Professional Services

Hire Z. Bennett Lorimer

Get Your Novel Ready for Publication

Developmental Editing

Proofreading

Layout & Marketing

Choose a plan that meets your needs and budget

Development

$.05/word

Take your manuscript from first draft to novel

  • Manuscript analysis for style and story structure
  • Plot development and major restuctures
  • Point-of-view analysis and consolidation
  • Paragraph-level copyediting
  • Major revisions
  • One-on-one coaching
  • Editor Q&A
  • Manuscript critique
  • Custom marketing plan

Proofreading

$.01/word

Perfect your manuscript for publication

  • Sentence-level copyediting
  • Story consistency
  • Typo remediation
  • Redline manuscript with editorial changes tracked

Marketing

$200-300

Acquire readers for your novel on any budget

  • Custom marketing plan to maximize any budget
  • Simple interior book layout for Ebook, Paperback, or Hardcover
  • Publishable book files in any format

Important: I never use AI at any point in the editorial process and will provide working documents to demonstrate the personal attention that was given to your manuscript.