Raw Book Editing is NOT taking on new clients at this time. If you've been referred to us by a current client, please email us at rawbookediting@gmail.com to discuss if we can accommodate you. 

Sorry for any inconvenience, but the pandemic has been hard on us all and life needs adjusting sometimes. We hope to accept new clients in the near future. THANK YOU!

 “The editor is always right.” The corollary is that no writer will take all of his or her editor’s advice; for all have sinned and fallen short of editorial perfection. Put another way, to write is human, to edit is divine.

—Stephen King



Raw Book Editing is still here. Rates and processes are the same. See the above menu for information.

We are great at editing books, but shit at updating this website. 

We're not much better at updating Facebook, but we do share links from our authors as often as we can and we drop the occasional funny if you want to give us a Like over there. The sidebar will get you to Facebook. 

Happy writing!

Mandy, Sarah & team

New Year, New Projects

With the new year just a couple days away, we wanted to extend our appreciation and gratitude to our clients for their trust in us with their book babies. We love helping authors complete a project and get to the finish line with a book they can take pride in. And we are looking forward to continuing our work in 2020. We have officially added a second editor to our staff to meet the need from new to us authors. Sarah has been with Raw Book editing in various capacities over the last couple years and she's excited to take on new work.
We are open to new clients from all genres, though, we have a fondness for romance. Our calendar has openings available for all services. We look forward to working with old friends and new in the new year.

Is it summer yet?

Raw Book Editing has been undergoing a few changes behind the scenes in recent months. Updates to the site will be coming, but don't expect more frequent posts from me. I'm busy editing, or reading, or being a wife and mom. Websites are so not my forte. Words are my thing.
We still offer developmental editing and copy editing, as well as proofreading services. Primarily, we work with writers in the romance genre, though we have recently branched out to urban fantasy and thrillers. We have enjoyed those projects so much that we welcome discussing your project, whatever it may be, and how we can help you put out a spectacular piece of fiction. Whether it's a reverse harem novel, a thriller, an erotic otherworld romance, or a contemporary romance; Raw Book Editing's staff has you covered.

Here we are again months later and I'm finally posting an update. The Raw Editing Calendar has been FULL and we have been busy, busy. Lots of new clients and projects that have filled our days.
With the holidays approaching, I wanted to say thank you to all who have sent inquiries or signed on as new clients in 2018. This has been a great year and I cannot wait to see what my authors bring me in 2019! This year has been a wealth of new paranormal stories with all manner of supernatural beings. And plenty of erotic romance, as well.
This year also saw a change in our proofreading prices and that opened our staff up to new ventures with new to us names. Need some proofing done? Give us a shout and we'll get you on the schedule.
I'm looking forward to more excitement and new stories in 2019 and who knows? I just might publish a little something of my own.
Happy holidays, friends!
Thanks for your support!

Long time, No post

When I got this site up and running, I knew I would be terrible at remembering to update it and add posts. I had lofty goals and thoughts of reviews, grammar tips and posts about the writing and publishing world in general.

Obviously, those goals were shot when I left the site hanging for months and months. I'm a bit better at updating my Facebook page, but not by much.

The truth is I don't want to update a website constantly. I like to read books, talk books, edit books and be with my people. If it's outside of that, I tend to slack and put things off.  

We've recently updated our proofreading prices. These prices make it a great deal if you want to clean up a back catalog, or if you're not super thrilled with the lack of polish another editor provided.
The new prices are by length and the turnaround for a proofread is still less than 4 days.

Rather than charge by the page like our other services, proofreading will be charged based on word count as follows:
Up to 50K words= $75
51K-75K= $85
75K-100K= $110
101K-125K= $135

That's all for now. I'll try (don't hold your breath) to update more often. 

I caved!

I now have a business page on Facebook. I tried to resist having another thing to admin, but Facebook made a page for me and kept pestering me to update it. In an effort to be more social and hopefully fill some holes in my editing schedule, I did it. I have a Facebook page. Now I'll just have to remember to post on it often.
Come see me there and tell your friends!
Watch for a special deal on proofreading back catalog books!

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