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Linda Carey, ADip(IntDes) Freelance Desktop Publisher

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Do you need to get your material typed up but can't face doing the job yourself?  Then maybe I can help you by providing you with a clean typed version of your work at very competititve rates.

 
My new service offers help to writers/authorise who have an old or handwritten manuscript, or audio tapes, which need re-typing before the writer can proceed with submission or publication.
 
Working from a handwritten version, a typescript or audio tapes, as part of the package, I will email the work back to you and will also provide you with a disk and hard copy of your manuscript once the job is done.
 
What you'll end up with is your work in pristine form, ready to rework, submit to agents or publishers, or to publish yourself.  You will be amazed to see how much better your work will look once it has been clean-typed.  It's certain to improve its chances of publication.
 
Because of the difficulty of assessing how long the work will take, you will need to send your manuscript or tapes before I can quote for the job.  Email me to get instructions for where to send your work.  When you do so, please enclose return postage, preferably in the form of a large, stamped and self-addressed jiffy bag, so that I can make sure your material is safely returned to you.

 Life's Lesson No 6

"All the great stories are about family.  If you look at any of the great novels, they're all about family, because that is the primary drama of our lives.  It's the human drama.  It's so interesting when you have children to be reminded of yourself as a child, and of your parents, too - that shocking realisation that this is how your parents felt about you.  It opens a door and you are just staggered by it, nothing is ever the same again."

 

 

 

Once I have looked at it, I will email your quote to you and you can then decide whether or not you want to go ahead.  If you don't want to use my typing service, your material will be immediately returned back to you.
 

Please Note:

My typing service does not usually include any editorial input, which I recommend you should think of as a separate job requiring editorial expertise.  I do however correct spelling and punctuation during the re-typing.

 
What it costs?

The cost really depends on the state of your manuscript.  If it is clean and legible, I would charge no more than £3.50 per thousand words.  If it is an extremely messy handwritten document or a hard-to-hear tape, then I may have to slow right down to decipher the words, and I will then have to charge more, perhaps as much as £10 per thousand words.  You should note that tapes can be particularly time-consuming, so the quote will reflect the time required to do the job.  However, most typing jobs will fall somewhere in the middle, but it's always a matter of costing the job in relation to its complexity.
 
All manuscript typing fees are payable in advance, once the quote has been provided.  I will give you a completion date at the same time.