How to Submit Your Manuscript
Signing the contract
If our fees and services are agreeable to you, we will either E-mail or mail you a simple contract to sign. The contract will detail the exact editing services you have laid out for us to perform and the time frame in which we must complete the service for you.
After we have both signed the contract (you can type your name as an electronic signature if sent through E-mail), we will begin work on your project immediately.
If our working relationship is long-term, Stirling Editing has an open contract available that may suit your needs.
Submitting your project
Hard or Soft Copy?
While hard copy is preferred, Stirling Editing can edit electronically if this method is easier for you. Generally, Microsoft Word’s Track Changes is used. If you are unfamiliar with Track Changes, but would like to try it, we can walk through the basics of how to use and decipher its proofreading marks. It’s quite simple once you know how to navigate it.
How to Format
Please submit your project in this format:
Double-spaced
12-point font
Times New Roman font type
Please include in your submission:
A full or partial manuscript.
A table of contents, if available.
A cover page listing your contact information (if not on your title or first page). Please include your full name, phone number, home address, and E-mail address.
A synopsis of your story, if available.
Where to submit
Mail hard copy submissions to:
Stirling Editing
1221 SE Ellsworth Rd. Apt 194
Vancouver, WA 98664
E-mail electronic submissions to:
cheri@cherilasota.com
Client Questionnaire
In order for us to give you an accurate estimate on your project, we need to learn a little bit about you and your writing. We can either E-mail you these questions or you can cut and paste them into the body of an E-mail or Word document. Please return by E-mail. Thank you!
What is the total page count of your manuscript?
Is your manuscript double-spaced in 12-point font? In other words, are there about 250 words per page?
What is your deadline?
Do you have any budgetary concerns?
How many revisions have you already done on the project?
Do you prefer we edit on hard copy or soft copy? Soft copy options are Microsoft Word’s Track Changes method or Adobe Reader Comments.
What operating system and word processing program do you use?
What is your project’s target audience or genre?
Do you have any experience with the publishing industry?
Are there any specific problems that you would like us to look at?
Do you have any table of contents, glossaries, synopses, etc., for your project that we should be aware of?
What type of edit do you want us to do? If you have any questions or are unsure of what kind of edit you need, feel free to email Stirling Editing for further information.
Payment specifics
For book-length works:
When you send a printed copy of the manuscript, please include a check for half or one-third of the full fee as specified in your contract.
The rest of the fee is due when we have returned the manuscript to you.
For shorter fiction or partials:
Stirling Editing will require full payment when we have completed the edit and sent it back to you.
Please let me know if we can be of more assistance or can make the process easier for you. Stirling Editing aims to ensure the customer service you receive is top-notch.
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