Olivia Hofer

SFF Author | Editor

Editing

Developmental Edit: I'm great at dissecting a story, and together, we'll polish your novel until it shines.These are some of the elements that I pay special attention to:

  • Character arcs, development, and motivation

  • Hang-ups, info-dumps, and clunky prose

  • World-building, magic system

  • Continuity, plot consistency

  • Beginning, hook, and stakes

  • Flow, pacing, and tension

  • Atmosphere

  • Endings

Note: This isn't a copyedit or a proofread.Enhanced Developmental Edit: In addition to the above, I comb through the entire manuscript line by line and offer advice on how to improve your sentence structure as well as flag spelling errors and grammar issues.I am not a proofreader or copy-editor, but I have a keen eye and pick up on most things.Genres: I specialise in adult SFF.Rates: These are my special introductory rates and will go up in 2025.Developmental Edit: $4.00 per 1,000 words (e.g. $400 for 100,000 words).Enhanced Developmental Edit: $6.00 per 1,000 words (e.g. $600 for 100,000 words).Please contact me with your genre, word count, and preferred deadline, and we can arrange a free sample edit. [email protected]Testimonials
Olivia has a keen eye for detail and pacing. Her feedback has been invaluable, and she's always my first reader. I know my book's quality is safe in her hands. - Isa MedinaOlivia absolutely nails characters, story & emotion, and has improved all aspects of my books multiple times. I would not publish anything without running it by her first. - L.L. MacRae

About

Olivia is a Swiss lesbian who likes fiction in all forms. She's currently trying to figure out her life, a thing she thinks she should have done a long time ago. In the meantime, she writes mostly science fiction and fantasy while traveling in order to pet as many dogs as possible.Her love for literature was cemented when her dad gave her a copy of Stevenson’s Treasure Island. After diving into Stephen King and Tolstoy, she discovered Tolkien as a teenager, and never looked back.She was a senior editor at Three Crows Magazine from 2018 to 2022. For the past few years, she's provided editing and beta feedback to authors both traditionally and independently published.Some authors she's worked with are Tom Toner, LL MacRae, Isa Medina, JE Hannaford, and Trudie Skies.

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