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Writer's Services

Are you confounded by rejections from publishers, wondering why?

Do you suspect your writing lacks something…but what?

You believe your story has gone off course, though where?

Unsure how to improve your manuscript’s chances of being selected from the ‘slush pile’?

For over ten years, I have helped writers answer these questions. No matter how proficient and experienced the writer, self-editing presents a huge challenge. We are so familiar with our own work that we know it by heart. Unfortunately, a heart filled with passion for a tale or project wears shades. We read what we think is or should be there, not what actually appears on the page. We miss typos, do not see the misused and misplaced words or the glitches in consistency, continuity, and clarity.

For this reason, I offer Manuscript Assessments and a range of Editing options for works of fiction and non-technical non-fiction, including memoirs and family or organisation histories. (I leave the technical stuff to editors who enjoy it.) Rates are included at the beginning of the relevant pages.

It is an editor's job to minimise mistakes and endeavour to eliminate them entirely. Enlisting an editor's objective and meticulous eye for detail helps increase the odds for a viable and successful manuscript.

NEW SERVICE!

Attic Assist – Mentoring for struggling writers with bothersome issues

Cost: $A45.00
Payment through PayPal (Order at the Store)
If you would like to make payment some other way, please contact me.

You are wrestling with a specific problem or aspect of writing, which is holding up progress.
For example:
You believe your writing should pack more wallop
Your characters sit like paper dolls on the page
You are tearing your hair out over dialogue
Punctuation is the bane of your writing life
Your scenes or settings lack depth or vibrancy.

What to Do

1. In your covering email, summarise the problem.  What are you struggling with in your writing project?
2. Attach up to 3,000 words of your writing project that best illustrate the problem.
3. The attachment should be a Word (.doc) or Plain Text file.

What You Receive

1. My focussed attention on your problem.
2. Suggestions and guidelines to help you move forward more confidently.
3. Replies to two follow-up emails, answering any questions about implementing the suggestions.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Other Options
For details of each option, including rates, please click on the relevant link.
Manuscript Assessments
Editing Services