Your job is to create an impactful story readers will adore. My job is to make it shine. Why don't we chat?
If you would like to request any of my services whatsoever, please fill out the initial form below (or click HERE) and I will get back to you as quickly as possible. Please read all of the information below, or at least the section pertaining to the service that you would like to use. Thank you!
*** Currently booking projects through 2025!***
I graduated Magna Cum Laude (Latin honors) in May 2019 from Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Since then, I have been studying and honing my craft based on current publishing trends. I have had the honor of editing dozens of manuscripts since my graduation, and I enjoy working with a range of fiction and nonfiction genres. For more information, please read below!
I am also thrilled to announce that for 2025, I am now offering discounts for college students as well as U.S. veterans, first responders, and members of the Realm Makers Consortium on Facebook.
I offer several editing services for fiction, poetry, website/blog pages, articles, nonfiction, screenwriting, and speeches. Please read all of the information below! I offer free sample edits. Please contact me if you would like a sample edit of the first ten pages of your manuscript!
Line Editing: Focus at the sentence and paragraph level; it is concerned with how the story is communicated to the reader.
Copy Editing: Focus on grammar, punctuation, spelling, and other errors, as well as proper style (AP, APA, Chicago, MLA, etc.)
Content Editing: Focuses on storytelling aspects - story development, presentation, theme, plot, characters, audience, and so forth.
Proofreading: One final sweep through the manuscript to ensure any small typos are cleaned up.
Query Letter/Synopsis Review: Your query letter has to stand out above the rest. Make sure your elevator pitch, sample, and other needed information are polished!
Line editing cost: 0.004 per word ($4.00/1,000 words)
Copy editing cost: 0.006 per word ($6.00/1,000 words)
Content/Developmental editing cost: 0.007 per word ($7.00/1,000 words)
Proofreading: 0.003 per word ($3.00/1,000 words)
Copy editing cost: 0.006 per word ($6.00/1,000 words)
Content/Developmental editing cost: 0.007 per word ($7.00/1,000 words)
Proofreading: 0.003 per word ($3.00/1,000 words)
Query Letter/Synopsis Review: 0.004 per word ($4.00/1,000 words)
If you have booked me for prior books in your series, you're in luck! You will receive a 20% discount on any total editing costs for subsequent novels in your series.
If you are a college student, I am thrilled to provide a 20% discount on all total editing costs.
If you are a U.S. veteran or first responder, I am also offering a 25% discount on in total editing costs.
If you’re active with the Realm Makers Consortium on Facebook or the RealmSphere, you’re eligible for a 15% discount!
I also offer editing bundles. If you know you want to book me for multiple editing stages but want to save some money, my rates are as follows:
Just Getting Started Bundle: Content and line editing for 0.01 per word ($10.00/1,000 words)
Everything Bundle: Content, line, and copy editing for 0.014 per word ($14.00/1,000 words)
Cleanup Bundle: Line and copy edit for 0.008 per word ($8.00/1,000 words)
Polishing Bundle: Copy edit and proofread: 0.007 per word ($7.00/1,000 words)
Just Getting Started Bundle: Content and line editing for 0.01 per word ($10.00/1,000 words)
Everything Bundle: Content, line, and copy editing for 0.014 per word ($14.00/1,000 words)
Cleanup Bundle: Line and copy edit for 0.008 per word ($8.00/1,000 words)
Polishing Bundle: Copy edit and proofread: 0.007 per word ($7.00/1,000 words)
Format & Finish Bundle: Proofread and format: 0.005 per word ($5.00/1,000 words)
Formatting: I am now offering formatting services using Atticus software! Offering dozens of fonts, scene breaks, graphics, and more. You will receive a package of ePUB and PDF files for your manuscript. We will work together to create your custom interior design for the manuscript, plus up to three free alterations to ensure your interior formatting is perfect! Any additional changes will be $5-10 depending on the changes necessary. Prior to formatting, please ensure that you have a completely edited manuscript, trim size, and copyright information ready.
Novels (50,001 words and above): $60 flat rate
Novellas (between 7501-50,000 words): $50 flat rate
Short stories (up to 7500 words): $10 flat rate
Poetry books: $25 flat rate
Short stories (up to 7500 words): $10 flat rate
Poetry books: $25 flat rate
Turnaround for formatting varies. Short stories will have a turnaround of 1-2 days, whereas longer works may take up to one week. For the proofreading and formatting bundle, the same 4-6 week turnaround will apply for editing to ensure your manuscript is as clean as can be!
Manuscript Critique: A manuscript critique won't edit your novel for you, but it will give you crucial feedback by a reader from the perspective of a writer. You will receive a feedback sheet filling you in on the strengths and weaknesses in your novel and writing style, as well as some tips on how to improve your book. Pricing is as follows:
Short stories (up to 7500 words): $20.00
Novellas (between 7501-50,000 words): $40.00
Novels (50,001 words and above): $75.00
Blurb Critique: A blurb critique helps tighten and craft your blurb into a short but impactful selling point for your novel! I offer blurb critiques for a flat rate of $15.00.
Short Stories: I do accept short stories (typically less than 7500 words) as well as novelettes and novellas for all of the above editing services. The same rates apply.
All editing projects will be completed within six weeks, excluding editing packages, so please plan accordingly. If you need a rush order for editing, a $20 rush fee will apply. For editing packages: upon inquiry and receiving basic information about your manuscript, a custom schedule will be created for you.
When editing, I keep an eagle-eye out for the following:
Clarity, spelling, grammar, typographical errors, cohesiveness, awkward transitions, theme, character arcs, and plot. On Word 2019, I use the "track changes" feature and add comments throughout for thoughts and suggestions. This way, you can confirm or reject changes as you see fit. Of course, you have the final say over your project! I also use a similar process through Google Docs, and am comfortable using either program. Additionally, I can now work on Atticus as an editor!
When you contact me, please feel free to include the first two chapters of your book, or the first ten pages - whichever comes first. I will edit these for free and on a trial basis. Next, I will send them back to you; this way, we can ensure that we're a good match for editing. Once this is confirmed, I will send you a contract that you may sign digitally.
I specialize in Christian fiction and nonfiction, but will accept screenwriting, speeches, nonfiction, poetry, website/blog content, and articles. I reserve the right to reject a manuscript based on explicit erotic content. I reserve the right to reject a manuscript based on deadline restraints, scheduling, or conflict with personal beliefs.
I value honesty, professionalism, and integrity. Because of this, I will not edit school essays - that is illegal.
Please ensure that your manuscript is formatted in 12pt Times New Roman, double-spaced, with chapters beginning on new pages. Page numbers are not required but appreciated.
I am familiar with and have closely followed style guides for MLA, Chicago, and AP formats.
I have six years of experience professionally editing manuscripts. I have edited dozens of publications within the following genres: sci-fi, dystopian, fantasy, contemporary, action, romance, western, historical, nonfiction, Christian devotional, light novel, Young Adult, and Middle Grade. Additionally, I was a copyeditor for the Clarion Call News for two semesters. I graduated Magna Cum Laude (Latin honors) in May 2019 from Clarion University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Throughout my college career, I always received very high grades in editing, writing, and literary analysis, including a 92% final grade in a "near-Master-level professional editing course" as described by my professor.
If you would like to work with me, please fill out this form and I will be in touch shortly!
**These services do not guarantee success in selling, positive reviews, etc. I am available to help you create great characters, polish a great novel, or make cohesive graphics suited to your needs and style, but in no way does that guarantee an overnight bestseller.
Michaela gave amazing tips for building my plot and came to the rescue with grammar issues. I would recommend Michaela to anyone in need of a punctual editor!
Michaela was fantastic to work with! She was very encouraging and had great ideas, especially for how to smooth out some bulky or hard-to-understand sections. Her line edit suggestions kept everything very true to my style, helping the meaning to shine through without being cluttered with unclear sentences. I recommend her line editing service especially if you're looking for someone to clean up those sticky parts you can't quite figure out how to phrase, or areas where you feel like your writing might be a little too choppy.
- R.M. SCHELLER, author of Extension Squad Vol. 1
Five stars!
Michaela Bush is amazing and talented. She completed a developmental edit for my Young Adult manuscript in a quick and efficient time frame.
I’d love to work with her again in the future because her editing services are thorough with great suggestions and attention to detail. Her kind and genuine interest in the manuscript, and the vision I laid out originally, makes Michaela an extraordinary editor. Everything I asked or commented on, she responded quickly, helpfully, accurately, and effectively. Every comment and suggestion she made on the flow, syntax, and development in my manuscript were extremely helpful.
Not only was she helpful with the edits, but she was genuine in her supportive comments and suggestions she made through the manuscript. If I need an editor again, I’ll definitely call on Michaela’s expertise and skill.
After Michaela’s editing, my manuscript is complete.
- REBEKAH THOMPSON, author of Not So Cinderella.
Working with Michaela is the best decision I have made as a writer. I was terrified to get my first editor. It meant that I was giving my work over to be critiqued, and most writers are scared of that. Michaela had such a good approach when looking over my work. She commented when things needed fixing, but also when things were good and she wanted to let me know that she liked it. That really boosted the confidence I had in my story. She is so good at working on your vision. She made sure the plot flowed, the ending wasn't rushed, the character's had full arcs, and the story actually had an impact on readers. My story went from being good to being amazing and I owe that to her hard work and dedication. Definitely a good choice if you're scared to get an editor.
- NATHANIEL LUSCOMBE, author featured in The Animals of Pink and Yellow, Where Giants Fall, and other anthologies.
