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Alyssa helped a lot in unsnarling the knots of my query letter and supporting my first pages. She’s also very friendly, put me at ease, and knowledgeable. Thanks Alyssa.
virginia stanley
March 24, 2025
I just had a 10 page/15 minute consultation with Melissa. Her comments were direct and extremely helpful. I left the meeting with a much better understanding of how the process works from an agent’s perspective. She didn’t waste a moment. I know exactly what I need to do to improve my query and pages, and I now feel confident with my query package. I highly recommend Melissa!
Lynda Wilson
March 24, 2025
I just had a 10 page/15 minute consultation with Alyssa. She is wonderful. She’s straightforward, clear and concise. I sent seven pages of my manuscript and three pages of my synopsis, which was the perfect combination. She went over my synopsis in detail and found the holes I knew were there but couldn’t find on my own. I’m so grateful for her observations and guidance. I know exactly what I need to do now.
I highly recommend Alyssa. I never felt rushed, which was so appreciated. She’s very thorough and you can tell she genuinely wants to help. I got much more than I hoped for!
Lynda Wilson
March 24, 2025
Kelly was generous, detailed, specific, and eager to brainstorm solutions. I appreciated the practical recommendations she offered. As a writer, I personally appreciated how she listened and asked follow up questions. She wasn’t stuck on script, but wanted to be a partner in craft even in the limited moment that we were working together.
Andrew Hiller
March 24, 2025
Fiona put her wonderful, insightful, razor sharp eye to my manuscript and and challenged me to work towards the best version of my story. With kindness, with care, a smile and above all, a love for children’s literature. I feel braver and better and so will my book, thanks to Fiona’s guidance.
Hoong Yee Lee
March 24, 2025
Alyssa gave me firm, helpful feedback that makes me feel more confident going into another round of queries. The advice is perfect to help me moving forward with other projects in the future, as well! Absolutely worth it.
Darian Rudderham
March 24, 2025
Thank you Jessica and Julie for your request for feedback. I am happy to share my experience was extremely rewarding. I met with Erica Bauman for a ten-minute consultation regarding my debut novel, ìEscape of the Swamp Girlsî.
I received a timely email prior as an opportunity to share any discussion points so that time would be efficiently managed, a very thoughtful gesture.
As a new writer and from a nonliterary back ground, I found the style and content of the consultation very approachable. In fact, the information was shared in a manner quite familiar to me as a physician leader. With healthcare improvements, we strive to make interventions through ìSMARTî goals. Erica did just that.
Erica was specific (S) as to my concerns (commercial viability for concept, genre refinement, voice improvement). She provided measurable (M) ways to gauge my progress (step by step for how to narrow the narrative distance for the YA audience). She provided achievable (A) means for success (suggested content-targeted publishers, the must do close of narrative distance and to keep up the good pacing and intriguing concepts). She explained the relevance (R) of certain aspects of the writing and publishing process. Finally, the time bound (T) nature of this industry requires one to work hard and be dedicated and prepared. The ten minutes we shared was a master class in how to share and reap as much as possible in a small window of time.
I feel much better prepared as I travel along my writing journey. Please share these thoughts in any way you deem helpful. I will add that writers really need to think about not what they want to say but what they need to hear. Time with a content expert is a rare and precious thing, treat it as such as you will be rewarded.
Keep up the fabulous work and services.
Sincerely yours,
Jill Williams
Jill Williams
March 24, 2025
Carina was great. She was easy to talk to and I felt comfortable with her. It was clear she had carefully read my materials and was able to offer both positive feedback and helpful suggestions. I felt like she was genuinely interested in helping me improve and, eventually, succeed.
Laurel Hendrix
March 24, 2025
Caitlin McDonald was tremendously helpful in our critique session.
I impressed by the amount of ground we managed to cover in just fifteen minutes. Her insights were thoughtful, pointed and focussed on helping me create a great cover letter and sample.
Recommended, especially if you’ve got an SFF manuscript to pitch!
Mark Rayner
March 24, 2025
This was the best MA session I’ve ever had, and I’ve had many. Jessica answered all my questions and provided amazing insights into my story and characters and how I can increase tension from page 1. I was ready to shelve the book prior to this meeting, but she helped me see its good points and encouraged me to keep going. Perhaps the best testimonial of all comes from a friend of mine who didn’t know I was meeting with Jessica: “You seem totally different today, like way more confident!!” That’s shortly after I met with Jessica. I’m so grateful for this opportunity.
Jaimie Hunter
March 24, 2025
Melissa’s comments were very helpful. She let me know what confused her and gave me suggestions as to how to deepen the experience for the reader and draw her closer. Her questions made me think about some of my choices and realize how I might improve the novel. She also had feedback on my query. I was very glad that I had the chance to talk to her. I appreciated it.
Karen Uhlmann
March 24, 2025
Eric was super helpful! He provided his notes on my query letter in advance of our consultation and answered any questions I had. He went above and beyond by providing additional feedback on changes I made based on his comments. My query letter is now much stronger and clearly defines the stakes in my story. He’s definitely given me more confidence to continue the querying process.
Elle Boyd
March 24, 2025