What I can offer

Whether it is a cookery book or an information book for patients, a wedding organiser or a wellbeing guide, your book has a unique style and impact, and a targeted objective to reach a specific audience and improve their lifestyle in some way.

Some authors need very little help in realising the full potential of their words. Many need a little guidance and support or some gentle coaxing and encouragement. Some may know their subject but be less confident in exactly how to get their message across.

I am a writer and creative editor with many years’ experience of working mainly on high-quality books for the lifestyle, wellbeing, health and leisure markets, specialising in cookery.

Combining a flexible and accessible writing style, the ability to polish someone's written language while maintaining its essence, editorial skills, experience and plenty of practical common sense, I can help you take your project successfully from concept to completion.

• as a writer to develop and write a book from scratch
• as a development editor to work with the author to help them structure and complete their work
• as a troubleshooter to take a less-than-successful manuscript and transform it into a work the author can be proud of
• as a specialist to finalise all the detail necessary to make a cookery manuscript suitable for a global market
• as a copyeditor to polish a high-quality manuscript

I supply elegant and creative solutions to editorial problems.

'Wendy's professional experience kicked in in a big way, helping to plan the project, making editorial suggestions, adding amusing and well-researched text and introducing us to other professionals. A pleasure to work with, Wendy has helped to ensure the text is correctly targeted to the audience. She is the consummate professional.’

'Wendy is wonderfully efficient, professional and thoughtful person to work with and I highly recommend her.'  Jane Anderson