My mentee, Susan Sandercock, who worked with me last year on a redraft of her novel, Southend Loaded, is a Finalist in UNDISCOVERED VOICES 2014 :-

I approached Miriam for 1:1 mentoring for assistance with editing the first three chapters of my novel in the hope she could help me apply that elusive layer of sheen my writing needed for its birth into the big bad world.

 

Miriam is warm and encouraging; she wants you to succeed as much as you do. Working with Miriam felt like a partnership, whether discussing possible macro edits such as characterisation and repairing a poorly plot to micro edits such as tweaking sentence structures. The sessions were inspirational and professional.

 

After a few sessions, my first three chapters were trimmed, buffed and preened to perfection and ready for the outside world. I submitted to Undiscovered Voices and crossed my fingers. 

 

Well...imagine my elation when I received a phone call to say I’d made the  final list! After years of hard work, my dream of getting my stories into the world is closer to being realised. And I have Miriam to thank for helping me in my journey.

Susan Sandercock, SCBWI member.

 

 

I am a mentor for the agency, Adventures in Fiction, appraising manuscripts and supporting writers.

Miriam's suggestions were practical and made such good sense, I found I could not stop once I started re-plotting. I'm excited by the ideas she helped me generate for improving the story...and have lost my fear of making major changes.

Zoe Gilbert, mentee, and winner of 2012 First Page competition with Adventures in Fiction.

Zoe has blogged about her experience of mentoring with me and you can read about it here

My writing has improved because Miriam gives me the freedom to develop in my own way and at my own pace, yet she is full of ideas to stimulate the creative juices. She is constantly encouraging and a penetrative critic.

Geoffrey Bindman, Human Rights Lawyer.

Miriam's input on Writing Dialogue was very helpful. I have looked at my characters in a new light and hope to finish my book this month. Her comments on my writing were concise, fair and yet encouraging. 

Eileen Gillen

Informative, practical, entertaining.I especially liked the exercise using my own characters. It helped me to gain a greater depth of my characters' personalities and provided the push I needed to move my story forward.

Anita Loughrey

Miriam is full of enthusiasm and support. I would take any session of hers again in a heartbeat. Just give it a try- you won't regret it.

Lauren Sabel