Customers

Over our decade-plus in business, we have helped many writers secure publishing contracts. This is hugely satisfying to us. Just as satisfying: we’ve helped many authors to publish independently.

These days writers recognise that to be successful authors they need to apply the same professional standards to their work, whether they’re looking for agent representation and a traditional contract or whether they’re publishing independently. That’s where Fiction Feedback comes in.

For a number of authors, they’re aware that publishing independently to a high standard attracts traditional publishers who offer contracts as a result. Others prefer the independence – and profits – of self-publishing, and a contract is not their goal. Whatever their aims, indie writers need their work professionally edited to succeed.

Many of our customers return to us, book after book, project after project, even when they have traditional publishing deals, to perhaps get an overview on writing in a different genre, or a new series. Indie authors return to have every new novel edited and copy-edited.

Our input varies from critiques or overviews through to full structural/developmental editing, cumulative editing and mentoring, and of course copy-editing.

Once upon a time, a writer looking for an agent would not worry about editing at all. Increasingly we’re finding not only publishers but also agents prefer work that’s already been edited – developmentally edited and sometimes copy-edited, too. This is onerous on the author, but at least it’s a positive in knowing there is a way to impress. Making an agent sit up and take notice when they usually only give each manuscript a few minutes’ attention is a considerable advantage.