Mark's Editing Shop

Welcome to my personalized editing service!

My aim is to help each of my clients find their own clear voice as a writer. To this end, I try to tune in to your natural style, as expressed in your best and most creative passages, and make suggestions to help bring all your work up to that standard.

So you can easily see the before-and-after of the changes I make, I like to use MS Word's "tracking" feature to highlight changes. This makes it easy for you to review all the changes to see whether you approve of them. It also helps you to learn to better edit your own work, by seeing how I have done it.

This is how it works. You e-mail me your document as an attachment (in Word or any of the many other formats Word can read). For instance:

I edit your document and e-mail it back to you (in Word format if you have Word, or as an HTML file you can view with any web browser if you don't have Word). It will look like this:

With Word you can easily switch to the following, to see what your final document will look like (and switch back to see the changes -- I'll help you learn to do it):

If you don't have Word, or you would prefer not to use its tracking feature, I can send your edited document back to you in both the above two formats: one highlighting the changes so you can review them, the other the final product in the format you use.


Other Services I offer:

  • Proof reading
  • Formatting documents into web pages
  • Ghost writing


    Credentials:

  • I am the author of one published book which received many good reviews, and has sold moderately well. If you'd like to check it out, you can read three complete chapters from it at its website by clicking here: In Search of the Loving God by Mark Mason

  • I have also written a novel which I am in the process of finding an agent for. For a limited time (until I sign an agent) the complete novel is on my website to help me get feedback on it. To read some or all of it, click here: The Hot Springs of America by Mark Mason


    Standard Financial Arrangements:

  • I will edit the first page (250 words) of your initial project as an evaluation sample, so you can see if you like my work. You are under no obligation to pay me for this if you don't proceed.

  • If you do wish to proceed, I charge $20.00 /hr for all the time I spend on the project, plus reimbursement of any costs (such as postage). I will give you an estimate, but not a quote, of the likely cost of the project, based on how long it takes me to edit the first page.

  • A down payment (50% of the estimate for small projects; 50% of the first month's work for large projects) will be required with a signed contract before proceeding past the evaluation sample page. Payment for each month's work will be billed at the end of the month, and be due by the middle of the next month. Final payment will be due within seven days of the completion of the project.


    How to contact me:

    Mark Mason
    Phone: (541) 485-3905
    El-mail: mark (at) markmason (dot) net

    Please phone me if you have any questions or would like to discuss your project.

    If the Standard Financial Arrangements, listed above, seem reasonable to you, feel free to e-mail me about your project. If you attach a file containing at least the first 250 words of your project, I will edit the first 250 words as an evaluation sample for you. If you wish to negotiate any of the Financial Arrangements, please indicate the terms you would like in your initial e-mail.

    I look forward to discussing your project with you!

    Regards,

    Mark Mason