“I had finished my book before I sent it to The Literary Consultancy. It was a difficult book to categorize, linking memoir with history, medicine and travel . It covers seven different countries from 1797 through to the 1960s. I was concerned about listing the different chapters with their countries and dates in the right order, which was not chronological. I needn’t have worried. Frankie Bailey understood completely what I was trying to do. She both encouraged me and cautioned me and suggested a stronger ending. I have used The Literary Consultancy before with my novel about the Aztecs. Then I had two different readers – it was a difficult novel to write. Both readers set me onto a better path and the book was eventually published. I would always use The Literary Consultancy before publishing a book – it results in a more professional work.”
Elizabeth Manson-Bahr,
The Great Mosquito Hunt and Other Adventures,
Troubador