the proposition
I will read your MS with complete attention and then annotate it forensically, adding to this a summary report dealing with the more general issues of character, style, structure. I will fully engage with the spirit and intent of your work. I am equally concerned with the general narrative flow of the work and its expression at sentence level.
the mechanics
Simply email me at manuscript@peterkenneally.com.au with an overview of your book and a 3000 word sample of your writing. If I think I'll be able to help you, we can work out a fee and time-frame for your particular project
The basic schedule is $1200 for an ms up to 80,000 words. For works over 80,000 words it's negotiable depending on size. For small extracts, the minimum fee is $300 for three hours' input, whether in writing, in person, or a mixture of both.
But I am happy to discuss fees for individual projects.
about me
A current project:
In July 2020 I was shortlisted in the narrative non-fiction section of the Melbourne Lord Mayor's Creative writing Awards
In September 2020 I was in the top 60 out of 700 entries in the BBC Radio 4 National Short Story award
I came to Melbourne from London in 1985. I started writing in earnest in the Professional Writing and Editing course at RMIT in 1992 and had poetry and short stories published widely from then on.
From 2008 I began reviewing for The Age, and then extensively for ABR, The Australian, Cordite, The Big Issue and others, as well as establishing a freelance writing and editing business with my wife Kate Cole-Adams.
My manuscript assessment work developed out of reviewing and also from attending two of Antoni Jach's legendary masterclasses and realising how much I enjoyed, and was suited to, helping writers make the best of their manuscripts
publication samples
some articles:
https://overland.org.au/2015/04/judging-blind/
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-summer-i----left-https://bit.ly/2F8GNbs
Some poetry
https://www.poetrykit.org/CITN/citn45.htm
Best Poems 2010: https://bit.ly/2F8GNbs
some reviews
cordite.org.au/reviews/kenneally-jackson/
Robert Gray memoir: https://bit.ly/2BVr9gI
Hanif Kureishi: https://bit.ly/2BXiYAs