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Welcome to Creative Literary Services

My mission is to provide professional, high quality, affordable copyediting, proofreading, and writing services to my clients, whether they are independent authors, publishing houses, magazine publishers, or business owners who want error-free brochures, catalogs, Web sites, and other print or online products.

Rayne Bailey
--Rayna Bailey
Owner, CLS
 

Fee Schedule

The following fees are for general reference, with a minimum fee of one hour per project. Charges for additional expenses related to specific projects such as shipping/postage, long distance phone calls, and photocopies will be itemized on the final invoice.

Copyediting:  $35.00 per hour
Proofreading: $25.00 per hour
Web site proofreading/copyediting: $35.00 per hour
Article writing: $45.00 per hour
Book writing: Flat fee based on topic, length of book, etc.
Revisions/rewriting: $35.00 per hour
Research/fact checking: $30.00 per hour
** Flat fees or discounted rates are available for major writing projects and long-term copyediting or proofreading assignments.

Contact me to learn more about fees specific to your project.


For answers to questions such as
“Why do I need a copy editor or proofreader?”
“What is the difference between copyediting and proofreading?”
 “Can I get an estimate of cost and turnaround time for my project?”
 and more, please see the Frequently Asked Questions page.

 
My brother was surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father put his arm around my brother’s shoulders and said, “Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”
—Anne Lamont