The September Write Links meeting will be held ONLINE via ZOOM (due to a clash with Riverfire) on Saturday 31 August 2024.
The ZOOM link is in the confirmation email.
IMPORTANT: We originally set this up as a hybrid, so please ignore the option for in person, and just select the online option only.
This is a special workshop meeting so we charge a fee to cover costs of the guest presenter. It will be $25, or for Book Links members $15. To get the discount, add in your members discount code at the point of payment. It was sent to you in the Trybooking confirmation email when you joined. Not a member? JOIN HERE FIRST to get your booking code.
- 12:30 pm Topic: Editing with Kristy Bushnell
- 2:00 pm Write Links networking. A link will be sent if you are not taking part in the workshop session.
- 3:00 -5:00 Critiquing. A link will be sent if you are not taking part in the workshop session.
Remember the ZOOM link is in the confirmation email.
Editing
- What does an editor do - covering structural editing, copyediting to proofreading
- Differences with editing compared to manuscript appraisals and beta readers
- When do I need an editor and how to find one
- Any insights to what publishers are looking for - dos and don'ts
Kristy Bushnell
Kristy Bushnell is an experienced freelance book editor and mentor specialising in children’s and young adult literature. She has worked with award-winning and bestselling authors and illustrators such as Peter Carnavas, Kate Gordon, Steven Herrick, Tamsin Janu, Lucia Mascuillo, Nova Weetman and Claire Zorn, and publishers such as the University of Queensland Press, Omnibus Books, Allen and Unwin, Scholastic, HarperCollins and Walker Books. She has served as chair and panel member on the Queensland Literary Awards Children’s Book Award and is an alumni of the Australian Publishing Association’s Residential Editorial Program (REP). Kristy has extensive experience in mentoring, structural editing, copy editing, proofreading and assessments, and provides carefully considered and encouraging editorial advice to help authors realise their story’s potential and assist them to meet their publishing dreams.
Venue
Online via ZOOM
Yvonne Mes writelinks@booklinks.org.au
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