“If you’re looking for a publisher, they’ll do it. If you’re looking for someone to format your manuscript, they’ll do it.
However, if you’re looking for someone to dig deep into your stories and give you real time constructive criticism, I’d suggest you go somewhere else.
I am a new author, and I sent LCW a large, poorly organized manuscript.
I was looking for developmental editing, which they said they’d do.
With my inexperience and the rough draft nature of my manuscript, I was expecting many suggested edits.
After all, an editor friend had pro-bono edited a similar manuscript, and most of the twenty-something pages were heavily marked up.
Instead, I received back two suggested edits; one, a question about a word I made up, and two, a desire for clarity in a sentence.
I called the project manager and asked about the discrepancy, and she suggested that I forward the edits my friend had made to her, so that she could compare them with the edits LCW had suggested.
Basically, I’m highly skeptical that I will receive anything other than cosmetic editing assistance.
This may not be your experience, but it was mine.
Publishing: 4 stars
Formatting: 4 stars
Editing: 1 star”
