Are you a fellow writer? Do you have a draft you’re not sure what to do with? Or maybe you’d like to release your book to a wide public – if only you could make them buy? Or you have everything in place…except the tagline or your author bio?
Never fear, R. Jean Mathieu is here! I am now offering both editing and marketing services to my fellow authors. I’ve spent twenty-five years honing my craft and my tradecraft, and you can benefit from my professional experience. Have a look at my schedule below, and contact me with any questions.
If you don’t see the service you need (cover design, art, sensitivity reading), contact me anyway! I offer referrals to professional, reliable folks in and around publishing.
Editing Services
Developmental Edits
Edits wide and deep to get to the root of the book. This is the big-picture level, where we assess things like characterization, plot integrity, pacing, and story clarity. If you’ve got a Big Middle that’s gotten way too big, or writer’s block just pages before the climax, or a protagonist that nobody likes but you, let me help!
Rates: $0.10 USD per word – half up front, half on delivery of finished, noted draft.
Line Edits
Word by word, the story is told. This is where we get into the fine details of word choice, run-on sentences, and power verbs. Let your lines sing and your words shine, once I’ve given them a polish.
Rates: $0.05 USD per word – half up front, half on delivery of finished, noted draft.
Copy Edits
Got the final draft almost ready to go? Let me do your copy edits – and catch every misspelling, misplaced comma, and mistaken fact. Once I’m done combing your manuscript, it will be ready to release onto the world.
Rates: $0.03 USD per word – half up front, half on delivery of finished, noted draft.
Marketing Services
Author Bios
I have yet to meet the writer, author, or creator who enjoys writing their biography for websites, social, and elsewhere. Worry no more! We’ll sit down to a Zoom interview, and from your answers, I’ll compose an author bio that will make readers go “I want to get to know them!”
Not convinced? Check out my author bios (long and short)!
Rates: $99 USD for a long bio (500-1000 words), $129 USD for a short bio (100 words or less). Half up front, half on delivery. Get both for $199 USD!
Book Blurbs
Ah, the dreaded book blurb. Whether you call it the blurb, the back jacket, or the Amazon description, those scanty few paragraphs can make or break a sale, and make or break a book.
Rates: Sliding scale. Half up front, half on delivery. Got a back jacket that just needs a little polish and pizazz? Only $25 USD. Do you have a “near-ready” draft, but plenty of plot notes and an outline? I can do that for $75 USD. If you want, I can read the entire draft cover to cover and create a blurb from scratch – starting from $150 USD. No LLM-generated material accepted.
Taglines
“It’s 2100. There is no more Space Shuttle. No more space program. No more final frontiers.”
“Buddhist beatnik vampires of 1955 San Francisco.”
“Christmas is always the same. Again…and again…and again…”
Taglines. Short. Sweet. And your most powerful marketing tool (after the cover). Let me draft the perfect tagline for your book, to catch readers’ attention and intrigue them to open the cover…
Rates: $0.50 per word. Half up front, half on delivery.
Publishing Assistance
You’ve got the book finished. You might even have a cover. Now what? I’ll help you find your distribution (are you going narrow onto Amazon? As wide as possible? Or are you avoiding the ‘Zon entirely?), prep your manuscript, send out ARCs, and start getting the hype machine going for your next bestseller.
Rates: Variable – every writer, every book, every job is different. One-hour consultation for $99 USD, other services as needed. Estimate generated, full payment on delivery.
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