Re: How much should I charge?

**"* S* <a*@amystewart.com>**

$30 an hour sounds too low to me, too. Have you considered offering a day
rate?  You could figure out a scope of work that makes sense for about 8
hours of work (line editing 3 chapters, or reading the whole thing and
offering more general ideas to be followed by line editing later, etc)--and
charge a flat rate for a day's work.  I think people like buying a package
where they know going in how much they'll be spending overall.  Then the
author can come back for the next round after that.

In other words, if you charge, say $65/hour, it will be hard for the person
to know whether to agree to that fee or not--are we talking about 10 hours
or 100 hours?  So a flat rate / package approach might be more enticing.

Amy

www.amystewart.com

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