Darling Axe Company Policy
The Darling Axe Services
The Darling Axe provides manuscript development advice and a range of editorial feedback and copy corrections. Click here to review our services. Click here to arrange a sample edit and quote. This is the first step toward booking our services.
Pricing & Process
First, prospective clients send us a writing sample, ideally the first 5000 words of their manuscript. The Darling Axe editors will review and discuss your submission to determine suitability and expected depth of editing required. We do sometimes turn down projects; this may be because the draft is not yet ready for our services, which would be our waste of our time and your money. We may also decline a project if the tone or content is not a good fit for our services.
Next, one of our editors will provide a ~1000-word sample edit, which will be a blend of developmental feedback and line editing. Your sample edit will also include our service recommendations, as well as a quote. Click here for more information about our pricing.
When you decide to book our services, your editor will give you an expected turn-around time for the project. If you need your manuscript edited by a certain date, please make these arrangements with your editor. Also, if you need to make any changes to the terms of your project, start-date, or completion date, please contact your editor as soon as possible
Please note that we do not guarantee that your edited manuscript will be a hundred-percent free of error. For services managed directly by Darling Axe, under no circumstances will Darling Axe be held accountable, by anyone at any time, for typographical or formatting errors, any narrative or textual inaccuracies, or any questions of originality or plagiarism in a published manuscript. For projects with a network editor, liability and accountability are governed by your agreement with that editor.
Payments
Payment policies vary by the type of service. For project-managed services like beta reading and proofreading, full payment is required upfront. For query critique and hook assessment with David Griffin Brown, full payment is required upfront. For full-length developmental editing or line editing with David Griffin Brown, half the cost is due to book the project, with the remainder due on completion. For services coordinated through one of our network editors, payment arrangements are made directly between you and your editor.
Please note: service prices are listed in US dollars (USD), as most of our clients reside in the United States. However, as we are a Canadian company, our invoices may be sent in Canadian dollars (CAD). We always use a current, fair exchange rate to calculate the final invoice cost.
For services managed directly by Darling Axe (David Griffin Brown's editing, beta reading, and proofreading): if you are unhappy with the feedback or corrections provided, please contact us to discuss your concerns. Disputes will be heard and given sincere consideration, and resolution may involve further work, a discount toward future work, or a partial refund.
For projects with one of our network editors, please raise any concerns directly with your editor, as these projects are managed independently between you and them.
Integrity & Respect
The Darling Axe holds clients in utmost esteem and respect. We seek to cultivate working relationships that extend beyond the current project to span a writer's career. Therefore, we always seek to maintain clear and open communication. You are always free to contact your editor with questions, concerns, and follow-up considerations.
Your privacy and your work are of critical importance to us. You will always retain full rights to your written work. We will never share your work with anyone outside Darling Axe without your knowledge, other than with the independent editor assigned to your project as part of arranging our services.
Darling Axe Editing
3112 Steele St., Victoria, BC, Canada
# (236) 882-2645