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Author Interview with aged care professional Felicity Chapman

Kit Carstairs · April 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Author, Felicity Chapman

We took a moment to chat with Felicity Chapman, author and sometime MAA client. We first had the chance to work with Felicity when she won the Kingdom of Ironfest Author in Residence Contest, of which we were a sponsor. Her book, Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People in … [Read more...] about Author Interview with aged care professional Felicity Chapman

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Getting Published, Non-fiction Tagged With: aged care, aged care non-fiction, Australian Authors, Author interview, Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People in Care: A Support Guide, Felicity Chapman, Jessica Kingsley, non-fiction, publishing, Publishing journey, Writing, Writing non-fiction

Editing Part 2 – Editing ‘Adventurous Spirit’ (by Heather Hawkins)

Kit Carstairs · October 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment

'Adventurous Spirit' by Heather Hawkins

Manuscript – Adventurous Spirit Author – Heather Hawkins Publisher – Murdoch Books Editor – The Manuscript Agency’s Michele Perry In 2007, at the age of 41, with two teenagers and a contentedly unadventurous life Heather Hawkins made a doctor's appointment. Swiftly thereafter she … [Read more...] about Editing Part 2 – Editing ‘Adventurous Spirit’ (by Heather Hawkins)

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Getting Published, Non-fiction Tagged With: Adventurous Spirit, Athletes, copy editing, editing, Heather Hawkins, Marathon Running, Memoir, Murdoch Books, non-fiction, Ovarian Cancer, Published Books, publishing, Running challenges, Sport books, Sport memoirs, structural editing, The Manuscript Agency, Writing

Author Interview – Jim Marwood

Kit Carstairs · November 25, 2015 · 2 Comments

Author, Jim Marwood

ABOUT THE AUTHOR… Can you tell us a little bit more about yourself? What did you want to be when you ‘grew up’? I’m still unsure about the growing up bit, but I qualified in medicine in England, then emigrated as a ‘Ten Pound Pom’. I worked in tropical Queensland at a … [Read more...] about Author Interview – Jim Marwood

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Getting Published, Guide To Writing, Non-fiction, Self Publishing Tagged With: Author interview, authors, biography, history, jim marwood, non-fiction, pat collins, publishing, self-publishing, tasmania, Writing

Writing and editing non-fiction manuscripts

Kit Carstairs · October 6, 2015 · 2 Comments

The Manuscript Agency was recently invited to write the below article as a guest blog on editing non-fiction for ebookedit, an organisation established to help authors turn their manuscripts into finished books. Writing and editing non-fiction manuscripts has more in common with … [Read more...] about Writing and editing non-fiction manuscripts

Filed Under: All About Editing, Getting Published, Guide To Writing, Non-fiction, Self Publishing Tagged With: editing, non-fiction, self-editing, Writing

Word count by genre: How long should my book really be?

Kit Carstairs · April 5, 2015 · 132 Comments

Publishers and agents are typically inundated with manuscript submissions from authors seeking publication. And as a result, ‘the authorities’ (as I shall hereby refer to them as) are looking for reasons to reject your book. The standouts are standouts, and speak for themselves. … [Read more...] about Word count by genre: How long should my book really be?

Filed Under: All About Editing, Book Marketing, General Fiction, Getting Published, Guide To Writing, Non-fiction Tagged With: Adult fiction, authors, book genres, Children's publishing, Crime novels, Fantasy fiction, fiction, historical fiction, horror fiction, Literary fiction, manuscripts, Mystery novels, non-fiction, novels, Romance novels, Science-fiction, Thriller novels, Word lengths, Writers, Young Adult Fiction

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