Overview
While many of my clients are traditionally published, an increasing number are hiring me to assist them in self-publishing. Whatever your goals, I strive to help you bring your story and characters to their full potential while adhering to the highest standards of editing.
My areas of work include fiction and nonfiction, although fiction gives me the greatest buzz. As both an editor and creative writing coach I've enjoyed working on everything from crime to YA, romance, horror, thrillers, children's fiction, literary fiction, dystopian fiction and fantasy.
Margaret Atwood once famously quipped that getting edited is like falling face-down in a threshing machine. I agree that it's a rigorous process, but I endeavour to have my clients emerge on the other end with the minimum of scrapes and bruises.
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Maskew Miller Longman Award for Youth Literature, 2011
- Best Author in Early Childhood Development Literature, UNICEF & Book Dash, 2014
Certifications
- Master of Arts degree, University of Stellenbosch, 2003
Work experience
University of Alberta Press
South African Writers' College, online
Self-employed
Oxford University Press UK
Oxford University Press South Africa
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