So, I Read This Book Today . . .
Editing Fees and Guidelines
As my editing jobs have become more numerous, I have updated my Editing Fees and Guidelines. My editing and proofreading includes checking for grammar, sentence structure, misspellings, and pointing out plot inconsistencies, etc. At this time, my base charge is $0.008/word, with a minimum of $50, payable via PayPal. Editing jobs I am currently working on, received before May 1, 2014, will continue to be edited at the old rate.
If your manuscript is less than 5,000 words please let me know and we can work out pricing. I prefer to set up appointments for your manuscript, but please, send your manuscripts to me as early as possible. I can often work them in sooner than they are scheduled, but advance notice is much easier.
I use Microsoft Word 2013. I use the Track Changes application while I edit and leave the decision as to whether or not to accept those changes to you. I also tend to leave extensive notes outlining the reason for specific changes, noting uneven or awkward sentence or paragraph flow, or even if I noticed something that just doesn’t feel right.
Full editing is completed in one of two ways. The first choice is that I completely edit the book and provide you with a corrected copy, highlighting changes and corrections and making when appropriate extensive notes. Your second choice is full editing. I take the book in hand, do all corrections and changes and provide you with print ready copy. The charge for print ready copy is $0.010/word.
Please note: Books from authors who speak English as a second language, hence requiring a great deal more correction for grammar, or books with extensive re-write may be significantly more. You may send me your book for pricing if you feel there may be extensive work needed on the book. Pricing available upon request.
After I have edited a manuscript, I will send it back to you. Once you have made changes, you can always send it back to me for a second pass at no charge. Please note: If second-pass changes are truly extensive, I will reserve the right to bill a second payment for the second pass. I want to be fair to you, but I also want to be fair to myself. Just as writing is difficult, though rewarding, editing a book in a manner that will make you proud of your final product is a lot of work.
For available books on which I have worked, please see my “i-edited” shelf on Goodreads. You may contact any of the authors with whom I’ve worked for a reference. I am also very willing to provide you a sample of my work to see if we are a comfortable fit. I can be easily contacted through Goodreads or by e-mail at soireadthisbooktoday@centurylink.net
I look forward to working with you!
Savage Roads (Where Griffons Feed)
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. Albert EinsteinEvery gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. Dwight D. Eisenhower
To understand Savage Roads, one must first understand the author. Erich Penhoff has been many things. Many things he won’t, or can’t talk about. For instance, he list under “School” on Facebook: The black market, after the war. And we aren’t talking the Vietnam War.
Erich has seen many things, from jungles to deserts, to the wastelands of Antarctica. And it shows in this first novel of suspense, intrigue and the horrors of savagery and war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC).
There are a lot of suspense books out there, and some of them are very good. But they aren’t like this book. Erich has been there, done that, and has the scars to prove it. And so does his hero, Marco Resnick . Marco is unlike any other “action hero” I have ever read about. He isn’t a 6’6” superhero, muscleman who hasn’t seen his 30th birthday. Marco is a real guy. He, along with his friends Karl and Michel have worked together for 30 years, traveling the world, doing what needs to be done. No matter how dirty, or how bloody, things become.
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West Africa’s super market for Voodoo witchdoctors…there may be one or two human heads in there too. – Erich
The DRC, Rwanda, many of the hellholes of Africa come into play in Savage Roads. The scenes in the book aren’t for the weak of heart for, as Jean-Paul Sartre says; When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die. There is blood and death aplenty as Marco and Michel travel the savage roads of a country drowning in violence. Unlike many heroes, Marco isn’t there for the killing, or the glory. He simply does what needs to be done. When what needs to be done is rescuing children from members of a savage paramilitary gang, he does it. Even if that does mean that many of that gang have to die.
Karl, a financial investor for many small and retired investors, has invested in gold mines in the DRC. Now, the gold has been stolen. Not only that, but Marco has received word that a huge cargo of munitions is set to leave Africa, destined for a group of ‘mafia types’ and warlords. In order to stop this, and to regain the gold, Marco and Michel will defy the odds to right these wrongs, and return the monies to Karl’s investors.
If you love action, adventure, suspense, and intrigue, you MUST have this book. You won’t regret the purchase, and you will be talking about it with your friends for a long time to come.
Highly Recommended.
Disclosure: I was the editor for this book, and Erich’s second, “Savage Death:Not Forgotten”. This in no way influences my review. It just gives me better insight into the novel.