, others with a story that never slows down from its breakneck speed.

Some authors have stories that meander along at a pace that makes their readers snooze. Some suffer from too-low stakes or the snappy dialogue in their head falling flat on the page.

Working with me, you’ll always receive kind, professional, and helpful feedback about your story’s structure, pacing, characters, dialogue, flow, voice, and inconsistencies—all the little actors that will bring your story closer to the bane-of-bedtimes you dream of.

I will never take over your story, only come alongside you to search for the strong points and subtle weaknesses—and suggest improvements.

Your story is  here to make your dream come true.

You are the brilliant author of this story, and you’ll always know your book better than I will.

That said, every author whose story I’ve edited at the later stages have published their books, and I’m certain, ruined many a sensible bedtime schedule.

And you can, too!

What Is My Editing Process Like?

Step 1:

Contact me for a no-strings-attached 1000 word sample edit to ensure I’m the right editor to make your dreams a reality.

Step 2:

I email you the finished sample edit, my availability, contract, and booking fee invoice of 10% of the full price.

Step 3:

You return your signed contract, chosen time slot (filled on a first come, first serve basis).

Step 4:

I email you a receipt of your booking fee and a final timeline.

Step 5:

2 weeks before the start of the edit, I email the deposit invoice of 40% of the full price.

Step 6:

You email me your manuscript, and once the deposit invoice is paid, I start the edit.

Step 7:

Weekly email updates with a chance to ask any questions.

Step 8:

I return your manuscript with tracked changes and comments in the document as well as your multi-page editorial letter (developmental), style sheet (line edit and proofreading), and the final payment invoice of 40% of the full price.

Step 9:

You go over my editorial feedback, I answer any questions about the comments over email.

Step 10:

No bedtime is safe.

Get your sample edit here

You have a fully finished manuscript in your hands.

You did it!

You wrote a book!

You are so close to your publishing dream you can almost taste it!

 

  • But wait … is that a loose end slithering out of your grasp on page 265?

  • Is that an email from a beta reader telling you your story has a sagging middle?

Not to worry—your new best friend to the rescue!

I’ll dig into your story on a developmental level,

find the strong points of your story structure and where it starts to sag—and together, we will pull the magic in your story to the surface and bring you one step closer to your publishing dream.

What Does My Developmental Editing Service Include?

  • 6 weeks and 2 passes
  • Tracked changes and comments in your story document as well as a multi-page editorial letter.

 

  • Investment:
  • $5.35/page
  •  $0.0214/word

My Story Already Went Through A Developmental Edit .... What Now?

  • Developmental edits are not for the faint of heart, so I recommend you celebrate your fabulous self with a piece of cake, and follow it up with my line editing service.
The Developmental Edit

You have implemented the changes  from your developmental edit.

You are an author!

You did it!

You are so close to your publishing dream you can smell the heady scent of fresh ink in the air!

  • But wait … didn’t that character have blue eyes at the beginning of the book?
  • Did you really use the word perplexed four times in one paragraph?
  • Is your voice that inconsistent?
  • That snappy dialogue sounded brilliant in your head, why does it fall flat on the page?

Not to worry—your new best friend to the rescue!

I’ll go line-by-line through your story to give you a road map of both your beautiful prose flowing effortlessly onto the page and the sentences where things get a bit more … clunky, let’s say—together, we will pull the magic in your story to the surface and bring you one step closer to your publishing dream.

What Does My Line Editing Service Include?

  • 6 weeks and 1 pass
  • Tracked changes and comments in your story document as well as a short editorial letter and a style sheet.
  • Investment:
  • $5.83/page
  •  $0.0234/word

My Story Already Went Through A Line Edit .... What Now?

  • I take my hat off to you and your hard work and recommend following up with my proofreading service.
THE LINE EDIT

You’ve implemented the editorial changes from the line edit, and you’re holding a fully finished manuscript in your hands. 

You wrote a book! 

You did it! 

You are so close to your publishing dream it’s dizzying!

  • But wait … why is your main character sniking onto a bed?
  • Did you accidentally use the wrong brother’s name during that argument?
  • Is that…. Does that comma go there?

Not to worry—your new best friend to the rescue!

I’ll smoke out every last one of the resilient typos, comma errors, and general grammatical mayhem—and together we polish your story until it’s all ready to go to print.

What Does My Proofreading Service Include?

  • 4 weeks and 2 passes
  • Tracked changes and comments in your story document as well as a style sheet to keep track of style choices such as spelling variations, character names, etc.
  • Investment:
  • $1.5/page
  •  $0.006/word

What About When I’m Done With The Proofread?

  • I crack open a bottle of virtual champagne in your honor, and send you on your way to make that publishing dream a reality!
The Proofread

My Editing Qualifications

EXPERIENCE (8 YEARS)

  • Edited 50+ fiction manuscripts in 2020-2024 in the genres of romance (contemporary, historical, inspirational, and paranormal), sci-fi fantasy, and YA fantasy.

  • Published 5 books, The Norwegian Christmas Marriage Plot (2023), A Winter Proposal (2023), The Fairshaw Library (2022), Pirate’s Treasure (2021), and The Christmas Marriage Plot (2020).

  • Edited, ghostwrote, and proofread blog posts, articles, sales pages, emails, website copy, and short e-books for multiple clients, 2017-2020

  • Helped promote 35+ books as part of the launch teams for 11 different authors, 2015-2023

BOOKS MY CLIENTS HAVE PUBLISHED (11)

(Developmental, line edit, copyedit/proofread) Here Dreaming Though Wide Awake, Shawna Woodland, Historical Romance, 2023

(Developmental, line edit, copyedit/proofread) Darling Men Series: 2 books: A Darling Angler, A Darling Handyman, Lark Holiday, Contemporary Romance, 2022-2023

(Copyedit/proofread) Evraft Galaxy Series: 2 books: A Little Beside You, Yesterday or Long Ago,, Jenni Sauer, Sci-fi Fantasy Romance, 2021

(Copyedit/proofread) Mint Springs Series: 5 books: Make It Shine, Make It Burn, Make It Last, Make It Count, Make It Sparkle, Jessie Harper, Contemporary Romance, 2021

(Developmental/line edit) Bumper Crop, Jessie Harper, Contemporary Romance, 2020


EDUCATION

CERTIFICATES

Book Editor Certificate, IAP Career College, 2021

DEGREES

Associates of Arts in History, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2023, Information & Communication Technology studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2020, Pedagogical Information & Communication Technology studies, Østfold University College, 2019, Agriculture & Natural Sciences, European Agricultural College, 2008

MEMBERSHIPS

Editorial Freelancers Association, 2021-present, Independent Book Publishing Professionals, 2021, American Christian Fiction Writers, 2017/2018, 2021/2022