EmDashED Novel Editing

🖊Novel editing from author, Emma Read (she/her)
📖specialising in children's fiction
➡️ Developmental | copy&line | queries/synopsis

[EmDashED Novel Editing @em_editorial]

How would you like the first page of your WIP reviewed for free? 👀
Get in touch at https://t.co/cI3iV07Go8
#amediting #amwritingfiction #kidlit #amquerying #freelanceediting

[EmDashED Novel Editing @em_editorial]

@writementor Congratulations! So many brilliant titles and ideas here - I am always amazed by the extraordinary creativity of the #Writementor community 🧡

[Emma Bradley @EmmaEBradley]

Great advice over on #ukteenchat tonight! 🤩👇

[EmDashED Novel Editing @em_editorial]

New Substack post ... do you find cliches slipping into your narrative?

[WriteMentor @writementor]

If you've got a #WOWCON basic ticket, you can now start building your own conference by booking onto our workshops and panels 🎉

Haven't got a ticket yet?

No problem! Tickets are on sale now right up to and throughout the writing conference.

[Rachel Rivers Porter @RiversPorter]

@Bozzle thanks for your great review of BANDIT'S GREAT ESCAPE! 'Perfect for dog fans, this book is brilliantly told through the eyes of lovable dog Bandit, whose attempts to rejoin his beloved owners when they have to go away are exciting and funny for children and adults alike.'

[Bookaholic Bex @BexBookaholic]

Am I the only one who never listens to audio books #BookTwitter?

[Searchlight Writing for Children Awards @WritingAwards]

Judged by literary agents @HemingwayLorna and Rachel Petty.
1st prize: £1000 - novel opening, £500 - picture book.
2nd prize : editorial feedback.
Shortlisted entries: featured in our coveted agent/publisher pitch book.
Go for it!

https://t.co/qoZlWYsDJf

#WritingCommunity

[EmDashED Novel Editing @em_editorial]

New Substack post ... do you find cliches slipping into your narrative?

[EmDashED Novel Editing @em_editorial]

What can you expect when working with me?
I specialise in children's fiction from chapter books to YA but I also have experience in adult fiction and children's non-fiction
#editor #noveleditor #amwriting #amediting

[Writers & Artists @Writers_Artists]

A note from Lauren MacGowan, on updates to this year’s editions of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook & the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook.

Read: https://t.co/VmJsgmiWSR

[Parrot Street Book Club @parrot_street]

'I think comedy is super important in terms of making stories & messages memorable for this age'

YES! 😍 Author @BryonyPearce on writing #funnybooks for kids

https://t.co/qlYm8bh9Tc

[Sally Doherty writes 👩‍💻 @Sally_writes]

It may have taken three years (but who's counting? Oh me, I'm counting) but I finally hit 100 ratings on Goodreads! Woohoo.

Small fry for many of you, I know, but I'm happy. Thanks to everyone who's left a review ☺️

[Bailey G. Albreit = baileygalbreit @ b l u e s k y @QHPodcast]

#writing #amwriting #editing #amediting

[PaperBound Magazine @PaperboundMag]

New guest #blog post: Previous @BranfordBoase Award winner and this year's judge @CPillainayagam shares her thoughts on the award's 2024 shortlist, and her thoughts on why #writing for children is so important.

Blog post here👇

https://t.co/BHUBn0qgVM

[WriteMentor @writementor]

✨️ #WOWCON TALKS ✨️

YA authors @jprosewriter & @merrowchild chat about creating ghostly worlds, making the dead come to life & crafting a mystery that’ll haunt the reader. Grab your tickets to WriteMentor's online writing conference this September ↪️ https://t.co/CA6wq4FSYY

[EmDashED Novel Editing @em_editorial]

If you're looking for longer-term guidance, I currently have availability with @writementor for monthly mentoring with #sparks ⚡️
https://t.co/vM7iC7KLDz
#amwriting #creativewriting #kidlit

[WriteMentor @writementor]

✨️ #WOWCON PANEL ✨️

IP books are everywhere, from film & TV spin offs to #kidlit. But what are they? Find out from authors @AlexFKoya, @ashley__thorpe & @aishabushby & agent @MeganACarroll. Grab tickets to WriteMentor's online writing conference ↪️ https://t.co/CA6wq4FSYY

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

SAIL Fest is launching as the first of its kind in the UK, and is dedicated to celebrating South Asian children’s authors, poets and illustrators 👇 https://t.co/EVrRHBi4OH

[EmDashED Novel Editing @em_editorial]

@Louiestowell Cleansing feeling. Right? Cleansing??

[EmDashED Novel Editing @em_editorial]

@Sally_writes It's really cute!!