FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Teaching and tutoring starts at $30 to $35 per hour, depending on the type needed. Editing starts at $.02 per word, for basic editing, and goes up from there. Heavy editing and developmental editing are necessarily more. Proofreading starts at $.015 per word. If I find a manuscript is very well prepared, I may give a discount.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
I assess what the client's needs are, where he or she is starting from, and what his or her style is. This gives me the basis to best serve each client as an individual.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Tutoring and teaching: Although I just signed up with Thumbtack, I have twenty years of experience teaching and tutoring both French and English in the classroom and to individuals. I earned my Certificat d'études françaises (Certificate of French Studies) from the Université de Neuchâtel, Séminaire de français moderne, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. My experience learning a second language in Europe helps me understand many of the challenges faced by those learning English as a second language. Writing and editing: I just signed up with Thumbtack, but I have written a wide range of documents and have edited and proofed nearly every genre of writing from short brochures to full books, including both fiction and nonfiction. I have developed books from brainstorming all the way through final checking and proofing. In addition, I have experience in page design and indexing.