Submission Guidelines

1. Making sure of the following will ensure no delays:
   • LOL's partnered schools use APA format: specify if different, e.g. MLA, Turabian, Chicago, Harvard.
   • Send MSWord files: any version.
   • If using a template, keep your document in your template: BOLD or other: only way formatting checks can be done accurately.
   • If you only want a portion of your document checked, advisable to send the whole document, template and all. Just be very clear in the comments box about what needs to be edited or reviewed. State page numbers, chapters or section headings.
   • All schools have style preferences: submit style documents, checklists, feedback from mentor or supervisor, or committee feedback along with your document: only way we can know what is required over and above a standard format and accepted academic English. Many schools actually provide a style sheet for editors.
   • The document you want edited, needs to be a clean document with no tracking or comments by anyone else. If someone’s else’s comment in submitted file, you will be asked to provide a clean document. This causes unnecessary delays.
   • Important to submit your best effort. The idea with editing is not for your editor to do what you could have done, but to improve the writing beyond the point you have already reached.
     
2. Payment pointers: 
   • Every page you include for editing or reviewing needs to be counted: be it a front page, text, or back page. State clearly in your submission. Miscounts mean emails and delays.
   • All paid-for pages will be checked thoroughly and a number of crosschecks will be performed.
   • If you want the TOC and lists checked for linking, include them and pay for them.
   • It is recommended that the Table of Contents and the References be included for review and payment: be it a chapter, a proposal, a thesis, or a dissertation.
   • A number of important crosschecks take place between the text and the Table of Contents and the References: so best to include them in payment.
   • For an APA document, the left margin is 1 1/2 inches. This will affect the page count. Emails to sort this out will delay the start date.
   • A reminder that an average double-spaced text page is approximately 250-300 words. LOL reserves the right to double check the word count if concerned about the length.
   • If you submit work not following the 250-300 norm, LOL will use the word count to work out your page count, so not a problem .
   • Payment via PayPal account or by credit card. Submit document for editing via submission form. PayPal option will automatically appear on the right. Credit card payment option is on the left. If credit card option not available, go to the Editing |Buy Now page and use the Setcom payment. Submission and payment need to happen together to facilitate placement of your work.
   • No hidden costs: a simple per-page rate.
3. Time to edit your paper depends on the length. Important to allow us the time to do good work for you! 
   • 10 pages per day up to 100 pages (max 10 days)
   • add 1 day to total for administration
   • thereafter, add 1 day per 15 pages
   • maximum 20 days
4. Your expectations versus reality:
   • Writing is a dynamic process. Constant changes mean new errors; thus constant checking is a reality.
   • It is unlikely that one edit is going to sort out everything. There are always going to be more changes. No publishing house would ever risk their reputation on one edit: why should you?
   • The best results are achieved where we work together long term: where you submit as you progress--can be chapters and/or proposal, later chapters and/or the full thesis/dissertation--and resubmission after the many people involved in your work have had input.
   • Of course we understand that repeated submissions are finance and time driven: but be realistic and do not expect one edit to be the magic bullet.

Rest assured that all information is confidential.