I like to help others with their writing endeavours, not least of all because literature has, by and large, been good to me. I have helped a great many people over the years hone their writing skills, find agents and/or publishers, gain more confidence in their creative work and deal with the practicalities of being a writer (doing public readings, interviews and so on). I’ve taught workshops internationally, led residential writing retreats, lectured on creative writing courses at university level (Edinburgh, Uppsala), mentored debut novelists and helped bring writers from obscurity to award-winning prominence.
At the moment I am mentoring a select number of authors as they write their first novel and so – sorry – I am not currently taking any further work on board (my diary gives an indication of how busy I am, and doesn’t include mention of an upcoming wedding and honeymoon!)
Check back regularly if you are interested in getting feedback and advice on your literary pursuits. There will, I’m afraid, be a charge as I have to pay bills too, but you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised to find that it’s less than the going rate. I believe that people are sometimes overcharged by mentors who have not themselves published extensively, if at all, and who have little experience of tutoring. There, I said it! You can feel reassured that you’d be getting the benefit of advice from someone with a solid track record of writing and tutoring – and at a fair price.
