Delusional Writer Wants "The Next Twilight" Edited For Free

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    Font - 4:18 回 列 5G ll C Q : Tuesday, July 6, 2021 Hi is this 2:57 PM Sure is, who's this? 2:57 PM I got your number from she said you did the editing for I have a book I been working on for 2 years finished now but needs an editor. You My name is her interested? 3:00 PM Maybe. Can you tell me a little more? What's the book about? How long is it? What kind of turn around time are you expecting? Any particular areas of concern? 3:03 PM
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    Font - Ok cool it's a fantasy romance but lots of action thrown in too about a 17 year old girl named a who falls in love with a vampire only her kingdom (she's a princess) is at war with the kingdom of the vampites. I don't want to give any more away before you read it. Is 467 pages in MS word needs > 3:25 PM View all NOT PLOT I'm happy with the plot the way it is and don't wanna make any changes there 3:26 PM Ok, for a project of that size I would charge 3:32 PM around 300 Dollars????? 3:32 PM
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    Font - Ummm I haven't made any money off the book yet its self published on that much but it shouldnt need much like I said I've been working on it for over 2 years and it's already pretty solid just needs grammar, spelling, that sort of thing so I can't pay 3:38 PM That's already a friend of a friend discount. A book that size could take me about 16 hours to edit, and that's if there aren't major issues. I'd be happy to look at the first few pages free though to 3:42 PM get a better estimate. W
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    Product - I'm sorry. I'd love to help you out, but editing isn't my main job, so l'd be doing this in my free time/ time away from my family. It's not a sacrifice I 3:54 PM can make right now. Good luck to you though! You have another job probably making good money and you're gonna change 300$$ when I can't work???? 3:55 PM Come on I'm letting you read the book for free and it's really good probably gonna be a best seller and l'll thank you by name in the book plus you'll get a free copy when I
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    Font - I've never read that one, not really my thing. Again, thank you for the offer but I can't take the 4:05 PM time to do this for free right now. This sucks. said you were really nice and I thought you'd be happy to help out a struggling writer and maybe get famous in the process. 4:08 PM Guess you'll just have to wait til this book comes out and pay to read it like everybody else 4:11 PM Maybe l'll name one of ugliest meanest characters after you and you'll get famous anyway that way 4:14 P
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    Font - WildPossumLover +1 - 20h · edited 3h Ooh, they get to read it for FREE? Guess what? I can do that at a LIBRARY, AND I dont have to edit it!
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    Product - tegeusCromis +2 · 20h - edited 19h From the sound of it and how its author texts, I would pay money to not read that book.
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    Font - KatJen76 +2 · 20h I think having the meanest, ugliest character named after you isn't as much of a threat as she thinks it is. I'd love to be able to tell the story of how JK Rowling named Dolores Umbridge after me when I refused to edit her book for free. That would be hilarious.
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    Human body - e22ddie46 +2· 18h On that note, I probably read the early Harry Potter books at least 100 times growing up, I don't think I could ever name the editor.

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