On the Ball Christian Proofreading Service
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I primarily use Word's Review features, since it's easier, but I can use the basic Adobe PDF editing tools if your document is PDF, and even Google Docs, if that's what you used. I use The Chicago Manual of Style, as that's what I'm most familiar with, but would have no problem looking up any other style guide you prefer. I'm currently on Central time, so even though I'm based at home, my business hours are 8 am to 5 pm.

I will find the following when I proofread: 
  • Typos 
  • Double words ( such as "the the,”  “and and,”  etc.) 
  • Grammar errors 
  • Punctuation errors 
  • Misspelled words 
  • Issues with formatting (mostly spacing, any deeper is copy editing)
If you want copy editing, where I dive deeper and make changes to sentences, total formatting changes, and so on. Copy editing will cost extra, since copy editing takes more time. For example, your project may work perfectly well when it's a PDF, but if I were to convert it to Word, the formatting might get very messed up when I try to add commas or words, strike out errors, and the like. Such as you having manually added page numbers outside of the header/footer, which would mess up paragraphs if extensive editing were done. Or centering/justifying the paragraphs, rather than keeping them left-aligned by default.

I can proofread novels, novellas, short stories, articles, blog posts, essays, and even church related written works. Let me know which style guide, if any, you use so I can properly proofread your work.


I am willing to proofread, for free, a small sample before taking on a whole project, five pages at most for anything above fifty pages and one page for anything less totaling less three pages, for your piece of mind before you submit what you needed proofread. Please contact me to ask about it. Once I get your message, I'll send you the email address to submit your sample, and then you send the sample. Depending on how busy I am, one to five pages ought to take less than thirty minutes.

Fees depend on how many pages and number of hours required for me to proofread your project. I will use Paypal for invoicing and payment plans can be discussed. 

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