Overview
I have spent my publishing career developing and editing stories. I worked at Working Partners Limited for twelve years as a Senior Commissioning Editor.
Working Partners is the multi-million-selling author you've never heard of: creators of Daisy Meadows (Rainbow Magic et al), Adam Blade (Beast Quest et al), Erin Hunter (Warriors et al) Rex Stone (Dinosaur Club), Lucy Daniels ( Animal Ark), and many, many more. They produce everything from early reader chapter books, all the way up to adult fiction.
There I created concepts, storylines, Intellectual Property (IP) and brands from initial idea through the writing stage; editing the manuscripts once they were written, and finally the nitty-gritty of line editing and proof-reading.
I then moved on to work as an editor for a literary agent. I helped the agency's authors write commercially successful novels, and also created IP for the agency. I read the submissions inbox, so I know how to make your query letter stand out and grab an agent's attention.
I am also an author in my own right, with six books under my own name, and countless others under various pseudonyms.
I can be as collaborative as you'd like. My ideal way of working would be to read through your manuscript or storyline to offer you feedback, then meet again to hear your feedback on my feedback, and work out a next-steps plan from there. I want to help you make the story you want to make, but in the best, most sell-able way possible.
Though I have worked on fiction for all ages, my sweet spot would be middle grade humour, with oodles of heart.
Services
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Languages
Work experience
Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency
• Creating Intellectual Property (IP) for CWLA. Selecting authors to write the manuscripts and editing those manuscripts
• Editing the agency’s author’s manuscripts, from picture books to Young Adult ideas.
• Honing concept ideas, shaping storylines, then editing the final manuscript so it’s ready to be sent out on submission to publishers
• Reading the submissions inbox. Signing new author talent
Working Partners Ltd
• Worked on the multi-million-selling Daisy Meadows brand - Rainbow Magic, Magic Animal Friends and Unicorn Magic. Creating new series ideas and the plots for each book within the series.
• Worked on the multi-million-selling My Sister, The Vampire series. Creating the plots for each book in the series.
• Creating IP for children's books from 5+ to YA - see my Portfolio for examples.
• Writing and editing storylines.
• Editing manuscripts.
• Line editing and proof reading.
Portfolio
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