Writing Services
This page is perfect for you if you're:
looking for a friendly, competent, competitively-priced developmental editor, or writing mentor; one who can help YOU to polish your novel or short story until it shines
struggling with writing official-sounding e-mails and letters, and with getting your point across while maintaining a professional, no-nonsense tone
in need of a neat, concise personal statement for your CV or college application
looking for someone to proof read a document, blog post, essay or letter, to a high standard, and with or without editorial suggestions
Please note: copy editing is a particular and highly specialised profession; I do not offer copy editing services.
Please further note: I do NOT make use of generative AI, and if I edit your work I will do so using my own eyes, and drawing on my own experience in the craft of writing.
If you have reached this section without going through my home pages, and you’re thinking of contacting me to do some work for you, you’ll naturally want to know my credentials.
I am a multi-published author, both traditionally and self-published, and a freelance developmental editor and mentor with a major literary consultancy. I have had over twenty books published, some with two of the so-called, “big five” publishers, and all are available in Waterstones, WHSmiths, and other book shops, as well as Amazon.
Each service I offer is going to be different, tailored to your exact needs, and will be a process of communication and understanding on both sides. For this reason the price will be agreed between us once we’re in a discussion about what you’d like from me. I will provide you with the current industry rate for the service you require, and we can discuss reductions.
For novels: I will edit a short sample of your work (ten double-spaced pages) free of charge, so we can see if we’re a good match. We can then agree a price, at which point you can still back out if you aren’t happy.
Synopsis and query packages: I will edit these and advise you, free, if you choose a full novel appraisal and marked-up manuscript.
We might decide we’re not a good fit for one another, and if that turns out to be the case I will do my best to put you in touch with another editor who might suit you better.
If you have any questions, please do get in touch using any of my social media links, or the contact form below.