I am so grateful to work with such deeply thoughtful, complex, concerned human beings. Writers who long to shift something in the public psyche for the greater good. Some are the philosopher-seers turning to the act of storytelling to convey something to our human advantage. Others are natural storytellers wanting to broaden into telling more intricate, humane stories about all of us.

Right now, when you’re not thinking of how you can better serve humanity, you’re worrying that:

People don't get you or what you're trying to do. Or simply won’t get it.

You'll miss the mark somehow.

It's time for this story to be out in the world but you're mindful there are gaps, fault lines even, and you have too much integrity to not deploy everything you can in service to this work.

“I have searched high and low for an editor that would understand enough of my story to give suggestions and not just say, “I don’t get it.” Nicola has been extraordinary in her ability to submerge herself in my manuscript and grasp the concepts. It was not an easy task for her to look into my messy closet of a story, connect the dots and come back with constructive suggestions. I am so, so grateful I found her.”

— Linn Aspen, award-winning author of Dreamtidings of a Disgruntled Starbeing, USA

Rewards of a Full Developmental Review.

A developmental edit is all-encompassing. It leans most into your creative and career potential. An accomplished developmental editor will take in the whole picture. She’ll approach your work from two directions; what you want to get across and what is there on the page. She has trained her focus to run along parallel lines. On things like form, narrative structure, character development, theme, point of view, plot etc. But, more critically, on how the logic falls down and where the emotional connect is missing for the reader. She’ll see how to best bring those elements back into alignment. Working with her should prove an incredibly fulfilling experience.

Hello, I'm Nicola Perry. Former Fiction & Crime Editor for Amazon. Head of Writers’ Services for Writers & Artists Yearbook (Bloomsbury). Professional story liner, story world builder, script writer. All-round editor. An author myself.

Coming up through the industry the way I have, you become somewhat of a maven. Dedicate yourself to the creative process long enough, and you come to know and implicitly trust in its unfolding. No wonder so many are tuning in to the potential to go beyond their workaday lives and reach for something so deeply connective and affecting.

In my experience, what makes for a winning writer-editor team is a dyed-in-the-wool practitioner drawing on real, varied experience to show you, the Writer, how to make more informed decisions and the right calls for yourself and your work. It is not someone telling talent what to do. Extraverted intuitives, like me, care to explore the possibilities alongside a Writer – with them, for them, on behalf of their intended audience. We can share our gut feelings and decisions with others through logical explanation and a keen sensitivity. Empowering you to make the finest creative decisions. Bringing forward the transformative moment when you go from writing a book to ‘authoring’ one.

Entrust me with your work. To steward your creative vision. To reach your desired reading audience.

CREATE. ALLOW. RECEIVE.

Writers welcome, worldwide.