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 is looking for titles with a strong commercial focus - think the type of story that wouldn't look out of place in bookstores like QBD, Dymocks or an airport store. She is not looking for any genre or category that isn't listed on her CYA profile.
Laura Franks - Editor Assessments
Assessment Categories
- Commercial Adult Fiction
- Crime
- Historical
- Thrillers
- Women's Fiction
- Literary Speculative Ficton
Last day to book
18 May
Feedback
Laura will be providing verbal feedback with her assessments.
Important
Assessment sessions:
- are only available to conference, bootcamp and Writers at Sea Retreat attendees.
- may be booked before booking for the conference, but you must book for the conference by 15 May, or your session will be cancelled and not refunded.
- have a $25.00 administration charge should you decide to cancel before 15 May.
- are non-refundable if cancelled after 15 May unless we are able to resell the session.
Payment plans
If you want to set up a payment plan, use the code CYA25 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 can have one payment plan.