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I charge $50 to critique an article, book chapter or book proposal up to 2,000 words (that also includes a list of potential markets). I also charge $5 per page (250 words) for editing; $15 per page for rewriting or "ghosting."

Why pay me to critique your manuscript? Four Evangelical Press Awards, a Campus Life "Book of the Year," an Amy Award (for writing in the secular press), a Christian Retailers Choice Award, plus 24 books and over two thousand articles in print, but most of all I'm a kind critiquer.

I've also edited several books for ACW Press, Group Publishing, Wesleyan Publishing House and WinePress as a freelance editor.