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Dec. 1st, 2009 @ 10:56 am Line-Edit of Text
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For the winner of this auction, I will line-edit up to 100,000 words for you, or line-edit shorter works for up to a year, whichever comes first. No restrictions on content: I will line-edit anything from a novel to a query letter to short stories to website copy to a resume, fiction or nonfiction. You can also mix it up: I'd be happy, for instance, to edit several short stories, a chunk of website content, and a professional letter, or whatever you want.

When line-editing, I catch misspellings, typos, missing words, punctuation issues, grammatical issues, and so on; I go over the entire work with a fine-tooth comb. I can also flag awkward or clumsy phrases and sentences, inconsistencies, and stylistic issues. If your work is fiction, I can also give you my impressions of the strengths and weaknesses, but I'm not confident enough of my fiction critiquing skills to offer a full-fledged critique.

(Credentials, if you care: In my day job, I'm a technical writer. In addition to writing documents for customer use myself, I also line-edit the work of my colleagues.)

I can guarantee turnaround of a week for the first ten thousand words, with an additional week for every twenty thousand words thereafter.

Bidding starts at $15, and will last until December 8 at midnight PST.
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From:[info]adamveile
Date: December 1st, 2009 08:19 pm (UTC)
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I'll start the bidding at $15.
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From:[info]coraa
Date: December 4th, 2009 08:13 pm (UTC)
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Just so you know, [info]crosbot2000 has bid $30 below. :)
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From:[info]alanajoli
Date: December 2nd, 2009 03:39 pm (UTC)
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Cora, do you have a time frame for this? For example, I'm working on a long project but won't have anything ready for a line edit for awhile. When would your offer expire?
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From:[info]coraa
Date: December 2nd, 2009 08:26 pm (UTC)
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No time limit -- I can start editing whenever you're ready.
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From:[info]alanajoli
Date: December 4th, 2009 10:23 pm (UTC)
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Looks like I waited too long -- we're already up to $30! If I'm beaten on some of my other auction bids, I'll reconsider... :)
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From:[info]crosbot2000
Date: December 4th, 2009 08:08 pm (UTC)
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This sounds like:
1) A good cause
2) A great deal

I'll bid $30.
From:[info]irishyndina
Date: December 7th, 2009 12:20 pm (UTC)
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Post my bid at $40

:)
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From:[info]crosbot2000
Date: December 8th, 2009 12:37 pm (UTC)
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Up to $45 for me!
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From:[info]coraa
Date: December 8th, 2009 08:09 pm (UTC)
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Bid is now up to $60, below. :) The auction will end at midnight PST.
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From:[info]camrawls
Date: December 8th, 2009 07:50 pm (UTC)

Bid

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I offer $50.
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From:[info]coraa
Date: December 8th, 2009 08:08 pm (UTC)

Re: Bid

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Bid is now up to $60, below. :) The auction will end at midnight PST.
From:[info]mvchristenson
Date: December 8th, 2009 08:04 pm (UTC)

my bid

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I'm bidding $60.

What time does the official bidding end?

-Vanessa
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From:[info]coraa
Date: December 8th, 2009 08:08 pm (UTC)

Re: my bid

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Sorry, I should have specified! Midnight PST, at which point I'll announce the winner. I've edited the post to reflect that. :)
From:[info]mvchristenson
Date: December 15th, 2009 02:26 am (UTC)

sent the email

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I sent the email you requested forwarding my payment and info about how to contact me!

-Vanessa