Offered: Critique
Offer: I will provide a thorough critique of up to 20,000 words of an original novel, focusing on your set-up, story arc, characterizations, and overall appeal of story in context of the current publishing market. (Line-editing and copyediting not included.)
Qualifications: I work for a major New York literary agency, where much of my job is reading and evaluating full and partial manuscripts by both current and prospective clients. I also do freelance editorial work for unpublished authors. My specialties are fantasy, soft sci-fi, mystery/thriller, women's fiction, literary fiction, young adult, and middle grade.
Contact: PiratePerian [at] gmail [dot] com.
Delivery: I will have a 2-3 page editorial letter to you within two weeks of receiving your materials. Exceptions must be made for family crises (unlikely) and apocalypses (slightly more likely).
Minimum bid: $15.
Buy It Now: $60.
Qualifications: I work for a major New York literary agency, where much of my job is reading and evaluating full and partial manuscripts by both current and prospective clients. I also do freelance editorial work for unpublished authors. My specialties are fantasy, soft sci-fi, mystery/thriller, women's fiction, literary fiction, young adult, and middle grade.
Contact: PiratePerian [at] gmail [dot] com.
Delivery: I will have a 2-3 page editorial letter to you within two weeks of receiving your materials. Exceptions must be made for family crises (unlikely) and apocalypses (slightly more likely).
Minimum bid: $15.
Buy It Now: $60.