Muse and Margins
Empowering authors. Elevating stories
At Muse and Margins, you’re not just another writer—you’re a storyteller with a voice that deserves to be heard. That’s where we come in.
We’re a trio of passionate women who partner with you to shape your manuscript into something unforgettable. Whether you need deep developmental edits, polished copy and line editing, or captivating book covers and custom art, we’re here to help you create a book that’s clear, compelling, and visually striking.
Your words matter. Let’s make sure they shine.
What We Do.
From editing to book covers and character art
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Line and copy editing are two key steps in polishing your writing. Line editing focuses on the style, flow, and clarity of your sentences—it's about how your writing sounds and whether your ideas come across smoothly. This can include improving word choice, rephrasing awkward phrasing, and making sure your tone is consistent. Copy editing, on the other hand, deals with the technical side: grammar, spelling, punctuation, and consistency in formatting or style. It ensures everything is correct and aligned with any style guide you're using. Together, these editing services help your writing shine—both in how it's written and how it reads.
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Developmental editing is the big-picture stage of editing that helps shape your work from the ground up. It focuses on the structure, content, and overall organization of your writing. A developmental editor looks at how your ideas are developed, whether your message is clear, if the structure makes sense, and if anything important is missing or needs to be cut. This type of editing often involves rearranging sections, strengthening arguments or storylines, and offering feedback to improve flow and clarity at a foundational level. It’s ideal for early drafts and is all about helping you build a strong, coherent piece before polishing the details.
Developmental Edit
$0.02/Word
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Proofreading is the final step in the editing process, focusing on catching small mistakes before your work is published or shared. A proofreader checks for typos, spelling errors, missing words, incorrect punctuation, and formatting issues. Unlike other types of editing, proofreading doesn't change the content or style—it's about making sure everything looks clean, correct, and professional. It's the last quality check to ensure your writing is error-free and ready to go.
Line & Copy Edit
$0.01/Word
Proofreading
$0.006/Word
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A manuscript assessment is essentially a beta read with an editor’s eye. In the first quarter of the manuscript, expect detailed in-line comments on habits that may affect the story throughout (like passive voice) so that you may go into your own edits with a better understanding of where to start. We will also give examples of where sensory description, introspection, clearer goals etc., may strengthen a scene. The assessment comes with an editorial letter summarizing our overarching thoughts about the story structure, world, characters, and prose itself. Throughout the entire manuscript, we will give our reader reactions, so you have an idea how your intention is coming through the page.
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Developmental editing is the big-picture stage of editing that helps shape your work from the ground up. It focuses on the structure, content, and overall organization of your writing. A developmental editor looks at how your ideas are developed, whether your message is clear, if the structure makes sense, and if anything important is missing or needs to be cut. This type of editing often involves rearranging sections, strengthening arguments or storylines, and offering feedback to improve flow and clarity at a foundational level. It’s ideal for early drafts and is all about helping you build a strong, coherent piece before polishing the details.
10k Edit
$75.00
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A comprehensive edit is a developmental and line edit package. It involves everything in our developmental edit, with continued in-line developmental feedback into the line edit stage. There are two phases, with a month or more in between,
Comprehensive
Edit
$0.025/Word
Manuscript
Assessment
Up to 65k $100
Up to 130k $200
Over 130k $300
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Marketing can be one of the hardest parts of publishing a book. Primarily because we tend to be our own worst critics. Let us read your books and hunt down all the marketable quotes to make your advertising just a little bit easier.
10k editing is a copy and line edit but for only the first 10,000 words of your manuscript. With a 10k edit we aim to provide you with a discounted edit that will leave you with the tools you need to finish the job. With this service, expect everything listed under line and copy editing but the margin comments will be used to teach you how to do it yourself
10k Edit
$75.00
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An outline assessment focuses on the structure and development of your story before you dive into writing—or before major revisions. This service reviews your plot outline, character arcs, pacing, and overall story structure to ensure everything is cohesive and compelling. It helps identify issues like plot holes, weak character motivations, uneven pacing, or missing conflict. Whether you're in the early planning stages or reworking a draft, an outline assessment gives you clear, actionable feedback to strengthen your story’s foundation and make the writing process more efficient.
Muse Marketables
Up to 10 quotes/scenes on a spreadsheet
$50.00​
Up to 10 quotes/scenes on ready-to-use graphics
$100.00
Outline Assessment
$50.00
Formatting
Basic - $75.00
1 PDF or ePub file
Stylized Chapter Headings
Image Placement
Plus - $100
1 PDF and ePub file
Stylized Chapter Headings
Image Placement
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Add proofreading to your line edit:
0-65k words $100
65k-130k words $200
130k and up $300
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Add a Manuscript Assessment to your Outline Assessment:
0-65,000 words $75.00
65,000-130,000 words $175.00
130,000+ words $275.00
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Add-ons
Artist Services
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Let our in-house graphic artists create chibi characters you can use as stickers, bookmarks, inserts, and more!
Chibi Characters
Full Body $30.00
Upper Body $25.00
Animals $25.00
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You have the vision. We have the artist.
Collaborate with us to create the book cover you've been dreaming about!
Book Covers
$75.00-$100.00
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Looking for someone to help you design all that swag you plan to take to book signings?
Look no further!
Merch & Swag
*Prices Vary
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Logos are an important part of branding. Don't stress yourself out over creating the perfect one. Let us do it for you!