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Very helpful
My consultation with Valentina was excellent. She had great suggestions specific to me and my situation. Very helpful. It was a real pleasure to talk with her.
Miriam Giskin
March 24, 2021
Ten minutes with Fiona was all I needed to get me enthusiastic about my writing again and excited to get started on my editing!
Ten minutes with Fiona was all I needed to get me enthusiastic about my writing again and excited to get started on my editing! Fiona was absolutely wonderful – she was supportive, insightful, encouraging, and critical in all the right ways. As a new author and someone lacking many connections within the industry, it was great to be able to get expert guidance and to receive really specific, tailored advice that will help me take my query – and my writing – to the next level.
Bryan Smith
March 24, 2021
She really helped me see what I need to do next
I had a fabulous 10-minutes with an expert call with Cece Lyra yesterday! She was helpful, funny, and kind. She really helped me see what I need to do next. Thanks a million for this opportunity, Julie and Jessica!
Vanya Erickson
March 24, 2021
She helped me see the key next step for my revision!
Fiona Kenshole was generous with her time and comments, warm and easy to talk with, and most of all, she helped me see the key next step for my revision! I am encouraged and challenged, in a good way. I absolutely recommend talking with Fiona to learn how to make your MG more immersive and relatable to the target reader. She also gave me helpful feedback on my query.
Stephanie Jones
March 24, 2021
She took me right to what worked and then to what didn’t work.
Caitlin rocked. She took me right to what worked and then to what didn’t work. Getting published isn’t just about having my name on a book, it’s about the experience of working with a genius editor who will guide you through improving your writing. Caitlin gave me a taste of what that’s like. Which is joyous. Also—and I’m STILL kind of coasting on this—I secretly think I’d fit on the shelf next to a certain super famous author and Caitlin mentioned him in the first three minutes of the call and I almost died.
Bull Garlington
March 23, 2021
It was this advice that helped me leap over that final hurdle and type the blessed words “THE END!”
Working with Valentina Woodson as an Accountability Partner has been invaluable to my process. I found myself stuck, and with Valentina’s encouragement and excellent advice, I was able to progress to the finishing point–a feat that seemed almost impossible for a long time. She is professional but fun, light-hearted, approachable, and provides thoughtful, well-informed advice. It was this advice that helped me leap over that final hurdle and type the blessed words “THE END!”
I couldn’t be happier with Valentina’s services, and I would recommend her to anyone in a similar writing “predicament.”
Melissa Devaney
March 23, 2021
Excellent resources and super pleasant people, too!
I had consultations with both John and Molly Cusick and found them to be wonderful to work with.They’re friendly, smart, practical and very knowledgeable.Excellent resources and super pleasant people, too!
Jayme Inman
January 21, 2021
Get some critique coaching from John. You may not win … but at least you’ll still enjoy playing the game
I had a 10-minute phone consult with John Cusick and I couldn’t be happier. Talking to John was like being given a pep talk by your favorite coach growing up. That wily coach that knew how to bring out the very best in their players with kindness, compassion, wisdom and a sense of humour. That coach that still has their skin in the game (John is a successful writer) and still knows all the craftiest plays and sneaks. And he knows how to best wrap an injury (even if it’s just your ego). That coach that has you play to your strengths but doesn’t fail to point out your weaknesses. Get some critique coaching from John. You may not win … but at least you’ll still enjoy playing the game.
Jonah Logan
January 14, 2021
It was amazing! It’s like having a critique done by your wise, funny, loving aunt (whom you’ve never met) but who still always sends you the perfect thoughtful gift on Christmas and your birthday
I had a written critique of my first ten pages done by Fiona Kenshole. It was amazing! It’s like having a critique done by your wise, funny, loving aunt (whom you’ve never met) but who still always sends you the perfect thoughtful gift on Christmas and your birthday. But this aunt just so happens to be a professional literary agent who knows everything there is about publishing, writing, film and being kind, insightful and wonderfully genuine. Don’t we all wish we could have a Fiona in the family. Well, now you can! Or, at least you can pretend to
Jonah Logan
January 14, 2021
I believe it will probably save my future queries
I hired Caitlin for fifteen minutes to fix a problem after several agent rejections on the first ten pages. It was a problem I feared the pages had, but wasn’t sure how to fix them myself, and my beta-readers thought it all seemed fine. In just fifteen minutes, Caitlin was able to help me fix the problem, as well as fix a couple extra problems I hadn’t known about at all. I appreciated that it was not a session full of compliments–we got a lot done in that small amount of time. Money well spent. I believe it will probably save my future queries.
Darren McNaughton
January 14, 2021
My consultations with Manuscript Academy faculty have been SO valuable over the past month.
My consultations with Manuscript Academy faculty have been SO valuable over the past month. I signed up for several, to get multiple opinions and a variety of input. My most recent consultation, this Monday, was with Jennifer Wills from the Seymour Agency. She had both general and very specific commentary on my query that really helped with the final stages of refining that elusive piece of the publishing puzzle. She was also easy to talk to and super supportive. I definitely recommend choosing Jennifer for a live consult!
Jayme Inman
January 14, 2021
She answered all my questions like a professional
My meeting with Ms. Bishop was excellent. It was my second meeting with her. For the first meeting, my query was terrible and she pointed that out and gave me suggestions. I did what she asked and in our second meeting she acknowledged that my second effort was much better. She gave me a few tweaks and answered all my questions like a professional.
Bill Denham
January 14, 2021