Get Feedback On Your Writing

Feedback services for your children's / YA novel

Tough, constructive advice - and help with literary agents.
Send your manuscript to us and we will read it in full. We'll tell you in detail what's working, what's not working, and how to fix the stuff that isn't yet right. You will also get the chance to discuss our feedback directly with your editor. See sample feedback.

If your manuscript is strong enough to be marketed, then we'll help with that too. We have outstanding connections with literary agents and have placed clients with Curtis Brown, United Agents, Conville & Walsh, AM Heath, MBA, and dozens of others. Some success stories.

Our children's team are exceptionally strong and includes authors who have won or been shortlisted for most of the significant awards in children's fiction, including the Nestle and Guardian Children's Book Prizes. Meet the team.

Get started. Just email us your manuscript. We'll confirm a price and, if you're happy, start work immediately. Turnaround time is approximately 3-4 weeks. Get further details.

Fees: £170 + £3.75 per thousand words. More fee info.

Picture book feedback

Learn how to succeed in this highly specialist market
We also offer detailed advice on children’s picture books - and naturally we use editors with deep experience of this specialist field. Click here for more info.

Turnaround time is approximately 3-4 weeks. Get started.

Fees: £125 for 1-2 picture books
         £150 for 3-4 picture books. More payment info.

Quick feedback

Fast, low cost advice for any manuscript
If you're not sure what to go for, please feel free to ask for help. We can offer a short telephone consultation for free. Or if you want more detailed feedback from a professional novel or book editor, we can review a covering letter, synopsis and up to 5,000 words of your manuscript for £95. If you decide to convert your £95 consultation into a full review, you will get £40 off the fee for the latter.

Get started. Please email us your work, with some brief background about your questions / concerns. Make sure you include your contact info. We'll get straight back to you.

Fees: Short consultation - free
        Written consultations - £95. Payment info.

Copyediting

Polish your manuscript prior to self-publishing
Copyediting will not be necessary for most clients – except where self-publication is the goal, or where a writer is a non-native speaker of English. We’re happy to advise on whether copyediting makes sense for you. Click here for more info.

Get started. Please email us your work and we'll get back to you with a quote. If you're happy with that, we'll start immediately. Turnaround time is typically 3-4 weeks.

Fees: Are quoted on a per-project basis. Payment info.