Hi,<br /><br />I am a Brazilian writer and editor, started to write in English only this year and also to work as a translator (Port/ Eng). I have a small publishing company and we also publish translations from German.<br /><br />I currently have 3 works in progress:<br />1. A journey/ pilgrimage book I'm translating from Portuguese. 1/4 is done, we have a remainder 58,000 words. The material must be ready for editing in 3/4 weeks. I do not wish to reedit what is already done, pieces scattered throughout the book that I will mark in yellow. You would need to ignore them in your editing.<br />2. A novel I wrote 8 years ago in Portuguese based upon an internet relationship that was carried out in English. I have the original material. The thing about this novel is that the writing is not common. We would&nbsp;need to work closely, some "mistakes" are deliberate and will need to be kept unless they are absurd. Usage of italics is not regular. Throughout the book the man "talks" in italics. Sexual content (I attached a sample here in order for you to get the "tone"). 90,000 words. The material will be ready for editing around the end of August.<br />3. The piece you edited as a sample is part of a book of essays. I'm half-way through it and up to now I was working with an editor, not satisfied with her. You would need to redo 48,000 words that basically are already edited. The thing is, I have a method, which is, I&nbsp;write an essay every wednesday and publish it in a blog. The whole book will be ready in October and should be out in December or January 2017. Around 90,000 words. For this particular routine, I would need you to edit every week, but here is the catch: although your price is affordable to me, it is not so when we deal with shorter texts (avg 1500 words). Could we maintain the $0,014 price for these shorter pieces? This book has a strong political content, which may be misleaded at times. My point of view is the one from an immigrant, not a pundit, therefore more or less ignorant of the American way, that's what I want to show. Unless it's too absurd.<br />Would you give me a discount for this kind of volume?<br />At this moment my company is not publishing the travel book, therefore I don't need you to sign the editing. But my personal writing will be published by my company and I'll need your name on it.<br />I still have an older book, the first I published in English that was out in January this year. It has been rewritten a couple of times. Maybe after all these jobs are done I would decide to re-edit it. Again around 90,000 words. &nbsp;This writing routine is constant. I publish one book every year, already published 13 titles in Portuguese.&nbsp;<br />My final question: it is crucial for me that we are always operating on the $0,014 basis. If we are engaged in a 90,000 words project, for example, can I send you weekly portions and still get the same price? Moreover, can we get a discount for a 90,000 words book? (I repeat myself for emphasis)<br /><br />Thank you for your patience and for answering my (many) doubts. BTW, in Brazil I specialized in editing Psychology books, have published more than 15 titles and am currently completing 2. I live in the US but still work in Brazil via Internet. I currently plan to&nbsp;dedicate myself more and more to translations, which will need editing.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />PS a doubt concerning the sample you had worked on: "How many stars there are in the flag?" Or "on the flag"? I always&nbsp;struggle with prepositions and composite verbs. Hope it will improve w/ time.