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1. How long have you been offering professional freelance editorial services?

2. What services do you offer? (For example, overall critique, substantive/content edit, line-by-line copyedit, basic proofreading, ghostwriting, mentoring/tutoring, Web site editing.) Please give a brief description of each service you offer.

3. What kind of clients do you work for? (For example, book publishers, magazines, authors of books, articles, play scripts, devotionals.)

4. Approximately how many hours per month, on average, do you spend editing/proofreading/mentoring for paying clients? 

5. What is your average rate (per page, per word, per hour, per project)?

6. What percentage of your income comes from editorial freelancing (for authors and/or publishers)?

7. What is your average annual income from editorial freelancing? Choose one:

            $0-10,000

            $10,000-20,000

            $20,000-30,000

            $30,000-50,000

            $50,000+

8. Have any of your author/clients mentioned you in their acknowledgements? If so, please provide the book title(s) and author(s). Submit a copy of the acknowledgment if possible.

9. Have any of your clients sent you a testimonial on your services? If so, please submit some (including the client’s name and e-mail address). May we contact these people for verification?

10. What original writings have you had published (that you received some financial compensation for)? Please list the title, publisher, and year published. (If any are subsidy published, please identify as such.) Note any awards won or bestseller lists made.

12. Do you have a Web site for your editing business? (If so, please provide the address.)

13. What editing services do you wish to offer? (Check all that apply; you will be asked to take a brief skills test for each category you check)

proofreading

copyediting

substantive editing of book-length fiction

substantive editing of general nonfiction

substantive editing of nonfiction with a heavy theological emphasis

editing articles

                ghostwriting (no test for this one, but must provide proof of experience)

13. What types of material will you not edit?

projects that are not specifically Christian in nature

projects that contradict the traditionally held doctrines of the Christian faith

manuscripts that contain any profanity

manuscripts that contain abundant profanity

manuscripts that describe sexual activities

manuscripts that include graphic depictions of sexual activity

manuscripts that include physical violence

manuscripts that include graphic depictions of violence

other (please specify):

 14. Share briefly your statement of faith in Jesus Christ.

Please see the Statement of Faith for the Christian Editor Network. If you do not honestly and firmly believe in every statement listed there, please contact us before submitting this form. Your application for membership in this network indicates your agreement with the Statement of Faith.

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