Quality Book Editing at Affordable Prices

Specialized proofreading & editing, catering to aspiring authors & self-published writers. We bring over a decade of experience working in-house with independent publishers and as freelance editors.

All Stories are true.

All Stories Editing provides professional editing, layout, and cover design services for the soon-to-be or self-publishing author. We offer everything from simple proofreading to in-depth critiques at competitive prices for your novel, non-fiction, short story, or essay.

Editing Services

  • Proofreading

    Spellcheck is pretty much universal these days, but even the best computer can't evaluate grammar, spelling, and punctuation with the same accuracy as a highly-experienced editor. Our proofreading service provides you and your manuscript with a trained eye that will correct for errors in:

    ​Grammar | Punctuation | Spelling | Word Usage | ​Clarity | Verb Tense

    ​Price: $.008 per word / $8 per thousand words

  • Copyediting

    If you need a little more than proofreading, copyediting may be for you! Includes everything from proofreading, but with more advice as far as:

    Paragraph organization | Dialogue | Sentence construction | Word choice | Clarity

    ​AND small rewrites for awkward word choice or unclear meaning.​ Note: Copyediting includes line-edits but NOT major rewriting.

    Price: $.010 per word / $10 per thousand words

  • Substantive Editing

    More in-depth edits for your novel, including everything covered under copyediting, plus detailed line-edits. Includes the most thorough, comprehensive editing and revising we offer, including:

    Tense Rewriting | Dialogue Revision | Sentence Structure Correction | POV Rewriting | Flow Improvements

    ​Price: $.015 per word / $15 per thousand words

  • Developmental Editing

    For those still fleshing out their book, Developmental Editing provides a full critique of the story as is through detailed comments and notes throughout. This does not include line-edits.

    Get advice on:

    Plot | Characterization | World-building | Structure | Voice/Flow | Pacing | Believability | Market Potential ​

    ​AND a one+ page detailed critique of the work as a whole.

    Price: $.010 per word / $10 per thousand words

Still not sure?

Try our FREE 500-Word Sample Edit!

We know that finding an editor for your book can be a very difficult and a very personal decision. That and, depending on how verbose a writer you are, very expensive. That’s why we offer each potential client a 100% free 500-word sample edit.

Just submit our contact form or email info@ashleykateclarke.com with your document and what level of editing you are interested in, and we’ll get back to you ASAP!

All we ask in return is your promise that 1) you haven’t purchased editing from us within the last two years and 2) this 500 words is part of a longer work of at least 5,000 words in length.

Meet Ashley

I’m a freelance book editor out of Atlanta, Georgia. I have been working in the editing and publishing industry for over ten years, both at All Stories Editing, and with an independent publisher out of Athens, Deeds Publishing. I now also work for the University of Georgia in written content creation and strategy.

In my time freelancing, I edited over 300 books, both fiction and nonfiction, offering a variety of services, from proofreading to copyediting, developmental editing, print & ebook layout, cover design and more. I supervised a team of twelve contract editors as well, allowing us to serve even more authors.

With Deeds Publishing, I continued my editing and design work for both traditionally published and self-publishing/vanity press authors. Books that I worked on went on to be Amazon Bestsellers in their categories and win awards, such as the Royal Palm Literary Award and the Hal Bernard Memorial Award, along with rave reviews from Kirkus and readers alike.

I am a native English speaker and have experience working in US, UK, and AU English. Though I have experience editing according to many style guides, I primarily work with the Chicago Manual of Style and The Elements of Style for US works, and the New Oxford Style Manual/Hart's Rules for UK works.

Depending on the complexity of the edit and the revision required, I generally charge between $0.012 and $0.020 per word, but am also happy to work at a rate of $25-$40 per hour.

Let’s get to work.

Ready to get editing, or just have a question? Reach out below and we’ll get back to you ASAP!