Manuscript book editor and line editing for a novel - contemporary fiction
Title: Smoking Under The Fan Hello, My friend and I are writing a book together. I have published 2 novels with a small press and a few poetry books. This book is a novel with five different POVs written in the first person. I will be dealing mostly with you since I have more experience. We want you to edit the grammar as well as help us with the edits. Your opinion and viewpoint are important to us. If you have suggestions to change certain ideas or words, etc., we would like to acknowledge the edits. It has been over two years since we started writing this novel on our own, with no help from AI at all. I am a full-time teacher, and my friend is a guidance counsellor. We got this idea to write a book when we went with our other girlfriends on a short retreat. The characters came to us, and we started to jot down this story and plot. We hope to make it into a TV series one day. We created the chapters as scenes. I know it is a long manuscript, exceeding your regular word count, but our story's depth, five character arcs, and conflict justify its length. We would both like to meet with you via Zoom before the project begins. Our final manuscript will be ready by June 30th. We are editing the final chapters. Since we only write on the weekends... We want to send the finished book out to literary agents to aim for the big 5. Thank you for your time and consideration. -Christina & Fani Requested completion date Aug 31, 2026 Word count 122000 words Genre Contemporary Fiction Requested services Developmental Editing Copy Editing Sample work I am attaching the first 30 pages. Book details Stavros, heir to a Greek shipping fortune, and his best friend Ari are inseparable. Their bond solidifies further when they meet James at an elite boarding school, forming a trio bound by shared experiences and a closely guarded secret from one night in their teens. Years later, their lives collide once more when they meet the woman who will change everything. Annabelle, a southern runaway with a past she can’t outrun and Nina, a Russian beauty pageant queen with secrets of their own, hail from opposite sides of the track. They become best friends, as their husbands James Stavros evolve into men they no longer recognize. By sharing cigarettes and drinking they both become the best of friends unaware of the complex web of lies their husbands have woven. But as the women swap confidences, the men’s past secret begins to unravel. A life-altering deception between Ari and Nina threatens Stavros’s marriage, while Annabelle’s old trauma resurfaces. With five distinct voices converging, Smoking Under The Fun, is a tale of forbidden love, loyalty, brotherhood, friendship, and explosive consequences of long held deceptions that will change their lives forever. Target market Adults women 18-and over Main characters 5 main characters with each their point of view and narrative. We tried to make each voice unique and each character stand out. Please send me an offer amount you would charge me for this project. © 2026 Apply To This Job