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I'm Nathan Bransford, author, editor, and former literary agent at Curtis Brown Ltd. I'm dedicated to helping authors find their voice, hone their craft, and pursue successful publication.

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Book Editing You Can Trust

I've been in your shoes.

As a published author and former literary agent who has worked with NY Times bestselling authors, I bring a unique perspective to the book editing process, combining insider industry experience with an author's sympathetic ear.

My services include

Manuscript editing & critiques
Query critiques
Social media & marketing consulting
Coaching on navigating the publishing process
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A few authors I've worked with...
Shadowshaper
by Daniel José Older,
a NY Times bestseller
Rock Paper Tiger
by Lisa Brackermann,
one of Amazon's top 100 novels of the year
Try Not To Breathe
by Jennifer Hubbard,
received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus
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My blog is a free resource for everything you need to know how to write, edit, and publish a book.

Specificity, specificity, specificity (query critique)

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages…

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Will you ever buy mostly e-books? (17th annual poll)

I first launched this poll in 2007, when Amazon's first Kindle had just been released and iPads didn't even exist yet. Now we have gadgets and gizmos aplenty, though paper has held on strong. It's been interesting through the years to get the pulse of e-book optimism and pessimism. My usual caveats to pre-empt the comments: Yes, I know this…

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The award for drama goes to the National Book Awards (This week in books)

This week! Books! The blog will be dark next week as I celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, and I hope all who are celebrating have a happy and healthy (well... sort of healthy) time. If all goes to plan I'll be back the week of November 27. Where to start with the National Book Awards? Well. How about we start with…

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Be judicious with gestures (page critique)

If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in our discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also: I’M LOW ON QUERIES TO EDIT. If you post your query in the query critique forum, there’s a good chance I’ll…

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Writing will be there when you need it

At some point in your journey, you're probably going to need to take a break from writing. You might even want to take a break from it. And virtually everyone I know who takes a step back from writing feels a whole lot of guilt. There's an immense sunk cost to building a writing career, no matter how robust or…

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Check out my guides to navigating the writing and publishing process!

How to Write a Novel

The most important thing to know about writing a novel is this: you can do it. Here's How

How to Publish a Book

Ready to pursue a book deal with a Big 5 publisher or try self-publishing? Get Started

I'm also the author of the Jacob Wonderbar novels, a space adventure series for middle-grade readers.

Jacob Wonderbar Cosmic Space Kapow Jacob Wonderbar For President Jacob Wonderbar and Interstellar Time
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