WELCOME TO LAMBDA EDITING.
Your book needs an editor, and I've got you covered.
About Me
Hi! I'm Angela Traficante. I live near Boston, MA, USA, and I provide editing and beta reading services for self-published authors, small presses, and traditional publishing houses. I graduated in 2009 from Bennington College with a dual degree in Literary Arts and Computer Science. In 2019, after spending nearly a decade in the tech industry as a software developer and technical product manager, I decided to turn my part-time beta reading and writing critique hobby into a full-time business.
I've been beta reading since 2009 and editing since 2019. I'm an author myself, so I know exactly how hard it is to finish a story and put it out to the world. Because of that, I seek to be thorough, constructive, and helpful in all my editing and beta reading feedback. I often pull from my extensive reading and my own experience self-publishing to help guide my clients in how to prepare their books. In addition to taking on indie clients, some of my small press and traditional publishing house freelance clients are Story Garden Publishing, Podium Entertainment, and Sourcebooks.
When I'm not writing or editing, I love to travel the world, cook, bake, drink tea, play with fountain pens, figure skate, watch horror movies, and roast coffee. I am an avid reader who reads roughly 100 books a year.
My preferred editing genres are fantasy, paranormal, romance (all heat levels/subgenres), mystery, horror, thriller, suspense, speculative fiction, historical fiction, and literary fiction. I mostly edit adult and young adult novels, but I have some experience with mid-grade fiction as well. At this time, I do not beta read or edit non-fiction, memoir, short stories, poetry, or children's books.
If all of that sounds interesting to you, get in touch regarding your next project! I'm happy to discuss what I can do for you or take a look at your manuscript and evaluate its needs. I'll always give my honest opinion of what value I can provide, as well as what I think will improve your project the most.
Services
Copy Editing
Sentence-level and paragraph-level changes to your manuscript meant to improve the writing style, flow, grammar, punctuation, word choice, and clarity.
Starting at $0.01/word
Read MoreTechnical Editing
Proofreading, copy editing, and fact-checking for technical content using expertise from my computer science degree and a decade of experience in the tech industry.
$50 – $100/hour
Read MoreProofreading
A final pass over the text to catch any last-minute typos, grammar issues, punctuation mistakes, missing words, formatting issues, or other minor problems before publication.
Starting at $0.008/word
Read MoreFiction Beta Reading
A detailed report on your story written from the perspective of a reader/buyer to gauge effectiveness and marketability.
$2.00/1000 words
Read MoreContact Me
Want to get in touch about a project? Send me an email with what you need (including your name, book title, estimated word count, genre, what service you're interested in, and a brief description), and I'll get back to you about my availability and whether I'd be a good fit.
contact@lambdaediting.com