Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
Live on Zoom | Free to attend – places limited
🕔 Time: 5:00 PM UK / 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST
Here’s what you’ll take away
Want me to edit a page of your writing live on screen?
✅ Just reply to your confirmation email.
Spaces for this are very limited. I may only take one writer’s page because the session is jam-packed with info. First come, first served.
Whether you’re self-publishing or seeking a traditional deal, understanding the editing process is one of the most powerful things you can do to improve your writing and reach your audience.
✨ The last time I ran this class, I met a brilliant writer who later became a perfectly matched client. She was struggling to move her pages from “meh” to sparkling. It’s one of my favourite success stories.
Are you ready to learn from the Editing Masterclass?
A totally free, live programme without upselling or a sales pitch
I want to help you learn about the editing process
I am a working editor.
I help clients with developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, proofreading, and indexing.
But the first step any writer should take, before even thinking of paying an editor, is to learn how to self-edit.
Of course, I would love it if, later on down the line, our interaction in the Masterclass leads to a working relationship.
My working raison d’être is to help writers get their best book out into the world.
But you get to make your own mind up about asking to work with me.
The Zoom call is live and I will walk you though the editing process from the big picture to the line-level work.
You’ll have a chance to put questions or even have one of your own pages edited live on screen. Just hit reply to the confirmation email you get when you sign up.
Want to Join?
The masterclass is free but numbers are limited so I can keep the session small and individualised.
Secure your place now:
Get the Editing Prep Checklist
Drop your name and email here to download your copy of the Editing Prep Checklist.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why should I attend?
If you take your writing seriously, you know how important it is to continually learn about our craft. I guarantee you will learn something you didn’t know about editing!
What’s the catch?
There’s no catch. As a sole business owner, I could spend time and money on advertising my services, or I could help you take practical steps to finish your book. I prefer to take the hands-on approach, because I know from five years’ experience, the best client relationships develop from real-life experience. The Masterclass gives you a chance to experience my editing skills in practice and there is no upsell. I find them sleazy and embarrassing so I assume you would, too.
Do I need special software?
No. This Masterclass is based on use of MS Word, the programme favoured by agents and publishers, and the most useful foundation for self-publishing. That’s all.
What if I can’t make the date?
These sessions are so useful, and so enjoyable to deliver, I plan to run another one in the autumn. Keep your eyes peeled on LinkedIn, or better still, sign up to my newsletter (Letters from a Book Coach) so you always stay informed.
Does the Masterclass work for Fiction?
Yes! Although I specialise in coaching nonfiction, I edit all genres and the Masterclass is suitable for writers of all types of work.
I sense you are English. Is the Masterclass any use to me as an American?
You are quite right. I am English: Oxford-educated and have a rather noticeable “posh” accent. (I can’t hear it, it’s just that’s what people say.) But most of the content applies whichever market you are writing for. My editing practice is half UK writers and half US. I was partly schooled in the US and I specialise in transforming manuscripts written in one form of English for the other market.
Have a question?
I’m just a Message away. Feel free to contact me.
