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to schedule a Zoom consultation or arrange service: emdashellipse @gmail.com

I’m a research, writing, and revision consultant made of blood, sweat, and (unfortunately) cigarettes. I have an MA, most of a PhD, and three years of experience teaching college courses. I usually work with humanities students, researchers, and educators, but I’m open to helping with fiction and STEM projects, too. I love supporting writers who don’t feel confident about their writing and/or have learning disabilities. ESL writers of all levels: you are very welcome here!

Services and Fees

Open-access educational projects receive 10% off!

First Zoom consultation: 30 minutes, free. We will discuss how I can support your project and I will offer you a quote for additional services. This is optional; smaller projects may only need an email exchange–examples available below.
Repeat Zoom consultations: $30 per hour, upon request. These sessions are yours to design. I have been asked to help with brainstorming, draft planning, writing coaching, research design support, and more!
Research: negotiated by project or $40 per hour. Whether you’re designing a museum exhibit or writing a paper, I can help you find sources, evaluate source accuracy, or even provide you with a brief report on their contents.
Fact-checking: negotiated by project or $20 per hour. After finding all your sources, writing a long piece, and revising it thoroughly (something we all do, every time), the prospect of going back over them can seem exhausting! I can make sure your project accurately quotes or paraphrases the original source… and even make sure your citations accord with style guidelines.
Revision—negotiated by project or, by task:
- Copyediting—$0.04 per word. If your piece needs only minor adjustments.
- Rewriting—$0.06 per word. If your piece needs more extensive support.
- Feedback only—$0.08 per word. If you want me to share the issues I see in comments without making any changes.

Example Exchanges

Q. I wrote a three-page essay… well, I asked ChatGPT to write most of it… but now it sounds too generic. Could you make the tone more lively? It’s due pretty soon.

A. Yes! I can have it ready in less than thirty minutes for $20.

Q. I’m putting together a museum exhibit about Harriet Jacobs. There’s much more material about her than I anticipated, and I’m not sure where to start. I’d like you to do three things for me:

1. Create an overview of the strongest primary resources I should consult.

2. Provide brief descriptions of the ten most cited secondary works on Jacobs.

3. I want to provide visitors with an original experience. If it won’t put the total over $120, can you give me a sense of what other local museums have presented about Jacobs?

A. I would love to—and, because you’re with a museum, I can offer you a 10% discount! I can have it ready for you in three hours for $108.

Q. I wrote a forty-page term paper that references fifteen sources. My instructor requires student work to reflect our original thinking, but she also has very high writing standards… so I asked, and she said getting a copy-editor is fine. Please fact-check and copyedit my paper; if you see a weird content issue, please leave a comment without making a change.

A. Thanks for those details! Yes, I could have that ready for you in roughly six hours for $450. Here’s the breakdown: 10,000 words * .04 = $400 for copyediting + $50 for fact-checking. If that’s feeling too expensive, we could discuss a review—let me know what you’d prefer!

Payment

I accept half-payment in advance, and will not begin work until I have received it. When my work is complete, I will email you and attach a partial screenshot of the result. Once I receive the remaining portion of the payment, I will send you the finished product. Short delays may be occasionally necessary to pay the real person tax. However, I will return projects within a day of payment or offer you a full refund.

Boundaries (because the internet)

If I cannot complete a task I agreed to do, according to my understanding of our agreement, I will reduce the price accordingly.

I will honor my initial quote even if the project takes longer than I estimated.

I reserve the right to refuse work for any reason without explaining myself.

I will not accept:

Work which violates academic, professional, or legal codes. As such violations primarily affect clients, clients are primarily responsible for tracking this.
Price or task renegotiation after an agreement has been reached.
Working in a shared document, or other forms of client monitoring.
Creepy behavior or harassing language.