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Editorial Services
We have grouped together four key stages that a writer goes through.
Select the stage you are at and see how we can help.1
Starting
outDo you need a professional opinion on your book idea?
Book Idea Service
Or help with your first draft
First Draft Review2
Developing
your craftYou have made significant progress with your book. Is now the right time for a mentor's support?
Mid-way Review Service3
Selling
your bookNeed a structural edit?
Full Manuscript Review
Are you ready to deliver the perfect submission?
Submission Masterclass4
Promoting
and publishingYou have approached agents or publishers without success. You are looking for input from the professionals. Beat the Rejection Clinic
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Self-publishing comparison service
Writers & Artists present the new essential tool for anyone looking to self-publish: a free comparison service to help you find the self-publishing services best-suited to the needs of your manuscript.
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How to Hook an Agent
Join four literary agents for seminar sessions and lunch. Then pitch your novel directly to the agent of your choice in a one-on-one meeting.
Bedford Square, London
14th June 2014
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Online Edition
NOW AVAILABLE, the online edition of the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook listings
4,500 entries with the option to search and organise the results to find the agents and publishers most relevant to you.
Available on a 12-month subscription
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Your Testimonials
We offer a number of events & editing services geared towards helping you to get your book published.
Find out what writers we've worked with in the past have to say.
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The best industry advice for writers and artists, we have expert advice articles, inspirational author interviews, competitions, a lively online community and editorial services for every stage of your writing journey.
See our highlights and find out which stage you are at on your writing journey.
Featured
Historical Fiction Competition
You have until midnight on May 11 to enter a piece of no more than 1,000 words.
Crime writer Thomas Mogford on how planning ahead helped him write his way to the perfect ending.
Doing It Better: Editing Your Book
The second article in Polly Courtney's series on self-publishing - on how your manuscript can benefit from a professional edit.
Being Delusional: A Guide to Writing
Author Emma Chapman on how every writer experiences doubt & why you have to look past it.
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Videos and Podcasts
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Video: 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction: the writing process2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction judge Denise Mina discusses her writing process.
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Video: How to draw Herman the Bear by Tom PercivalWatch Tom Percival as he shows you how to recreate his wonderful character, Herman the Bear.
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Video: Behind the scenes- Paperbacks EditorA Paperbacks Editor talks about her job at Bloomsbury Publishing.