#editorial feedback

okay so. i’m officially soft-launching my beta reader + editing service and i want to offer a few free 5-page critiques to test things out!

📂 you send me the first 5 pages of your manuscript 🖋️ i send you a 3-page feedback letter with: — analysis of voice, hook, pacing, flow — advice on revision + clarity — thoughts on your opening vibe and strength as a writer

💌 it’s free. just fill this form → right here 🧪 i’m only choosing a few, so if you’ve got a WIP you wanna polish, send it in!

I run a beta reading service dedicated to helping authors refine and improve their manuscripts before publication.

I provide detailed feedback on both fiction and non-fiction works, focusing on clarity, structure, and reader experience.

Services include:

Plot and structure analysis (fiction)

Argument clarity and flow (non-fiction)

Character and content development

Pacing and readability

General reader feedback and suggestions for improvement

I work with manuscripts at various stages, from early drafts to near-final versions. Feedback is clear, honest, and aimed at helping strengthen your work while preserving your voice.

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Editorial feedback on a manuscript for children - from a leading Literary Agent

editorial feedback from manuscript #3

but still a rejection

Having climbed out of the slushpile from personalised feedback--via revisions on the partial and full-request--all the way up to a phone call to discuss revisions on the full, the rejection of my third manuscript was a much longer way to fall.

It's still not the worst fall off my submission ladder though.

That's still to come.  

One of the best things to come out of this one was a lovely long phone call with one of my CPs. This and the support of my other CPs, writing friends and Subcare cushioned me, as did the R itself, which as rejection letters go had to be the best kind to have--two pages of what worked and what I needed to work on....

"but this story doesn't entirely hang together"

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