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Welcome Creative Writers! Contact us today to learn more about A-1's editorial services or for a free sample edit of your novel or nonfiction book manuscript and a no obligation price quote:


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A-1 Complete Creative Writing and Editing Services welcomes writers of all experience levels! We understand your desire to get your book in stellar shape and into print quickly, and we will work with you to achieve a book you will be proud of by promptly providing the level of editorial service you require.

We can proofread or copy edit your manuscript (from light editing to a heavy developmental edit, as needed), or we can provide a critique that results in a road map to guide you in your revision of the book. We can also book doctor your creative writing, providing you with a finished manuscript. In short, our professional writers and editors can provide the level of service your creative writing project needs.
mcirvinm@earthlink.net





Our professional writers have the editorial experience to make your novel or nonfiction manuscript out-of-this-world excellent. Your hard-earned book manuscript deserves the best online editorial services available. Don' t settle for less.
For All Your Writing and Editing Needs

Editorial Services: A-1 Writing and Editing Services offers the following services to writers of all skill levels, first-time authors to much published professionals:

  • proofreading
  • line editing / copy editing
  • substantive / developmental / stylistic editing (without changing your distinctive style)
  • manuscript critique
  • book doctoring
  • ghostwriting in any genre (fiction, creative nonfiction, autobiography)
  • writing consulting (our consultants can help you find your voice and create great fiction and nonfiction)

Our editors are former creative writing teachers as well as published authors (novels, short fiction, nonfiction collections, academic articles, general readership magazine articles, book reviews, poetry collections), which allows us to also provide personalized mentoring services for creative writers. We can also help you through the publishing process by providing an excellent query letter to help your manuscript get noticed.


THIS WEEK'S FAQ: Many of the editing sites I have visited do not offer a free sample edit, and some editorial agencies just list a flat rate for their services while others give a range of rates for the various levels of copyediting. Why does A-1 give a sample edit with each price quote?

Many services treat every writing project exactly the same, regardless of what that project needs. I can only assume that the editors who run the former sites spend the same amount of time on each project, regardless of whether the manuscript needs proofreading or a heavy developmental edit. In truth, each book manuscript requires a specific level of attention rather than fitting neatly into some category (as the latter editorial services seem to assume), and a sample edit allows A-1’s editors to determine the appropriate level of service and therefore to offer an appropriate price quote. Moreover, a sample edit allows the writer to see clearly what A-1’s services will do for their project (all Word file samples are returned in two formats: with the tracking changes feature turned on, so the writer can see each change clearly, and with changes accepted to allow the author to read the manuscript in clean copy). In fact, A-1 encourages writers to get sample edits from several editing agencies in order to compare what each can do for their book manuscripts. If a writer only looks at price (as important as the fee is, of course), he or she will be dissatisfied. Hiring an editor is not the same as hiring a mechanic to fix your car. You have worked too hard on your book to settle for less as regards qualifications or ability in the editing service you choose. You want the best, not just some guy with a wrench who claims to have the requisite skills. We are confident that our sample and price combination will stand head and shoulders above the rest.

Flexible Editors, Book Doctors, Mentors, Ghostwriters...
We can guide you through any writing project, provide proofreading or editing services for your project at any level your novel or nonfiction manuscript requires (from light copyediting to heavy developmental editing), write for you, or provide any combination of services. In short, we can provide the creative writing help you need to make your novel or nonfiction manuscript all you desire it to be. Contact our creative writing experts today for a no-obligation consultation.


Contact: For your free sample edit and price quote, please contact A-1's founding writer and editor at mcirvinm@earthlink.net. Join our long list of satisfied clients today.






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A-1 Complete Writing and Editing helps creative writers of all skill levels (first-time authors and much-published authors alike)...

Many of our clients are creative writers just like you, frustrated with trying to get their manuscripts read let alone published by the big publishing houses. We can help.

A-1 Complete Writing and Editing’s experienced professional writers and editors have provided many authors in search of traditional print deals with query letters and advice to enable them to succeed, but we have also helped many aspiring creative writers of all skill levels get their books into excellent shape for print-on-demand and e-book arrangements that allow them to escape the frustration of dealing with the traditional publishing industry altogether.

Although we are not in a position to endorse any single company over another (each has its own schedule of services and price list, and only the writer can determine which is the right choice for his/her project), we list many print-on-demand companies with proven track records on our links page, and we have helped hundreds of authors get their novel — science fiction, literary fiction, sword and sorcery, romance, fantasy, detective fiction, thrillers, young adult fiction, etc. — and nonfiction manuscripts into publishable shape for these organizations.

Whether you intend to pursue a traditional publishing agreement, publish with one of the companies on our resources page or with a company new to us, or if you plan to put together your own publishing company and go it alone, we can help you achieve a plan of action and an excellent manuscript. Contact us today for a free, no-obligation consultation about your plans and we can discuss the various options to improve your manuscript.

For your peace of mind, we provide a service agreement outlining the particulars of your contracted editorial, writing, book doctoring, critiquing, and mentoring services (with an "out" clause should the facts of your life change sufficiently to require we discontinue the work) — and your work and our agreement always remain confidential. Secure and quick payments available through PayPal.com



mcirvinm@earthlink.net

Creative Writers: Contact A-1's founding writer and editor today to discuss your writing and editing needs, or you can forward a few pages of your novel or nonfiction manuscript as an e-mail attachment for a no-obligation sample edit and price quote.


Qualified and Honest Novel and Non-Fiction Editing Services

NO SCAM ZONE! Your privacy is protected here! We will not share your personal information, your writing, or our editorial relationship with anyone without the author’s permission. Our editors are also writers, and we understand the time and effort you put into your manuscript. Consequently, we not only provide the editorial services represented in the sample edit, but we also work on your creative writing project (whether proofreading, copyediting, developmental editing, performing a critique, or providing book doctor services for your novel or non-fiction manuscript) as we would a manuscript of our own. Your novel, autobiography, or nonfiction book manuscript will be treated with the kind of editorial attention only editors who are also fellow writers can provide.
mcirvinm@earthlink.net

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Creative Writing Help is Just a Click Away
At A-1 Creative Writing and Editing Services your satisfaction is always our primary goal, and thus you will find us more professional and user-friendly than any other editorial service.
For more information, a free sample edit of your manuscript, and/or a price quote
mcirvinm@earthlink.net
 
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