Welcome to the Author Support Directory!
We are a team of dedicated, skilled professionals who can help you from the start of your writing journey, assisting you in crafting your ideas, through to editing, publishing, and marketing.
Whether you are working on fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, like memoirs, or other non-fiction, such as self-help, memoirs, or academic work, we have someone who can help you achieve your goals.
And with the additional incentive of budget packages for new authors, there's no reason not to get in touch and ask what we can do for you!
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Go to the Contacts page or email: angiehalliwell@angel-editing.com to enquire about booking the following services. Or click on the logo of the person to go to their website.
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Professionals on the team:-
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Writing Assistance
​Writing Coaches
Writing Workshops
Ghostwriters
Copy Writers
Beta Readers
Editing Assistance
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Development Editors
Structural Editors
Copy Editors
Line Editors
Manuscript Evaluators
Proofreaders
​Poetry Editors
Design Assistance
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Book Cover/Interior Designers
Formatters
Typesetters
ebook designers
Publishing Assistance
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Marketers
Self-Publishers
ebook Publishers
Querying to agents/publishers
Writing
Writing Coaches
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Book coaching can be the right choice if you are starting a novel, trying to finish one or need consistent support through the revision process. Working with a coach means different things for different writers, but generally, coaching offers support in the following areas: craft instruction, quick edits, a sounding board, encouragement, and accountability.
Writing Workshops
These are usually carried out online, either on a one-to-one basis or as a group. This is a great option to help you develop your story or even just to master the skill of writing before you start! Having regular writing sessions with someone who can give you instruction and feedback can be a very useful step to excel the level of your writing, whether you are doing it as a hobby or want to progress to publication.
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Ghostwriters
​Do you want to write a book? This service is useful if you know what you want to write but don't feel you have the time or skills to do it yourself. A ghostwriter will work with you on the story you want to tell, absorb your ideas and tone of voice, and organise your thoughts onto the page for you.
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Copy Writers
This is a great choice for a business. It focuses on crafting persuasive and engaging content to connect with an audience. This can be such things as articles, emails, and marketing.
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Beta Readers
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Often, the first step before editing includes notes, editorial recommendations, and feedback on story elements (plot, dialogue, characters, pacing, description and setting, and plausibility). Are there any glaring plot holes, recurring issues, lost narrative threads, or obscure phrases? Your Beta Reader can identify these and provide guidance on self-editing, so they are remedied prior to the professional editorial process.
Editing
​Development and Structural Editors
Choose this edit when you’ve taken the manuscript as far as you can on your own, and after you have used a Beta reader. This service includes an editorial letter identifying areas for improvement and a marked-up manuscript with suggestions and queries. It gives detailed and comprehensive feedback on the manuscript’s major elements, for example, plot, structure, character development, point of view, pacing, and voice.
Copy Editors
Depending on the project, this could be light, medium, or heavy-level copyediting. It focuses on correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, consistency, and repetition. It also looks at the flow of writing, reducing wordiness and refining the language. It may also include research and fact-checking. and the creation of a style sheet and timeline.
Line Editors
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Elevates the clarity, flow, tone, and readability of the content through sentence-level editing. Also known as stylistic editing, and often done in conjunction with copyediting.
Manuscript Evaluators
​This is an assessment of strengths and weaknesses, where solutions are given to the author to improve their writing using craft techniques and editorial recommendations. It also includes an analysis of structure, plot, mechanics, and adherence to genre conventions.
Proofreaders​
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Proofreading occurs after a manuscript has been formatted. It involves a final check to make sure that no more glaring errors have been missed. It includes looking for errors in spelling, grammar and format.
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Poetry Editors
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All writing needs editing and refining, and poetry is certainly no different. We all want our work to be the best it can be, especially to take it to publication standard. It is always useful to get that all-important feedback from the reader's perspective. This type of edit is done in a thorough report to inform you of your strengths, but also the parts that can be improved or tightened up. It is a great way of understanding how poems work and how to take yours to the next level. At the moment, this is a FREE service, so you've nothing to lose!
Designing
Book Cover and Interior Designers
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This service is intended to capture the interest of your target audience quickly with a compelling and relevant design. The Designer works with you to understand the message in your book and to learn what your visual goals for the cover are.
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After your manuscript has been professionally edited, they create a design for your approval. based on your vision, your ideas, and direction.
Formatters
Formatting your book is essential to ensure it looks attractive and presentable by applying the font type, size, colour, bold, italics, alignment, paragraph spacing, and indentation of the text.
Typesetters
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This process is more refined and includes the arranging of text, images, and other elements onto a page to create a visually appealing and readable layout for a printed book. This involves setting the font style, size, and spacing, as well as adjusting margins, headers, footers, and page numbers.​ It also includes ensuring consistency throughout the book, such as proper alignment, hyphenation, and line breaks.​ Typesetting enhances the overall reading experience by making the content easy to follow and aesthetically pleasing. Professional typesetting can greatly impact the readability and overall quality of a book.​​​​​
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Publishing
Querying
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This is when your book is ready to be published, and you have decided to go down the traditional route. Sending your manuscript to an agent or publisher along with so many others can be daunting, especially given the competition from so many more people sending in their own. Which means that yours has to stand out from the rest and be spot on in terms of accuracy and presentation. Enter the query service! We can guide you through what to include in your letter in terms of the logline, a brief description of your story, as well as how to format the letter, asking for your book to be considered.
Marketers
A Book Marketer is essential to get the book that you have put so much time and effort into, out into the world and snatched off the shelves. Whether you're a debut author or a seasoned storyteller, launching your book with clarity, confidence, and strategic precision is essential. The Book Marketer in our directory also offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to help you publish with purpose, promote effectively, and position yourself as a standout voice in your field.
Self-Publishers/e-book publishers
If you choose to self-publish your book, then we have a group of professionals waiting to help you. Self-publishing is becoming more popular as it gives the author more control and say over how their book is written and designed, with many finding that they profit more too. In today's technical world, a lot of people like to digitally read their favourite books. This service is also available and gives you a choice of creating an e-book, where the format of the manuscript is adapted to be read on devices such as Kindle, mobiles, and laptops. Of course, you can have them published in both physical books and e-books if you so wish, and cater to both types of customers.
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​Get in touch, and I will help you work out which service is the right one for you. Go to the Contacts page or email: angiehalliwell@angel-editing.com to enquire.
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The Author Support Directory - helping you to become successful, as a team!​​