Is Your Manuscript Ready for The Market Place?
The road to publication is filled with trials and tribulations but why not shorten the distance with a professional critique before submitting your hard work to publishers, editors, or agents? Knowing if your manuscript is in a publishable format and if your work has a viable market if a huge piece of the publishing puzzle. A professionalmanuscript critique provide analysis and comment on problem areas and suggested solutions. Learn what are your manuscript’s strengths and weaknesses and find ways to improve them.
I assess:
- Beginnings
- Characterizations
- Dialogue
- Point of View
- Structure
- Function and Flow
- Tense
- Voice
- General Writing Style
- Audience Appropriateness
- Literary Quality and Publishing Readiness
- Publishing Potential
- Marketability
Children’s Book Critique
Fee: $100 per manuscript
Manuscripts should be less than 1000 words, typed and double-spaced.
Turnaround for most critiques is 48-72 hours.
Email for further information.
Middle Reader or YA Fiction and Nonfiction
Fee: $150 per manuscript
Send first three chapters of novel typed and double-spaced and include a synopsis of the storyline.
Turnaround for most work is 1 week.
Email for further information.
Adult Nonfiction
Fee: $200 per manuscript
Send first three chapters of work typed and double-spaced and include a table of contents and chapter outline for all chapters of book.
Turnaround for most work is 2 weeks.
Email for further information
Adult Fiction
Fee: $200 per manuscript
Send first three chapters of work typed and double-spaced and include a synopsis of the storyline.
Turnaround for most work is 2 weeks.
Email for further information.
My goal is to help your work find the fastest path to publication. I have experience in all forms of adult fiction, children’s juvenile fiction, and YA fiction. I have extensive experience as a developmental editor and workshop instructor for all types of nonfiction, including memoir, biography, social and political commentary, motivational, inspirational, instructional, and health/wellness self-help manuscripts.
Prior to submiting a manuscript for a professional critique write to: pshannon.evans@gmail.com. Iwill reply with instructions for submitting payment and manuscript  format requirements for submission.
