Canadian copy editors at your service

Hi. My name is David Leonhardt, and I run THGM Writing Services. Our team of professional copy editors is ready to finalize your book, article blog post or report. We’ll deliver your improved manuscript on time and on budget.

Our Canadian editors and American editors will make sure that your text is ready for your audience in Canada, in the USA or internationally.

Send us the yellow form on this page for a quick and free quote.

Copy editing is like first aid for your documents. They are in pretty good shape, but need just a little help to put them in top shape. We can do a full copy edit or just proofreading.

What copy editing includes:

• spelling
• grammar
• punctuation
• capitalization
• clarity of language
• consistency of language

What proofreading includes:

• spelling
• grammar
• punctuation
• capitalization

But we can do much more. We can check facts. We can restructure the manuscript or sections of it, if you wish. We can enhance descriptions or dialogue. These are not part of “copy editing”, but your manuscript might need more. Let us know what your text needs, and we’ll do it for you.

If you are not sure what your manuscript needs, we can do a high-level review. We deliver a couple pages of recommendations.

What high-level recommendations include:

• the plot
• characters
• descriptions
• passages where specific improvements could be made
• other recommendations the editor offers

For a free quote, send us your details in the form on this page.

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Five reasons to hire a professional editor

• Hire a copy editor to be publish-ready.
• Hire a copy editor for a fresh set of eyes.
• Hire a copy editor to catch what you missed.
• Hire a copy editor for accuracy and consistency.
• Hire a copy editor to avoid looking like an amateur.

Consistency is important. You’ll look like an amateur if your style, tone or vocabulary are inconsistent. For instance, if you use US spellings, such as “center” and “neighborhood” in your manuscript, you don’t want to suddenly insert Canadian spellings, such as “centre” or “neighbourhood”. And if your protagonist is a” recruiter” in some sections, you don’t want her to suddenly become a “head hunter”. If you mention a “car” in some places and call it an automobile” in others, you will want to pick one word and stick to it. And let’s face it, if you want to sell your book south of the border, nobody will know what a “Newfie” is, nor the significance of “Meech Lake”.

Five reasons to hire our copy editors

• Our copy editors are skilled – they know their English.
• Our copy editors treat you like a king or queen ( or prince or princess, your choice).
• Our copy editors are meticulous – they hunt down errors that you might have missed.
• We are called The Happy Guy Marketing. Our specialty is making people like you happy.
• We care. If your document needs more than a copy edit, we’ll stop and let you know.

If your documents need help, fill in the form on this page to get a free quote now.

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Five reasons to hire a freelance editing agency

• All our copy editors are proven and safe.
• You get a pro to help you. You are not an isolated writer.
• We are your team. We have a choice of editors to assign to you.
• We let the editor do his job…but we step in if anything needs troubleshooting.
• If your editor gets sick or has an emergency, we have back-up editors to jump in for you.

Are you curious how many people seek help editing their books, reports and screenplays? This chart shows what help Canadians want from us. As you can see, plenty of people just like you want their manuscripts edited.

Five reasons to hire a Canadian copy editing agency

• We know Canadian English.
• We also know US and UK English.
• Typically Canadian, we are nice and polite.
• Like you, we are hard-working and conscientious.
• We have Canadian editors…but we also have American editors.

Five tips to work with our copy editors

• Tell us your word count.
• Pay for copy editing.
• Let us know if there are any exceptions that you want preserved.
• Review the edits that we send in “track changes”.
• Accept whichever edits you want; reject whichever edits you don’t. It’s your manuscript and you are still the boss.

Exceptions can be important. Sometimes correct grammar or spelling sometimes includes slang or dialect, especially in dialogue. Let us know of any “errors” that were made on purpose – the ones you do not want “corrected”. We want to respect the tone you are trying to set.

To find an editor today, fill in the yellow form on this page.

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Five things you should know about the cost of editing

We don’t compete on price. We compete on quality. We charge what it takes to deliver quality, without paying celebrity prices.

• Editing is a labor intensive job. It costs money.
• The longer the manuscript, the more it costs.
• Ours editors are just as good as celebrity writers, but you don’t pay extra for their celebrity status.
• There are cheaper editors on the Internet. But if price is your top consideration, why even hire an editor?
• Our standard copyediting price includes:
• spelling
• grammar
• punctuation
• capitalization
• clarity of language
• consistency of language
• service with a smile

We’ll make you look spectacular!

The top reason people ask us to edit their documents is to look good. Their story is great. Their information is solid. Their ideas are clever. But their writing could be better.

Once we have finished with your manuscript, your writing will be better.

Nothing says “amateur” like:

• misspellings
• poor grammar
• disconnects in your text

Fortunately, it is easy to head off instant failure before it happens by hiring a professional manuscript editor or proof reader. Let us know today how we can help you.

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Just a few sample books we’ve written or edited


• ASIM: Servant of Two Masters, by D.W. Smith
  HISTORICAL FICTION: In 1453 Turkey, Mehmed the Conqueror has just defeated the Byzantine Empire and a new era called the Ottoman Empire is ushered in.
• Breast Cancer; The Sun Will Rise, by Pamela S. Barron
  SELF HELP: Breast cancer survivor Pamela Barron describes life with metastatic breast cancer and continuous chemo treatment for seven years .
• War of the Staffs, by Kathryn Tedrick and H.P. Stephenson
  FANTASY: A fresh new series for all those who love dragons, wizards, elves, dwarves, and mayhem.
• Amazing Adventures of a Nobody, by Leon Logothetis
  MEMOIR: A personal tale of travel and adventure in the real world.
• Sit Crooked and Speak Straight, by Stephane J. McGrane
  BUSINESS: A primer for anyone wanting to conduct buisiness susccessfully in the Arabian Penninsula.
• The High-tech Gooseneck Putter, by Samuel DiMatteo & Kristin Johnson
  CHILDREN: Meet Sami DeMani, a Canada gander with a legendary golf game. He’s on track to win the prestigious Waterfowl Tour — and put his nemesis, the ruthless Pete Swan Lake, in his place once and for all.
• The Missing Cub, by Darcy Fast with Jonathan Kravetz
  AUTOBIOGRAPHY: A baseball autobiography.
• Eradonis: Legend of the Black Rose, by Narisha Rajnandan
  FANTASY: First in a series of books featuring sorcery and magic spells.
• My Life With an Unsung Hero, by Vesta Sithole
  BIOGRAPHY: The post-humus biography of the Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole, a hero of the Zimbabwean struggle for independence.
• The Genesis One Code, by Daniel Friedmann
  SCIENCE, RELIGION: Calculations demonstrate a clear alignment between the times of key events described in the creation narrative in the Book of Genesis with those derived from scientific theory and observation.
• He will guide you, by Dr. John Diomede
  RELIGION: A guide for Christians to your relationship with the Holy Spirit.
• Flying Cowboys and Confetti Rain: Dreams of a PBR Bull, by Debbie Felkins Tamez
  CHILDREN: An endearing story of a bull and a racoon and their adventures on the road to fame.
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