EDITING
Are you someone whose writing lacks focus and precision? Do you tend to over-write a piece, praying your reader will figure out what you’re trying to say?

You need an editor!

Great editing makes your writing inviting and effective.

Emily’s expert eye and clever way with words will polish your writing and get the results you want. Her experience includes copy-editing and proofreading a range of technical and academic subjects as well as reviewing websites for content and correctness. She is skilled in a number of citation styles, including APA and MLA. Emily works with students who are writing their thesis projects and dissertations.

Do you use AI for your writing?

Emily also edits your AI-created writing. Yes, the human touch is STILL necessary when it comes to producing correct writing that makes sense. Even if you’re proficient using ChatGPT, hiring an expert ensures perfection (and avoids embarrassing wordings that your computer didn’t catch).

EDITING RATES

Emily’s fee for editing ranges from $40-60 per hour (minimum one hour) depending on what kind of editing you need.

Light copyediting is $40 per hour (proofreading and making minimal corrections)

Developmental editing is $50-60 (depending on the complexity of the project and level of the writer).  Emily provides explanations and resources in addition to slight or substantial editing suggestions.

Website content review is $50-60 per hour depending on the complexity of the project (proofreading website to clarify content, correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and wording).

Rush orders (requiring 24-hour turn-around) are an additional $10 per hour.

Emily offers a complimentary consultation before providing an estimate.

CONTENT CREATION

• If you’re losing business because your website content isn’t good enough
• If you want website content that tells your brand’s story
• If you’re looking for content that brings your ideas to life and connects with your ideal customers

Then you’ve come to the right place!

Emily provides expertise in creating content for websites and other online formats including blogs and presentations.  Emily conducts research, writes, and customizes content for a range of websites and courses. As she writes, she keeps in mind best practices in usability and web design.  Emily can also provide graphics to enhance your website, blog, or presentation.

CONTENT CREATION RATES

Emily’s fee for content creation ranges from $65-80 per hour (minimum one hour) depending on what kind of content you need.

Website content review is $50-60 per hour depending on the complexity of the project (proofreading website to clarify content, correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and wording).

Rush orders (requiring 24-hour turn-around) are an additional $10 per hour.

Emily offers a complimentary consultation before providing an estimate.

TUTORING

Are you an English language learner? Does your writing sometimes not make sense? Grammar, word choice, and paragraph structure are not easy to master, but you can improve these skills.

Or maybe you’re a graduate student whose academic writing skills aren’t where they need to be.

If you’re someone whose writing skills need a makeover and your goal is to become a stronger writer in any discipline, you’ve come to the right place!

The process of writing is just as important as what you write. Emily helps you develop the sure-fire habits used by professional writers. You’ll learn how to plan and revise your prose to perfection!

With more than 20 years of experience as a writing instructor and Writing Center Director, Emily will guide you to become a stronger writer.  By exploring the process of writing, including your writing habits and areas of strengths/weaknesses, you learn, improve, and gain confidence towards more independent writing.  More important, your skills as a writer and editor become valuable assets to classmates and colleagues with whom you study and work.

Emily looks forward to working with writers at all levels, in any discipline.  Writing across the curriculum is one of her specialties.  Emily also invites non-native speakers of English to consult with her.

TUTORING RATES

Emily’s fee ranges from $50-75 per hour (minimum one hour) depending on the student’s academic level and requirements.  Emily offers a complimentary consultation before providing an estimate.

ACADEMIC SUCCESS COACHING

Does your child have hit-or-miss study habits? Could their GPA use a BOOST?

Or could YOU use a guiding hand to improve your study habits and boost your GPA?

Emily coaches students to learn how to learn. Learning to learn is always the first step towards academic success.

 With Emily’s coaching you learn how to develop and optimize the strongest habits for improving memory, reading comprehension, and writing.

What exactly is an Academic Success Coach?

Throughout her career as a writing and learning center director, Emily has empowered hundreds of students to develop their college survival skills.  With a strong foundation of survival skills (strong reading comprehension, note-taking, and test-taking) students progress to thrive on their collegiate path and beyond in the workforce.

Emily works one-on-one or can customize a webinar on subjects including:

• Writing college papers
• Developing effective study habits
• Improving reading and comprehension skills
• Avoiding plagiarism
• Master’s and dissertation writing
• Citing with APA (and other) styles
• Writing unique and successful college entrance essays

ACADEMIC SUCCESS COACHING RATES

Emily’s fee ranges from $50-75 per hour (minimum one hour) depending on the student’s academic level and requirements.  Emily offers a complimentary consultation before providing an estimate.