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Editing Services for Indie Authors

 

Hiring me for a manuscript assessment or as your line editor and copy-editor gives your book the best opportunity to reach its full potential by raising its editorial quality and lifting it above the crowded marketplace. Your story and your characters will reach your readers structurally sound, uninterrupted by errors and inconsistencies, your words and dialogue will flow beautifully. The process retains your voice whilst enhancing everything that you have to say, allowing your work to shine.

 

Like me, you will have read books where the typos, grammatical errors, inconsistencies, poor formatting, nonsensical sentences and awkward dialogue  were so cumbersome that you lost interest in the story. It is almost impossible for an author to look at their own work with clear, objective eyes and catch all the errors and pockets of unwieldy content which will go on to become irritations and distractions to the reader. When we create something, we tend to see what we expect to see and not what is actually there.

 

I provide your objective eyes. I am here to support your journey to publication. I want you to be the best you can be and I will use all of my skills, experience and enthusiasm to help make that happen.

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I provide various packages for you to choose from:

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I also offer bespoke editorial services, which can cover a combination of the above, as well as coaching and book design/layout for ebook and print. Simply send me a message via my Contact page and we can discuss your bespoke requirements.

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Genres and Subjects

Fiction

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  • Science fiction and fantasy

  • Crime and mystery

  • Romance and erotica

  • Paranormal

  • Historical

  • Chick lit

  • Adventure and war

  • Thriller

Creative non-fiction

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  • History

  • Neurodivergence

  • Travel

  • Biography, autobiography

  • Psychology

  • Popular science

  • Paranormal

  • Dating, romance, erotica

  • Books, movies, television

  • Pets, wildlife

  • Nature, the outdoors

  • Social media, the internet

  • Adventure, war, military

  • Parenthood

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Kat Harvey is one of our strongest editorial team members.   She is thorough and efficient in her method.

Luna Press Publishing, award-winning small press

I have been nothing but impressed with Kat Harvey's editorial prowess. She helped make my story the best it could be; let her do the same for you!

Anthony Laken, The Infinity Machine trilogy

Kat takes great care to ensure that she completes her work to deadlines and undertakes the initial ground work with necessary diligence ensuring that she fully understands an author’s intentions. Her suggestions are insightful but are only ever made with the weight of experience and she maintains a great respect for an author’s style and work.

Alistair Hall, Bears in the North

The edit was brilliant and picked up on all those things that slip past you when you become totally embroiled in your own work. The formatting skills and consistency you brought to the process will make for a sharper, punchier novel. Oh and thanks for the advice on genre and pace.

Brian Ledsom, Back of Beyond

Kat’s editing was attentive to even minor details. She picked up on inconsistencies and repetitions and added recommendations for change based on her own extensive knowledge and insight.

I am eternally grateful to her for the transformation of the manuscript. Her efficiency in delivering on time, and in advance, was remarkable.

Anna Koenig, ESL author

I cannot thank you enough for the work you have put in, in making my dream of completing and publishing this book come true. Without your professional eye for spotting my, all too frequent, errors, your advice and your questioning of the parts, which if they had been left, would have confused the reader, this book may never have been ready to face my discerning readership.

Hiram Dunn, Borderers in Uniform from 1689 

I employed the wonderful services of a professional editor, Kat Harvey of Athena Copy, who I cannot recommend highly enough and who has been amazing throughout this final process, a font of knowledge for a literary Neanderthal like myself.

Lee-Michael Keegan, Dr Magnesium Mg2+

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