Hello!
My name is Joe and I am a horror/bizarro author, book designer, editor, and owner of a small press living in northwest Washington State. I absolutely love dark and beautiful fiction and I would be thrilled to help make your words as beautiful on the page as possible.
For more information please use my Contact form
-Joe (J.W. Donley)
note: Use of my services does not in any way affect decisions to publish a work through Dark Forest Press. DFP is not a vanity press and does not accept payment for publication. Also, I reserve the right to refuse service on any project using AI generated text or artwork.
Formatting Services
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Joe’s expert communication and quick response time made what was going to be a stressful project a breeze. I would highly recommend his formatting to anyone who would like a clean, professional book done.
David Beaumier
Marketing and Communications Manager at Chanticleer Book Reviews And Media
Joe is a professional and responsive collaborator who offers exceptional service at an affordable rate. I highly recommend Dark Forest Press.
Clay Vermulm
Podcaster, editor, and author of horror & fantasy
The work was done on time or earlier and always looked great!
Riley Kade
Author of The Carnal Fever Trilogy
DFP helped with line editing and proofreading my 100K word novel. The cost was reasonable and the results were well worth the cost. The work was done very quickly and every promised deadline was met.
Robert S. Phillips
Author Of Elodia’s Knife
Editing Services
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Proofreading
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Assessment
$0.02/word
Line editing is for writers who are a bit further along in the process of finishing their work. With line editing I provide feedback on content, style, and language use at the sentence and paragraph level. This includes:
- Information Redundancies
- Run On Sentences
- Dialogue or Prose that can be Tightened
- Confusing or Unclear Meaning
- Shifts in Tone and Unnatural Phrasing
- and more
$0.01/word
Do you just need someone to go through your work and fix grammar, spelling, and punctuation issues? I can do that!
$0.006/word – minimum $20
Editorial Assessment is for writers who need feedback on their work as a whole. With this service I provide a two page general summary containing strengths and weaknesses along with targeted feedback designed to help improve the work.
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