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What do I charge?

People ask it a lot: how much do I charge for my work? I don't have a generalized answer here on the Web site because my answer is, quite truthfully, "that depends."

Sometimes it's $50 an hour, sometimes more. Sometimes it's 50 cents per word, or $5 per page, or rates up or down from there. Sometimes it's a flat rate for a project. It changes if I'm writing, editing, proofreading, taking photos, marking up, laying out, or some combination of all of those things. If you want to fly me somewhere for a week, I'll cost more than if I can stay home with my family.

Adrienne Montgomerie of Catch the Sun has posted answers to some common questions about editorial rates in Canada and elsewhere. She's aiming at editors, but potential customers of any writer or editor will also find it useful. She also features a number of other resources and links for editors and our clients.

And hiring the band in which I play drums is more expensive than just getting me, my word processor, and my red pen.

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