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SilverPen Publishing provides workshopping, editing, and writing to help you achieve excellence. Whether you want help on a personal project such as a short story or novel, you’re looking for someone to assist your business and/or employees, or you need help with an academic essay or college entrance essay, SilverPen Publishing is equipped for projects large and small.
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- What services do you provide?
- Where are you located?
- What about my copyright?
- How long will editing take?
- How will I get my edited document back?
- How much do you cost, and how do I pay?
- What guarantees do you provide?
- What are the Creative Commons?
- About the owner, Matthew Stublefield
What services do you provide?
SilverPen Publishing is focused entirely on writing–I’m not going to try and sell you additional services, and that focus helps me be the best at providing the content you need. View our individual service pages for more information about what I can do for you.
Workshopping | Copy Editing | General Editing | Writing
Where are you located?
SilverPen Publishing is based out of Springfield, Missouri, USA, in the heart of the Ozarks. In-person consultation can only be provided in and around the Springfield area, but I am are happy to work online and can provide full service via email, chat, phone, and webinar.
What about my copyright?
Your copyright is guaranteed under domestic and international law. When SilverPen Publishing edits or assists with something you have written, you retain full copyright. You do not need to cite SilverPen Publishing as a contributor or author in any way.
How long will editing/writing take?
This depends entirely on the length of the piece and the current workload at SilverPen Publishing. I will provide you an estimate before accepting the contract, and can generally turn short works around in one business day.
How will I get my edited document back?
SilverPen Publishing will email you a web address after editing has been completed. This link will prompt you to pay for the work that has been done (note that I require half payment in advance) before you may download the edited piece. Upon payment, you will instantly be able to download your document.
How much do you cost, and how do I pay?
I currently only able to accept payment through Paypal, though I hope to add additional methods soon. After you contact me with the work you would like to have done, I will send you a quote that includes the time it will take as well as the total cost. Half of this amount is due before work will begin, and the other half will be required before the document is delivered.
See our price list for estimates.
What guarantees do you provide?
When SilverPen Publishing provides editing or writing services, that work is provided as-is with no guarantees: I cannot guarantee that your product will sell, your paper will get a good grade, or that you will be accepted into college based on our work.
For more information, please see our disclaimer.
What is the Creative Commons?
Near the standard copyright symbol you may have seen the phrase “All Rights Reserved.” Creative Commons licenses are a way of giving some of those rights away to allow others to share and use your work more freely. All work on SilverPen Publishing is copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 license. This means that you can use my work for free, but only under the following circumstances:
- You have to give me credit for the work, citing my name and preferably the location of the work as well.
- You cannot be making money off my work.
- You cannot change my work (though excerpts or quotations from a larger piece is fine; you don’t have to use an entire article, just don’t change my wording).
On echo linux, I prefer to use an Attibution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, which means:
- You have to give me credit for the work, citing my name and preferably the location of the work as well.
- You cannot be making money off my work.
- You can modify my work however you like, provided you use the same license I have.
You are in no way obligated to use either of these licenses, and my workshopping or editing your work does not create the requirement that you use a Creative Commons license. Your rights as a content creator can be waived only by you.
About the owner, Matthew Stublefield
My goal is to live my life doing what I love, and a large part of that is writing and helping others achieve their goals. SilverPen Publishing brings these two passions together and gives me an opportunity to help you.
In addition to this site, I also publish a technology news, reviews, and how-tos site named echo linux. I am currently writing a book about the state of gaming on Linux, and I am an active member of Critters.org, where I provide workshop critiques of fantasy fiction short stories and novels.
I enjoy reading (mostly fantasy fiction), conversation, and coffee. Every morning finds me walking and jogging around our neighborhood, and every evening finds me in bed with a book. In between, I work for Missouri State University in Computer Services as a User Support Specialist, spend time with my wife and our two cats, and enjoy playing a variety of video and board games.
My wife and I are also involved with Springfield Vineyard church. We really enjoy the community there, and regularly hang out outside of church to share meals, play games, and just spend time together.
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