Adjustments across the entire manuscript that are tailored to supporting your story. This could be any aspect of your story, including plot, narrative or characterisation.

Checking for consistency, clarity, conciseness and correctness. This level of editing is great for when you are happy with your story but want to tighten up your prose and iron out any wrinkles. Copyediting will also deal with spelling, punctuation and grammar issues.

Whether you are creating a print book, ebook or both, I can use work with you to design beautiful interior pages that draw your reader in.

Ready to print? (Or whatever the ebook equivalent is!) Proofreading is the final check before publishing and ensures that all spelling, punctuation and grammar are correct as well as formatting and page layout elements are right too.

What’s working? What’s not working? How does the story impact the reader? As a trained editor, I can provide detailed and expert feedback on your novel. This can be especially useful for authors not able to afford a full development edit.

Writing about the LGBTQ+ community? Don’t want to offend? I will read your manuscript, or passages from it, to ensure that you avoid upsetting, hurting or damaging the LGBTQ+ community.

Struggling with your writing? Lacking motivation or finding it difficult to keep to your targets? As your accountability partner, I’ll work with you to set realistic goals, keep you on track and get your novel written!

Are you submitting your manuscript to agents or publishers? You want to make your submission as strong as possible. Here’s some advice and how I can support you to get your submission package ready for submitting to agents and publishers.