James Rouch at Author Management offers carefully considered constructive criticism and guidance for authors of fiction, short stories and autobiography. You can be certain that your manuscript will benefit from scrutiny by a highly experienced publishing-trade professional.

Most important will be a detailed and sometimes painfully honest examination of your story-telling and characterization. With that will come a thorough assessment of your books' commercial potential. Any serious or persistent weaknesses in grammar will be pointed out to you

Where it is warranted there will be genuine praise and if the spark of real talent is identified you will be given strong encouragement.

With all that will come guidance on creating the best possible synopsis and advice on how to present your work to editors and agents in order to grab their attention. Your aims and ambitions will be realistically assessed and questions on any aspect of the trade will be answered.

Doubtless you have already invested many months, perhaps years, in writing your novel, collection of short stories or autobiography. Because of that hard work and dedication you should make sure you have the best chance of your manuscript being published. The book trade is a ferociously competitive business, notoriously intolerant of mistakes or poor quality. Editors and agents are only too happy to shred or return a manuscript unread, reducing their workload on the slightest pretext. Don't give them that chance. Make certain yours is the submission that grabs them and holds them until they reach for a contract.

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This is not an editing nor a literary agent service. Much as I would like to, I cannot guarantee you will be published. What is offered is an in-depth look at what you have written, judged by a successful author with broad experience of the trade. It must enhance your chances of getting in to print.

You can be totally reassured. Author Management has always set the very highest standards in client privacy. Your details will never be divulged to a third party; you will not be put on any mailing lists.

Please note. The following cannot be accepted. Poetry or non-fiction other than autobiography. Stage, film or radio scripts. Books for very young children we are also unable to accept but we can take on those aimed at the young teenage market.