For new authors, landing a professional publishing contract can feel like a long shot. But as any football fan knows, scoring from a long shot is the sweetest feeling.

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Perhaps you’re still hacking away at your first draft. Or maybe you’ve already polished your manuscript until it’s shining, and you think you’re ready to send it off to your chosen agents or publishers. If you’re planning on self-publishing your book, you might be on the verge of hitting the button to send it out into the world.

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No matter how far along you are, it can be hugely helpful to get an external perspective on your manuscript. Especially if that extra pair of eyes belongs to a professional and critically acclaimed author – in other words, someone who has been there and done it.

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(And I would know. While I was working on Season, I was mentored by the novelist Michael Donkor, whose insight helped shaped the novel into the finished product you can find on bookshop shelves today.)

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I offer a manuscript assessment service starting at £499.

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I’ll read as many or as few pages as you’d like, and I’ll return a report outlining the strengths and weaknesses of your book. If I think it needs an edit, I’ll suggest the direction this edit could take. If I think the plot could be tightened, or the prose could sing a little louder, I’ll show you where and how, using all my expertise as a published novelist and editor of multiple books.

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I already work with a London literary agency, reporting on the viability and quality of submissions across both fiction and non-fiction. If you want an acclaimed novelist to give the same editorial attention to your manuscript, get in touch.