87K-Word Novel Proofreading

Job ID: 40168774

Budget: $250 – $750 USD

My completed manuscript comes in at roughly 87,000 words and is ready for a final polish before I move to formatting and publication. I’m looking for someone to give it a thorough, basic proofread—grammar, spelling and punctuation only—nothing structural or stylistic. The file is a single Microsoft Word document, so please be comfortable working with Track Changes.

I don’t follow a bespoke style guide, so feel free to rely on standard proofreading conventions (Chicago, New Oxford etc.) where choices arise. Consistency and a light touch are key; I want the prose to remain unmistakably mine, just error-free.

Deliverables I’d like wrapped up in one hand-off:
• The fully marked-up Word file with all changes visible.
• A clean, accepted-changes version ready for upload.

If you have a sharp eye, a respect for author voice and the availability to turn this around in a reasonable timeframe, I’d love to hear from you.