(We also maintain them and keep them happy.)

Coding for WordPress and SEO

No cookie cutters here. Get a site made just for your business.

Design arises out of a complete understanding of what your business is and how you want to present it. We listen carefully to the goals for your site and then execute a copywritten design that clearly presents those goals to your ideal visitors.

Our code is hand-crafted with all the Search Optimized extras for great rankings.

We’ll compress your code, cache your pages, and protect your site with a web-based firewall. We streamline your code for the fastest pageloads possible.

We specialize in custom WordPress development.

Latest Projects

• Avertech, sliced and coded Photoshop files into html
• Law Office of Susan Pai, custom WordPress web design and development
• Vinyl Wall Expressions, WordPress ecommerce development

Hourly rate: $95/hr.
Site design and build packages at discounted project rates. Contact for estimate.
Monthly site maintenance packages start at $310/month at $75/hr.

Writing and Editing

Blog Editing

Is your blog readership is growing? Are you ready to take it to the next level of professionalism?

Blog editing is a mix of proofreading and customizing the text for search engines and users who read quickly or scan the text.

Blogs are all about the authors and their voice and subject expertise. Our goal is to maintain your unique voice and conversational style while ensuring that your spelling, grammar, and punctuation are correct. We will work with you to develop a style guide just for you and your site, then we’ll do a custom analysis of your voice and give you a before and after sample so you’ll know what to expect.

We offer quick turnarounds and a personal approach so you can get on with your writing and have the peace of mind that you’ll be at your professional best when it’s presented on your site.

Rate: 0.012 cents per word. $50 initial consultation for style guide setup, samples, and custom writing analysis.

Evaluation Evaluation

Sometimes authors need to know where their writing is and how far away they are from having a refined, publishable text. We’ll read and evaluate the document, giving a complete written report of our suggestions for improvement. We offer coaching for authors desiring continued consulting.

>We’ll estimate the evaluation cost for FREE after reviewing your document.

Article evaluations are billed hourly. Full book evaluations begin at $300. Further resources for self-publishing authors are available at self-pub.net.

Substantive EditingSubstantive Editing

We’ll reorganize and rewrite your document developing logical, accurate, and complete content that is presented appropriately for the intended audience.

Substantive editing is done before copy editing, typesetting, or proofreading.

Rate: 0.08 cents per word.

Copy Editing Copy Editing

We’ll clean up awkward or confusing sentences, check for grammar, spelling, and usage errors, and ensure that the appropriate style is used consistently throughout the document.

Copy editing is done before the document is designed or laid out.

Rate: 0.06 cents per word.

Proofreading

We’ll look at an already edited, designed, and laid-out document for any remaining errors and make sure it is ready to be printed.

Rate: 0.045 cents per word.

Writing

We’ll take your notes and research and generate original copy that is clear, concise, and well-structured. This could be in any subject-area, but we have experience in technical writing, academic writing, and the humanities in particular. Areas of expertise include music, photography, philosophy, religion, history, education, and engineering, among others.

Hourly rate: $65/hr.

We’ll look your document over with no obligation and give you a FREE estimate.

**Book Self-Publishers, Read This Section**

Copy editing a book for style, grammar, punctuation, and usage can take 40+ hours depending on its length. To clean up a book and get it ready for publication requires reading the document through two or three times. Typical cost ranges are $1,500–3,000.

Turnaround times usually *start* at 3 weeks, though if you want to pay for a rush job, let Valerie know.

Please realize the amount of work involved and the associated costs when you contact us. We do high-quality, clean editing, not rushed, cut-rate work.

Jason Rich, in Self-Publishing for Dummies says,

“If an editor tells you that he can edit your entire manuscript in a few days or over a weekend, run in the opposite direction as fast as you can. Find someone else. The editing process takes time and careful attention to detail. This step isn’t something you want to rush or cut corners on….allow several weeks for your editor to properly review the entire project and complete the editing process…plan on spending $1,500-5000.”