Lara Zielinsky

Newsletter Relaunch

Navigating to a new newsletter plan. My quarter 1 business analysis found that paying for my newsletter wasn’t as cost effective as it could be. So I’ve migrated my few subscribers (thanks to all of you!) to my website. I still won’t deluge you with content, only sending out a newsletter/post once a month. ~ContinueContinue reading “Newsletter Relaunch”

Why should you hire a professional proofreader?

Check out this popular meme: Did you catch the error? Between the image and the text font, you might have missed the fact that the word overlaying the lemon is actually “melons”, a transposition of the “l” and the “m”. Happens to all of us. But your brain can trick you into missing errors likeContinueContinue reading “Why should you hire a professional proofreader?”

Coaching

Rate: $60 per hour Coaching sessions, are direct instructional discussions about your writing using Zoom. In this one-on-one space, I can help you with specific aspects of story craft: point of view building stories developing characters the difference between present and past tense (and how to fix the errors) how to recognize and fix pointContinueContinue reading “Coaching”

Proofreading

Rate: $5.00 per 1,000 words ($0.005 per word) What is a Proofread? A proofread is the final step before publication and copy editing – fixing the spelling, grammar, punctuation, and flow of the story’s sentences for tone and clarity – should already have been done. You may say that you had beta readers and didn’tContinueContinue reading “Proofreading”

Developmental Editing

Rate: $16.00 per 1,000 words ($0.016 per word) Note: the developmental edit is based on the target word count typical of the genre of your story. Here’s a Reedsy article regarding book length that may help you determine what this means for your project. I typically only take on ONE developmental client at a time,ContinueContinue reading “Developmental Editing”

Manuscript evaluation

Rate: $6.00 per 1,000 words ($0.006 per word) Note: the evaluation is based on the target word count typical of the genre you are writing in. Here’s a comprehensive Reedsy article regarding book length that may help you. Here’s a simple graphic . The reason for this is that evaluations will include ways to increaseContinueContinue reading “Manuscript evaluation”

Book formatting

This is a new service I am offering (2023) so turnaround time is not yet set in stone. Flat rate minimum (assuming a novel of ~50k) = $120, and done in one week. $10 (and another day) per 10,000 words above that, so… 60k book = $130.70k book = $140.80k book = $150. What youContinueContinue reading “Book formatting”

Copy editing

Rate: $9.00 per 1,000 words ($0.009 per word) Copy Editing is editing that brings the manuscript up to the appropriate style through paragraph and sentence restructuring, and grammar fixes to fix or strengthen voice and tone. A copy editing sample (free up to 1,500 words) is definitely recommended before we dive in. You’ll want toContinueContinue reading “Copy editing”

Finding Readers (and buyers!)

In writing last week about creating your book blurb, I mentioned that having this information will come in handy when writing query letters. But perhaps you already decided to self-publish and figured you could skip that. Don’t. Finding readers (and buyers!) – whether they are acquisition editors at a traditional publisher or readers who enjoyContinueContinue reading “Finding Readers (and buyers!)”

Writing a Book Blurb

In November, you probably wrote madly and got a lot of words down for the story of your dreams. You now have to take a step back and figure out what it is you’ve got. If you don’t know what you have, you’re not likely to get very far trying to fix it. In myContinueContinue reading “Writing a Book Blurb”