Each Senior Editor has over 10 years of professional experience and holds an advanced degree (MA or higher) in their field of expertise. They are specialized editors dedicated to helping non-fiction authors get their manuscripts publish-ready.
Content editing focuses on the big picture of your manuscript—structure, flow, plot, and character development. It looks at how well your ideas are communicated. On the other hand, Copyediting deals with the finer details—grammar, punctuation, style, and consistency. It ensures your writing is polished and error-free.
If your manuscript is longer than 150k words, fill out the form above and we will reach out to you soon with a personalized quote.
Yes. Every book needs editing. Even professional authors need (and use) editors. No matter how good your book is, it needs editing.
Yes. We’ve edited countless books that have “been through Grammarly” and other programs, and we always need to make hundreds of copyedits. While these programs can be nice, they cannot effectively replace a human copyeditor.
Every book is different. Something complex may take longer; something that is polished already may take less time. Once an editor begins to work on the book, we can edit at the average speed of about 30,000 words per week--but keep in mind that this can also vary. Feel free to reach out to us to get a more specific timeline for your book. The biggest variable is on the author’s end between rounds. Some authors can go through the suggested edits in a weekend; others can take weeks or even months to get back to us. You know your writing speed best!
Sure, but we don’t recommend it. If you feel your book is strong enough to not need content editing, or if you really think you like the content as is, we suggest getting a sample edit so you can see what our content editors can do for you. After that, if you still feel it’s unnecessary, then sure, you can skip it—but over 95% of people who get sample edits realize how important content editing is, and end up getting a content editing round.
Content editing is powerful, it is the most impactful type of editing, and it is what can really transform a good book into an excellent one.
The editors typically follow the Chicago Manual and Oxford punctuation style in American English. We are also able to copyedit in UK English, but there may be a longer wait time (only some editors on our team are qualified to copyedit UK English). We are unable to edit anything except US and UK English, but we can edit books written in Canadian, Australian, etc. English and change it to fit US or UK English if desired. This matters much more for copyediting, by the way—we can content edit anything!
Yes! Reach out to us at editing@wanderingwordsmedia.com if you are interested in any of those.
We do not use any programs (like Grammarly, ProWritingAid, ChatGPT, etc.) to edit. We just use our brains.
Some of our junior editors may use software or programs like that while in training, but our senior editors do not.
To open and edit the documents, we use Google Docs or Microsoft Word.
In that case, simply don’t accept the suggested edit. The author always has the final say. You are free to reject any suggestion we make—we won’t mind! Many edits are subjective, after all, especially in content editing. That said, you can always ask why we made a change before rejecting. We will be able to explain our reasoning with you.
We will not reproduce, give, or show anyone outside of the employees at Wandering Words Media Corporation any of the material sent to us by the author for editing purposes. You, as the author, already hold copyright over your work. We don’t want to steal your writing, but even if we did, you could easily sue us for doing so. So, you can rest assured that your work is safe. 🙂