Professional Manuscript Editing for Authors Looking to Publish
Is your manuscript ready for its next step?
You’ve finished your novel, worked through a developmental edit, and now you want to refine it into a professional final product you can proudly share with readers on platforms like Amazon and beyond.
Now what?
This is where The Editing Sweetheart comes in! I help authors bring their manuscripts to that final, publication-ready stage by catching hidden errors, strengthening clarity, and polishing the language so your story shines.
I offer line editing, copyediting, proof-editing, proofreading, continuity reads, and beta reading services for genre fiction manuscripts.
What should you expect from an editor?
Professional Training // Experience // Reliability
A Professional Editor You Can Trust with Your Work
My name is Claudette Cruz.
I'm a trained professional editor with a BA in English literature, a Certificate in Editing from the University of Chicago, and Professional Membership in the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.
I am also a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, a partner member of the Alliance of Independent Authors with an excellent rating, and have edited work for dozens of authors across multiple genres during my 14-year career as a professional editor.
Services for Manuscripts That Are Ready for More
I'm here to help you at any stage of your editing process.
Refine sentence flow, pacing, and clarity while preserving your voice.
I’ll help smooth awkward phrasing, remove redundancies, strengthen transitions, restructure paragraphs when needed, and fix monotonous sentence structure to ensure your words flow and your manuscript reads smoothly.
Prepare your manuscript for publication with a detailed technical edit.
I correct grammar, punctuation, and consistency issues while creating a custom style sheet to keep everything uniform across book series.
Have you already gone through developmental, line, and copy editing? Get a last set of eyes on your manuscript before you publish it!
I'll be an extra pair of eyes to help catch errant typos, errors that were introduced during the copyediting stage, and formatting mishaps on typeset pages.
