Laura (she/her) works as an editor at Melbourne-based publishing house Affirm Press. She has a Master’s in Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing from the University of Melbourne. She oversees managing and assessing unsolicited submissions to Affirm Press, and has also written many freelance manuscript assessments.
Laura is passionate about working on manuscripts regardless of genre and approaches manuscript assessments like a team sport, warmly and enthusiastically providing honest, constructive feedback.
Laura Franks Bootcamp
Important
Please note Bootcamps are non-refundable unless we are able to resell the session, or the session is cancelled.
About the bootcamps
The Bootcamp is a day spent with an editor where you will receive feedback on your work in small group sessions, time to work on your manuscripts followed by a progress session where they will give you further feedback, there is also a discussion panel and a Q&A session.
Places for the Bootcamp are strictly limited to four people per group, with each editor working with two groups.
Groups will be divided into
- Young Adult Novels (Group 1 schedule)
- Adult Novels (Group 2 schedule)
You do not need to be coming to the conference to join a bootcamp.
Payment plans
If you want to set up a fortnightly payment plan, use the code CYA26 at checkout. A 15% non-refundable deposit is required upfront for payment plans, with full payment due before your session.
Please note that payment plans aren’t available for early-bird tickets, and each attendee may have one payment plan.
