Today we’d like to introduce you to A.E. Williams
Hi A.E., please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I started my editorial business as A.E. Williams Writer & Editor back in 2019. My mission was to edit and write for businesses, nonprofits, and other writers. Eventually my business became A.E. Williams Editorial, providing strictly editorial services to independent authors, publishing houses, and other editorial professionals.
My career began after graduating from Full Sail University with a BFA in creative writing, I decided to pursue an editorial career because I had been a writer all my life.
From a freelance career to a full-on editorial firm, A.E. Williams Editorial has grown significantly over our five years. We now serve five publishing houses (including a Big 5 publisher) and independent authors all around the world. The company started with me and has grown to a team of six: two junior editors, two interns, and an administrator. I’m proud of the work we’ve been able to do.
We’ve built a wonderful community of clients and made great relationships with publishers. With my team, I’m hoping to help as many writers as we can as they work to write, edit, and publish their books.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Great things are never attained easily. I struggled a great deal in the early days, never really sure where my next paycheck would come from. When working as a freelancer that is always the case, and those who work in that environment know those challenges all too well.
But after hard work and dedication, marketing, and finding the right help, I’ve been fortunate enough to grow a profitable business with an average annual revenue growth of about 55%. I’m not sure how long that average growth will remain as high, but it’s a great indicator that we’re on the right track. Last year was our highest growing year on record. We grew 47% 2024 over 2023. I’m happy with that.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
A.E. Williams Editorial is a Black, LGBTQ+ owned and operated editorial firm. We are looking to help publishers that need our editorial expertise.
A.E. Williams, Owner and Lead Editor, has more than five years of industry experience and would like to provide editorial services for your publishing house. To date, A.E. has edited for indie authors around the globe and several publishing houses including Kensington Books (imprint: Zebra Books); Human Kinetics; Mango Media Publishing; Wordeee; and Hachette Book Group (imprints: Black Dog & Leventhal, Running Press, Orbit Books, and Run For It Books).
Our current offerings are copyediting, line editing, developmental editing, and proofreading. We also provide ghostwriting and translation services (English to Spanish & Spanish to English).
What’s next?
The year 2025 means continuing to grow our brand and our team. Before the year is out, we will reveal some books of our own that we will be publishing under our own publishing arm, CrazedNovelist Books. We’re really excited about!
My administrator and I talked about financial goals and new services to offer to clients going forward. It’s a slow burn on putting things in motion, but the world will soon learn on the other things we have cooking.
Pricing:
- Copyediting: $0.045/per word
- Developmental Editing: $0.055/per word
- Line Editing: $0.065/per word
- Self-Publishing: from $750
- Translation: $0.13/per word
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.crazednovelist.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/crazednovelist
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crazednovelist
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a-e-williams-editorial/
- Other: https://medium.com/from-the-editors-desk
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