Welcome to Crimson Turtle!

Crimson Turtle is here to edit all types of documents including manuscripts, user manuals, business process documents, resumes, newsletters, release notes, presentations, blog posts, and other Web content.

FIRST TIME AUTHORS – we are here for you! If you don’t know where to start or how to get organized and are wondering how all of this works, give us a call or email. We would love to help!

About Us

About Crimson Turtle

Crimson Turtle was started in 2018 by Darica Smith. Darica has more than 12 years’ experience writing and editing documents including biographies, user manuals, business process documents, scientific journal articles, training documents, grant proposals, newsletters, release notes, presentations, blog posts, and Web content.

Darica also has an outstanding record as a critical evaluator of proposals, research, and manuscripts. She is skilled at addressing accuracy, consistency, and appropriateness of materials, including researching, writing, editing, proofreading, and posting web content.

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Self-Publishing

We can help you write and self-publish your work

Personalized Service

We personally read and edit every page of content and provide
honest feedback. We are available for phone calls and face- to-face meetings.

We Focus on the Integrity of Your Content

It’s important that your work reflects your style, your voice, your agenda.

Experienced & Professional

In addition to our manual process, we use professional editing tools to eliminate typos and maintain consistency

Our Services

More Than an Editing Service – We’re All About the Details

From manuscript to published work
ISBN assistance
Distribution options
Cover and interior artwork
Self-publishing and professional publishing options (we can help you decide)

Copy Editing

($20/1,000 words)
Copy editing focuses less on the content of a piece, and more on the mechanics, especially as they compare to the style guide in use. It includes identifying and fixing errors related to spelling and grammatical typos, tone and style inconsistencies, awkward syntax, and poor word choice. Copy editing involves "five Cs": making the text clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent.

Proofreading

($5/1,000 words)
Proofreading comes after copyediting. In most cases, it’s the last edit to find any errors missed during the copyedit, as well as to makes sure formatting is consistent. An integrity edit focuses on the cross references that occur in large articles, such as journal pieces, and in non-fiction work. For example, if a manuscript notes "See table 3.1" the editor will verify that the table is present where it's supposed to be and says what it's supposed to say. Proofreading also includes checking a clean, new document against an old, edited document to make sure every correction has been made.

Content (Substantive) Editing

($25/1,000 words) With developmental editing, the focus is on the content. For example, story problems, such as inconsistencies, are identified. Developmental editing specifically fixes the document at a content or structural level: paragraphs, pages, clarity (to make sure the reader can understand the idea the writer is trying to convey) flow, organization, format, improving characters (in books), fixing style issues and adding and deleting material.

Formatting

Document formatting refers to the way a document is laid out on the page—the way it looks and is visually organized. Formatting checks for widows and orphans (broken lines or paragraphs), consistent paragraph indents, correct graphic placement, page numbers, etc. Formatting decisions include:

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