Past Work
Here are some fun projects that I’ve worked on.
Dark Ocean Princess Proofreading
Elemental Frequencies: Book 1 The Mayan Copy Edit, Developmental
A Few Days Back in Mississippi Copy Edit
Your work deserves a careful eye with attention to detail. Someone who adds value and helps brings your vision to life.
Get any errors out of the way.
Make sure your text is as readable as possible.
Get the organization of your text just right.
Take your work to the next level.
I have a certificate in the Professional Sequence in Editing from UC Berkeley Extension and have worked on several published novels as well as works in progress. If you’d like to know more about me, please click on the link below.
Here are methods I can use to collaborate with you on your work so that everything is seamless, non-destructive, and gives you full control of the process and the final outcome of your work.
Pricing for each service I provide along with details of what type of work are included in each.
Here are some fun projects that I’ve worked on.
Dark Ocean Princess Proofreading
Elemental Frequencies: Book 1 The Mayan Copy Edit, Developmental
A Few Days Back in Mississippi Copy Edit
"Ailene started proofreading for me after I found her to be an invaluable member of my ARC team. She was always sending me typos that had been missed by others. I've since hired her to proofread and we've worked on many books together. Give her editing services a chance-- you will be thrilled!"
"Ailene is so amazing at what she does! She is very thorough and makes sure you understand each edit she suggests. Her work brought the quality of my work up, not just 1 level, but 3 levels higher. I highly recommend Ailene Edits!"
"Ailene is a great editor and a joy to work with. She did an awesome job editing my book and gave us great feedback in a timely manner. We are looking forward to having her edit all of our books one day."
Here are some answers to questions I often get asked.
If you are looking for a quick proofread on a final draft of around 80,000 words, my turn around time is about a week.
Editing programs do find a lot of errors, but they can’t find every mistake, nor offer guidance with the logic, order, and flow of your work. Editing programs are impersonal, but I can help give your work a touch of finesse.
Where young adult novels may be my niche, I will work on any genre and target age, as well as articles or papers.
Check out my blog for some helpful writing tips, things to keep in mind before hiring an editor, thoughts on self-publishing, and other random thoughts I feel relevant to this line of work.
Fractured, Blackout, Collide, and Among Shadows The Color Alchemist series is Nina Walker’s debut series. Nina had a dream to be an author, and after much hard work and thought, she decided to self-publish her work on Amazon. My desire to become an editor began with this series. Nina was looking for advance readers for […]
Hi, I’m Ailene. I am a wife and new mother. I ride motorcycles and I love to read. But, most importantly for the purposes of this page, I am a writer, an editor, and a proofreader.
