Hilary Doda - Editor

Professional editor with more than 20 years in-house and freelance experience. Available for fiction, non-fiction, and games. LBGTQ works of all kinds are particularly welcome.

Now booking for April 2021. My current base rates are as follows (subject to change as per project requirements). All prices are in US Dollars:

Combination developmental and copy edit: $0.02 / word
Developmental edit: $0.015 / word
Editorial assessment: $0.01 / word
Line / copy edit: $0.01 / word
Proofreading: $0.007 / word

I began my editing career in tabletop role-playing games and have careened all over the board since then! I am available for developmental / structural edits, copy editing, and proofreading, with or without the Oxford comma. My editing portfolio is heavy on the romance at the moment, but I also welcome historical and modern fiction and women's fiction, LitRPG, mystery, horror, sci-fi, and fantasy of all word counts.

On the non-fiction side, I welcome humanities and social sciences monographs and chapters, whether they're being reworked for submission or polished for a major university press. My Ph.D is Interdisciplinary (humanities), and I have specific expertise in history, material culture studies, dress studies, and archaeology.

My priority is maintaining the author's unique voice, while lending an invisible hand. The best editors are the ones whose work you never notice - until it isn't there!