Editor
Looking to take your manuscript to the next level? As a qualified editor, I can provide practical, professional advice about how to develop your work to a publishable standard. My aim is to support you in achieving your vision for your book through encouragement and constructive feedback. I have experience editing both fiction and nonfiction, though I specialise in genre fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, crime, romance etc), children’s/YA fiction, and nonfiction books. My services include structural editing, copy editing and proofreading. Budget options are avai…
Irina Dunn offers her services as a manuscript assessor and editor as well as an agent to promote writers’ manuscripts to publishers. Have you completed a manuscript? Wondering what to do now? Email the manuscript to Irina Dunn to get a quote for a detailed assessment report. If Irina thinks your manuscript has “legs”, she will approach the relevant Australian publishers on your behalf and get your manuscript past the injunction on many publishers’ websites: “No unsolicited manuscripts except from an agent”.
Whether you are a published author or you have just embarked on your first project, all writing can be improved by being closely examined and given constructive feedback from a professional editor. Mistakes can make the difference between a piece looking amateur or polished and professional. Queensland Writers Centre works with several editors at various career stages and will pair you to the best fit for your work. Your editor will assist in ensuring your writing is consistent and correct, and that its content, language, style and layout are both fit-fo…
Manuscript assessments give writers access to the objective opinions and analytical skills of literary professionals. We’ll pair your work with the best fit from our broad-ranging list of assessors to ensure you receive constructive, expert criticism from someone with expertise in your area. They’ll look at the overall structure, content and style of your work to give you a ‘big picture’ overview of its strengths and weaknesses, potential for improvements, and further suggestions. You may request an assessment focusing on a few specific areas, or simply…
Robin is a writer and accredited editor with experience in the publishing industry in Australia and overseas. She has edited projects in the following sectors: primary, secondary and tertiary education; business and professional; Vocational Education and Training; and Western Australian State Government resources. She has worked with the following organisations: Longman Australia (Melbourne), Macmillan (Australia), Thomas Nelson (Australia), Pitman Publishing Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Pearson Professional Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), Macmillan (China), and…