Overview
I'm a literary editor and creative writing teacher and mentor. I help authors create better stories and write better books.Since 2008 I have helped dozens of authors to get their ideas into writable form and their manuscripts into publishable form.In all collaboration, I prioritize developing the author's creative and artistic skills over "fixing up" or firefighting. I never suggest any changes without ensuring that the author understands why. And were possible I will teach you how to avoid repeating the same issues or encountering the same obstacles in your next manuscript.So working relationship with me is long-term; I will stay with you and help you, until you don't need me any more.My portfolio includes bestsellers and award winners. But I get as much satisfaction working with new writers and traditional "midlisters." Quality, not celebrity (or notoriety) is my core value. I believe that it as true as it always has been that quality is the key to longevity for a creative artist.Literary editing and story development are my core activity, but I also run creative writing courses and I write, compile, edit and update a book about writing technique and methodology.
Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure
Classics
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Science Fiction
Short Story
Thriller & Suspense
Women's Fiction
Languages
English (AUS)
English (UK)
English (US)
Work experience
Harry Dewulf
Sep, 2008 —
Present
Portfolio
In an outer world that is impossible, an inner world grows out of the wreckage. Built by a little girl too young to know how it might be done, she did it her way and then lived with it all. This is her story. Searing, shocking, yet holding treasures deep where... read more
Deacon Shader is a man of contradictions. Trained for holiness, he is also the deadliest warrior of his generation.When plague strikes at the heart of the city of Sarum and the Abbey of Pardes is attacked by an army of undead, Shader is thrust into the forefro... read more
Book 2 of the Shader series (Epic Fantasy)The reavers are swarming and this time their prey is the supreme ruler of the Templum, the Ipsissimus himself.With Shader dead and his piece of the Statue of Eingana in the hands of Shadrak the Unseen, the threat of th... read more
WORTHY OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCECHOSEN BY CBS NEW YORK AS BEST OF BEACH READThis exciting debut novel written by former Secret Service Agent J.A. (Jerry) Ballarotto is by no means an ordinary kiss and tell story. Set in 1963, it sweeps the globe from New Jersey ... read more
Once, in another world—a dark world, the world of Faetta—there lived paladins and pirates, tyrants and scallywags, vampires and the undead. In this world a revolution is brewing. The royalty of Sieunes are in chains, and those priests and paladins who follow t... read more
All Elle wants is a little land to call her own. And she has earned it, finding a measure of peace on a lonely isle near the bottom of the Florida Keys. But others have their own designs, especially Billy, her deadbeat, absent husband who could show up any tim... read more
When everyone runs, who will stand?For eons a dark force has lurked inside Archalon, waiting.In 2354 the Confederacy set it free. Now the alien uprising is imminent and there’s only one person left to stop it.Nova goes where others dare not. She shoots first, ... read more
What if?What if the descendants of the Vikings who settled Greenland and went on to reach North America around the end of the first millennium had stayed?Five hundred years later, would Christopher Columbus have arrived to the south of an eastern seaboard dott... read more
Over a thousand years ago the Norse reached the Americas, but never stayed.What if they had?Following on from The United States Of Vinland: The Landing comes Red Winter.Eskil's dream of settling the newly discovered lands of the west to honour the Gods is unde... read more
Surrounded by enemies. Nowhere to go. Out of time."The series just keeps getting better."“Hooked :)”Volcano in sight, Thirteen is closer than ever to finding her sister. The immense Pacifica Ice Sheet and wrecked slaver ships lay behind her. But in front waits... read more
A frozen planet. An impossible quest. A sister who won’t quit."Spine-tingling, breath-holding action!"“I am sure there are finger indentations in my Kindle.”Though she doesn’t know her real name, Thirteen is sure of two things: survival and finding her sister.... read more
"The history is still being written. Anarr has been playing this game for a very long time. For a thousand years he has bonded his dragons with humans and elves, ensuring their survival and power in the world, letting them grow in numbers. Now he meddles once ... read more
"We are all tiny fires burning in the dark. Each one of us good men trying to ward off the cold and the evil in this world. But there will always be more night than fires to light it."——Unseen by the world, in glory to the Blood God, the goblin hordes have ama... read more
"You speak of a war between dragons and wizards that was so long ago it has fallen from the pages of history. That it was dragons who silenced the song of magic for our own vanity and power. Even if all that you say is true, I have never hunted a wizard or man... read more
Edit Ready is an author's reference book for use during story development, writing and both self editing and when you get your manuscript back from your editor.Put like that, it sounds rather dry, but reference books always do.Actually, though, although it has... read more
Is the Living Blade real or just a legend?With it… Prince Bashan could win back his kingdom.Master Telen Diaz can free himself of the burden from his past.Owen Smith sees a once-in-a-lifetime chance to gain untold knowledge.… but for Noraya Smith, the Living B... read more
Neuroscientist Margaret Hauri has two children to raise, and she's on the cusp of a scientific breakthrough. There's just one problem. She's dead. Length: 5,000 words, a short story Genre: near future hard SF, drama Market: written for adults (no sex, no viole... read more
The future is here…the future is now! Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson and Larry Niven have seen the future. Now, you can, too. A constellation of the brightest lights in the Science Fiction and Fantasy firmament have judged these authors to be the best, th... read more
It began in First Activation, when military veterans Harry and Jack arrived at a silent JFK airport and a New York City full of madmen driven to kill one another.In Second Activation, the two brothers escape from Monroe, Michigan, and head for New York to face... read more
Brothers Harry and Jack leave Manchester for New York City for their annual weekend getaway. But upon arrival, they find a silent, deserted JFK, where the few ground crew they can spot have all been slaughtered.Harry and Jack are military veterans, but they’ve... read more
