Book Editing Services

NEED A BOOK EDITOR? My rates for proofreading, copy/line, and substantive editing with commenting and feedback is $2 / 300 words - and I always offer 10% discounts to anyone who pays for their entire project up front. GET IN TOUCH WITH ME TODAY IF YOU HAVE A FICTION OR NONFICTION BOOK YOU NEED EDITED... and feel free to check out my reviews to see what other authors have to say about my services.

Autumn J. Conley, Book Editor
PO Box 134, Tremont City, OH 45372
autiej@gmail.com
View my Resume/CV at http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg3472jg_61gtttxz8v

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Effective January 1, 2011, my service hours will be as follows. While I typically work on editing every day for several hours, and you can submit editing materials and projects to me at any time, these hours will typically be the best time to contact me if you need a quicker response. The best way to contact me during these hours is always by email at autiej@gmail.com, and Paypal payments can be made any time to autiej921@gmail.com

• MONDAY - FRIDAY:Available via email generally from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and 3:10 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. EST
• SATURDAY:Available via email generally from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST
• SUNDAY:Sundays are my “off day,” so while I may be checking email and working on editing on Sundays, you may not receive a response until the next day.

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WOW! It's been a year since I posted anything on my personal blog... or more like thirteen months, actually.

So much has happened in the last year! Let me see if I can do a bit of a wrap-up... and hopefully, I'll make time to start blogging again, though time is hard to come by these days.

Let's see...

We moved into a beautiful house in Tremont, thanks to our wonderful landlords, Mark and Jill. That happened sometime last June, in 2009. It's a wonderful house with a beautiful wood-paneled living room and a stonework faux fireplace... two bedrooms... a great back yard for our three little dogs... up on a quiet hill across from an old church. It's the most beautiful place, and it was a real blessing that Mark thought of us when he was looking for renters!

In June of 2009, I also made the decision (with input from my sister, mom-in-law, Joey, and my friend Wes... and a lot of help from above) to pursue book editing as a full-time job. I have since been blessed with SO MANY wonderful clients from all over the world, and I've had a continuous flow of work since. If you are interested, you can learn more about my "$1.50 / Page Editing" at my Facebook fan site http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130699050297546#!/pages/Tremont-City-OH/Autumn-J-Conley-Proofreader-and-Copy-Editor/133806322428?ref=ts&__a=7&ajaxpipe=1 or check out all the books I've edited on my resume at http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg3472jg_61gtttxz8v I've been so blessed with so many talented clients, and I hope the trend continues!

Joey has been working as an Editorial Assistant with the Sacramento Book Review (incidentally, one of my clients), but his most exciting endeavor has just begun in June of 2010 - he is putting his lifelong love of St. Louis Rams football to good use by working with Rams On Demand, a new fan site dedicated to St. Louis Rams Fans. Joey is now a Featured Writer of "The Blog" at http://www.ramsondemand.com/blog/ , and he's had the chance to interview people like former Ram Vernon Turner (another one of my editing clients), as well as Chris Chamberlain and Grant Wistrom. He is very excited for the opportunity, and his blog is even a 2010 BLOGGER'S CHOICE AWARD nominee! You can vote for Joey's blog at http://bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/97816 - and he'd appreciate it!

Cissy is growing up so fast! She'll be 13 on September 16 (and I can't believe it!), and since I last blogged, she's gone through sixth grade at Northwestern and is now preparing to go into seventh. She's also been to Seneca Lake camp twice, and enjoyed her time there, and she has spent some days this past summer helping to "babysit" her cousins Logan and Austin. She is eagerly awaiting the birth of her newest cousin, Noah, who is due anytime now, and besides our three dogs, she also enjoys tending to her goldfish, Ug, Nosey, Cheese, and Oreo. She's currently in love with Jacob from Twilight, much to her mother's dismay, and she loves playing her DSI (a pink one, of course).

My grandparents, Frank and Irene Miesse, will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on August 14, 2010, so that is going to be an exciting time for my family, and a great time to see new and old friends and relatives. If you know Grandma and Grandpa, feel free to stop by for the reception from 1 to 4 on August 14 at 2525 Springfield-Xenia Rd., Springfield, Ohio.

So... that's what we've been up to! Of course, there have been graduations and family get-togethers and holidays and baby showers and parades and fun times. It's been a year of changes and new endeavors, and while things are not always easy, there have been so many blessings along the way...

Uh....what's been going on....

In a nutshell, here are recent happenings:

Editing work has REALLY taken off. I am now officially listed in the "credits" of the Sacramento Book Review, as well as having a print ad in the June 2009 edition. I just got hired by a former client to do two more books for twice my normal rate, and new authors have been contacting me all the time. Maybe someday, I can do this full-time - oh, wait, it's already full-time....only I have to fit it in between other full-time things!

Laptop Cords should NOT catch on fire. But mine did. Which means I've been computerless at home for several days - which also means I've been unable to keep in touch with any of my zillion cyber friends, do random quizzes on Facebook, or watch corny old reruns on Netflix. Please, EBAY, hurry up and get my new cord to me!!!

My husband Joey is now officially a published author (and rumor has it he is working with this remarkably talented content editor). Whether you like baseball or not, please click on the link to his article and help encourage him. He earns points/pennies-per-click, so check out his article at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1758524/why_chris_duncan_deserves_a_fair_shake.html

Repairs and preparations are underway, and we should be in our new house by July. Our awesome landlords Mark and Jill took us on a tour through our new house, and now we are more excited than ever to move in there - even if our new neighbor will be a cemetery.

Tonight begins our camping trip. Yep, that's right. Off to Alum Creek State Park in southern Ohio....and my husband has his fishing license and everything. I don't relish sleeping on the ground, my knee hurts probably too bad for hiking, and I'm scared of snakes. But it will be a fun time nonetheless...and I need the break from editing and housework. Besides, s'mores are good for the soul.

...and so I ran...oh, wait...not on THIS knee....and so I hobbled like I'm 98 years old...

So, it is Friday, about 37 minutes before I get to leave work, and I just feel like blogging. I didn't take a lunch today, anyway, so I need a break from scanning Leases and cataloging them. I know it sounds like the most exciting work in the world, but don't be jealous....

In between scanning, setting up and canceling apointments, spending a bit of time discussing our marital similarities with my boss, filing, copying, emailing, and answering phones, I've also been ingesting more than my fair share of the "office" candy that is here. And something I've noticed is that there are far too many yellow M&M's. I have a severe phobia against yellow candy in general, and so I have managed to pick out all the yellow ones to take home to Cissy and Joey. Interestingly (and completely ridiculous that I took the time to look it up), there are apparently 14% yellow M&M's in the typical package. What this means is that out of the fifty-five M&M's in a pack, almost eight of them are yellow. ICK. Fortunately, at least there are about 10% more blue ones. Blue is not icky.

It has been somewhat of a flyby week, and I can't really believe it is Friday already; albeit the weekend doesn't really seem all that exciting. I have a lot of housework and editing work ahead of me, especially considering that this week I picked up around six new editing contracts from the U.S. and Canada, including editing book reviews for the Sacramento Book Review. I am thrilled every time I get a new client, but following the thrill and the sense of accomplishment comes a sense of overwhelm and dread because I constantly have a full in-box. Nevertheless, I am glad for the work because I can use the extra money - particularly since we might be moving into a bit more expensive place with a bit more expensive utilities, and because I am trying to save up to buy an old retro Turbografix-16 with all of my old favorite games (Oh, how I miss Legendary Axe and Bonk and Keith Courage in Alpha Zones and Splatterhouse). 

Have a good weekend, everyone. And if you ever decide to buy me M&M's, do me a favor and pick out the yellow ones before you give them to me. And you can do the same with Starburst and Skittles and Sixlets as well.

...and so I ran...

P.S. No matter what you do and what you think you should do, I plead, beg, and implore you, DO NOT RENT, WATCH, TOUCH, LOOK AT, OR OTHERWISE GO NEAR THE MOVIE Paul Blart: Mall Cop. It was by far one of the absolute worse movies I have ever seen (and I've seen some doozies). Then to top it off, I watched Cry Baby last night, and as cute as Johnny Depp was, the two of these films combined within a week of each other is some kind of mental torture.