I charge by the hour rather than per page because services vary according to the document. It's fairer and cheaper for the client. My rate includes putting the entire document in APA format; checking references cited against those in the reference list; checking grammar, spelling, and punctuation; editing for clarity; and creating the Table of Contents. Some documents need more substantive editing for content or organization. Some need near-complete rewrites. Most need tables to be reformatted. All dissertations also need to be formatted according to the university's specific guidelines (same goes for many journal articles). I do all these things.

Currently I charge $70 per hour for most editing, and a typical rate of speed is 7-8 pages per hour.

Note that for Nova Fischler dissertations, the typical rate is slower (as slow as 6 pages per hour) because so much more is involved. If you are a Nova Fischler student, go here.

1. You e-mail me (a) your document, (b) your deadlines, and (c) any other guidelines. NOTE: I do not put anyone on the calendar until I have a doc ready to be edited. I do not book in advance, in other words. Also, I tend to be booked up for weeks at a time. I get daily requests. So if I tell you that I'm busy for the next 5 weeks, for instance, don't email me in 5 weeks and expect me to be idle.
2. I respond with a conservative estimate.
3. If you agree, you pay half of the estimate in the form of a deposit. This makes our e-mail correspondence a binding contract that you have read this page and understand the terms. It also puts you on my calendar in ink. This deposit is nonrefundable. (When you make a deposit, you are reserving my time, and I consequently turn down other clients.) You can pay via PayPal, a secure website that accepts credit cards. You do not even have to sign up for PayPal; I can e-mail you a specific link. Alternative methods of payment may be acceptable, such as money orders, although they can slow down the process.
4. I work on the doc. Before or at completion, you pay the balance.
5. I send you the completed work. I almost always send clients two documents: one with the changes marked using Word's Track Changes feature and one "cleaner" document with only changes marked that are questionable or need input from you. You ask any questions you have.

If I find plagiarism in your paper, I will point it out to you. I will stop working on your document. You are charged for any time I spent on the document; remember your deposit is nonrefundable. I will send the document back to you with the edits I've done up to that point.

If your plagiarism is egregious, clearly deliberate, and beyond the slightest benefit of a doubt (paragraph after paragraph lifted from another paper, citations and all), I reserve the right to report you if you are a PhD candidate. If you've deliberately plagiarized something, don't hire me.