Lauren Finger – Editor

I'm a very experienced editor with an excellent reputation in trade publishing, including digital publishing. I have worked in-house for Bookouture, a digital publisher of commercial fiction, and before that the more traditional and literary houses, Atlantic Books and Allen & Unwin. I have worked with first-time authors through to high-profile writers.

COACHING

As a fiction coach, I can help you achieve your writing goals with bespoke, regular intensive help. This might involve having an accountability partner, developmental editing and then working on rewrites together, hitting a certain word count or finishing a draft, readying a manuscript for submission or publication, or any other writing goals you want to attain.

Coaching involves goal setting and video meet-ups over an agreed period of time. Each coaching project is particular to you and your needs.

I am kind, thoughtful, practical, very experienced and I know how to help you improve your novel and your writing skills.

Get in touch to discuss how I can help you achieve your writing goals this year!

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EDITING - UNAVAILABLE UNTIL JULY 2026

As an editor, I am available for assessments, developmental editing and copyediting of commercial fiction.

So if you have written an entertaining and gripping novel, whether it be historical fiction, women's fiction, crime, thriller or romance, get in touch to see how I can help.

My job is to make your manuscript the best manuscript it can be. I love what I do, and I'm good at it! I have empathy and imagination, a dry sense of humour, I'm kind and communicative, give honest and constructive advice, and will work with you to help you take your manuscript where you want it to go; whether that is to a small group of people, or the world.