Freelance Book Editor & Coach
After ten years working at major publishing houses including Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, I’m now a freelance book editor and professional development coach based in north London.
Whether you need help writing your story with professional editing services for authors, or support changing your story through personal development coaching to help if you’re at a career crossroads, I look forward to working with you.
Hello, I’m Katie.
Write Your Story
Editorial Services
An editorial letter focusing on the broad strokes and commercial viability of your project, ideal if you’re a first-time writer or at an early stage.
Manuscript Assessment
Development Editing
Comprehensive feedback in an editorial letter and marked-up manuscript, perfect if you feel like you’ve taken the manuscript as far as you can.
One-to-Ones
One-hour consultations to help you develop your idea, coach you through the writing process or advise on querying agents.
Portfolio
The highlight of being an editor is seeing a manuscript you’ve helped an author to develop and edit now a finished book sitting on a bookshop shelf and enjoyed by readers everywhere. I’m proud to have worked on a range of award-winning and bestselling books from a host of brilliant authors.
“Katie is like a Fairy Godmother for authors.”
Change Your Story
Professional Coaching
I spent a decade working for Big Five publishers and in corporate environments grappling with unmanageable workloads, stress and burnout, and workplace bullying. Working with a coach helped me to rediscover the spark I’d lost and gave me the confidence to leave a job that was no longer making me happy. It’s no exaggeration to say it was a life-changing experience and without being coached, I wouldn’t have launched my own business and achieved the work-life balance I have now so it allowed me to make positive, meaningful changes.
I’m delighted as a qualified coach to able to support others finding themselves in similar circumstances through personal development coaching sessions focused on areas including confidence, burnout, career progression and career changes.
“Working with Katie has been truly transformative.”
“Her coaching always gives me a confidence boost.”
