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27/1/12  You have found Flood Manuscripts, an Australian professional manuscript assessment (manuscript appraisal), mentoring and editing service for writers of English language fiction and non-fiction. If you are serious about your writing, you have come to the right place.

Flood Manuscripts is for writers at all stages of expertise and respects all forms and genres: crime, speculative (including fantasy, sci-fi, fabulism, horror), romance, literary, popular, children's and young adult. We also cater for journalism, life stories (including biography, autobiography, memoir etc), short stories, anthologies, ficto-criticism, reportage, true stories, self help, spiritual, erotica, new age, lifestyle, and the many sub-genres of those already mentioned.

Flood Manuscripts provides constructive commentary on your writing, its qualities, integrity and weaknesses in terms of craft and creativity, highlighting any problems the manuscript might have and drawing your attention to positive aspects of the work. We can also provide advice about your work and the market in Australia and elsewhere.  Flood Manuscripts offers a transparent approach to manuscript assessment (manuscript appraisal). Our aim is to help you improve your writing and develop your manuscript towards successful publication.

Need an express assessment? Got an essay or story on the boil but feel you need professional help before that deadline?

Finally come to the end of your manuscript and want to know what you need to do next?

In need of a skilled proofreader, an editor or copy editor?

Dreaming of a mentor who can help get your work off the ground or assist you to fly higher?      

In addition to assessment (appraisal), we provide a selection of further services, from mini-assessment through proofing, copy editing and ms development to full structural editing. Please contact us if you require more information.

If you would like to know more about why you should choose Flood Manuscripts, click here.

If you are new to manuscript assessment (manuscript appraisal), click here.

Flood Manuscripts actively develops writing through professional critical assessment and writers' services.

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To apply for manuscript assessment (manuscript appraisal), click here.

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Tom Flood ABN 15 324 059 260 Image by www.zoefletcher.com Site updated 27/1/12

Flood Manuscripts wishes all their clients in 2011 the best of the season.

Congratulations on new e-books by indies for 2011: Vampiris Sancti Trilogy - The Elf; The Vampire; The Demon Prince by Katri Cardew;  Lithgow by Chris Craig; The Great Kieranski and the Bardbuy by Cate Mara all out on Breedles Publishing   Primal Origin, Primal Unleashed by Jack Silkstone out on Primal Unleashed That Blackfella Bloodsucka Dance by Bruno Starrs out on Just Fiction - Edition Pope Luther Zugzwang I by Ron Thomas out on Lulu.

Paperbooks indies 2011: Under the Linden Tree by Margaret Reid out on Sid Dartha, Paperbooks trade 2011 Pozieres - The Anzac Story by Scott Bennett out on Scribe Shortlisted Manning Clark House Cultural Award 2011

GoldenAurealis2007 BestHorrorAurealis2007 ABCFictionAward2006

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Flood current work list:

Assessment

TheGoodshipWalter.Kathryn Trass.Speculative.Re-assess. Delayed

SimonClark.Arcanum21.Thriller Assess

Knox, Jackie.YoungInAWildPlace. Memoir.Reassess.

Craig Phillips.BloodSky.Sci-fi. Assess

ChristopherCraig.Lithgow. HistoricalFiction.Assess

GlennMitchell.Nowhere.Sci-fi. Re-assess.

JonathanWest.EyeSurrender. Autobio/Spiritual. Aseess

Short or e-Assessment

All commissions met

Mentorships:

KatriCardew.VampirisSancti(3 volumes) Speculative Sept07-Works in progress 2012.

JerryCayzer.Thriller2. Jun '10-Works in progress 2012

CateMara 2011-Works in progress 2012

 Ms. Development/Edit

Bryn Ellis.HalfTrace.Speculative Apr'10-Jan'12.StructE.

Author.WorkingTitle.Fiction. StructE.July-Aug. - Advised Delay

Mark Fulton.An Inquisition of Biblical Beliefs.Non-fiction. Copy&Proof. October. Delay

BenWest.LivingVicariously.Travel. MsDevelopment. Dec/Jan-

TonyIvers.LavenderSkies.History. Copy&Proof.January

LindaRickard.Divinity.Fantasy. Ms Development.February

FremantleArtCentrePress 2008 Shortlisted Frank Broeze Memorial Maritime History Prize 2009

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   CustomBooksPublishing An Amazon Company Feb2009SeeTestimonial

 Product Details

AuthorHouse Nov2009 SeeTestimonial

 ShearstonAssessment

Embouchure by Miles Rothwell. Mainstream. Assess