Freelance Info & Rates

Thanks for considering me as a partner in your important project! Whether you’re applying to college or grad school or a new job; perfecting a poem, story, or essay; or need a push to move forward on your next big project, I’m happy to provide editorial support and creative mentorship. The rates listed below, unless otherwise specified, apply to a broad editorial package featuring proofreading, developmental edits/suggestions, and copyedits.

AI Statement: I am committed to integrity as a human editor, and as such, do not use AI at any stage in the editorial/feedback process.

For all of the below services as well as other inquiries, please email editorialcavar at gmail.com, or click here.

Academic / Admissions

I hold a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of California: Davis, where I spent two years on the program’s graduate admissions committee. I am equipped to provide feedback on application materials such as CVs, personal statements, writing samples, and diversity statements for multiple subject areas, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.

I am able to provide feedback on undergraduate applications for traditional and non-traditional/returning students, and have experience working with both demographics at the college level.

Please note that my per-page rates, with the exception of poetry, assume a standard 250-word page.

Rates (sliding scale available; inquire via email):

Undergraduate:

  • Admission Essays: $15 per page.

  • Resumes/CVs: $25 flat

  • Zoom Consultations: $30 per hour-long session

Graduate:

  • Admission Essays, Statements, Samples: $25 per written, double-spaced page

  • Resumes/CVs: $35 flat

  • Zoom Consultations: $30 per hour-long session

I am also able to provide editorial feedback on academic essays at an undergraduate and graduate level in the following subject areas for $15 (undergraduate) or $25 (graduate and above) per page.

  • American Studies

  • Critical Ethnic Studies

  • Disability Studies, Mad Studies

  • English (Literature, Rhetoric/Composition)

  • Interdisciplinary Studies, Liberal Arts

  • Media Studies

  • Queer, Trans, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  • Science & Technology Studies

Creative Writing

I am an experienced editor of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and hybrid-genre texts written in or translated into English. The rates listed below apply to short-form works/submission packages up to 12 pages (poetry, hybrid)/10,000 words (fiction, hybrid, nonfiction). Standard and in-depth options include line-level and thematic feedback. Please inquire if interested in working with me on a longer project.

Rates (sliding scale available, inquire via email):

Prose

  • First Impressions: $15 for one paragraph of general feedback for any work up to 5,000 words, or $25 for up to 10,000 words.

  • Standard Prose: $10 per page

  • In-Depth Prose (includes one hour developmental video chat, submission coaching, and magazine recommendations) $20 per page.

Poetry

  • First impressions: $15 for one paragraph of general feedback about 6 pages of poems, or $25 for up 12 pages.

  • Standard Poetry: $5 per page

  • In-Depth Poetry (includes one hour developmental video chat, submission coaching, and magazine recommendations) $10 per page.

Resumes, Cover- and Query Letters

I am happy to work with you to make your cover letter for employment or manuscript query letter the best it can be.

Resumes: I can help you tailor a standard job search resume, whether to a general job search or a specific posting.

Cover letters: I am open to working with cover letters for a wide range of positions, with a focus on decoding job ads and constructing smooth, engaging sentences that will keep a hiring committee’s attention.

Query letters: I signed with my literary agent, Noah Grey Rosenzweig at Triangle House Literary, in 2024, and am excited to help you take this next step in your career. I am particularly suited to queries related to literary/contemporary fiction and speculative (+ science fiction, fantasy, horror) fiction.

Rates:

  • Resumes: $25 per 1-2 page resume, add $15 for optional Zoom brainstorming session.

  • Query letters: $20 per letter, add $15 for optional Zoom brainstorming session

  • Cover letters: $20 per letter, add $15 for optional Zoom brainstorming session

  • Zoom brainstorming session only: $30 per hour

Sensitivity & Authenticity Reading

I am available to sensitivity- and authenticity-read for the following demographics. Please send me an inquiry discussing the themes and hopeful trajectory of your project to further discuss how I can help.

  • Physical disability: chronic illness, POTS, physical disability acquired in adulthood, chronic pain

  • Mental disability: OCD, autism, eating disorders, major depressive disorder, non-suicidal self injury, suicidality/suicide attempts, body dysmorphic disorder, misophonia, forced psychiatric institutionalization.

  • Gender and sexuality: transmasculinity, nonbinary identity, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming care (hormone therapy, gender-affirming surgeries); nonbinary lesbianism, polyamory, relationship anarchism.

  • Ethnicity/religion: Judaism (reform denomination), Jewish conversion.