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Selena Hanet-Hutchins Experience: Selena has worked in-house with Allen & Unwin, as Submissions Editor, and Selwa Anthony Author Management Agency, where she was agency Editor & Sub-agent. Building on a background in writing, Selena’s early editorial work focused on screenplays, theatre scripts and poetry – for individual writers, journals and anthologies, and corporate publications and websites. More recently, Selena has worked freelance with trade publishers, literary agents and individual authors, including manuscript appraisal for several awards and editing, proofreading and assessing best-selling mainstream fiction, children’s and young adult fiction, and memoir. She will occasionally work with self-publishers. Selena is also a published writer and has had some plays produced. She has directed and co-directed numerous book and word events and regularly delivers writing and self-editing training to writers. Qualifications: Certificate IV Training & Assessment (TAFE, 2009); Children's Book Editing (Society of Editors (NSW), 2009); Structural Editing (Society of Editors (NSW), 2004); Diploma of Book Editing & Publishing (Macleay College, 2002); Writing for Film & TV (short course, AFTRS, 1999) Bachelor Creative Arts with major in Creative Writing (University of Wollongong, 1998) Computer capability: Mac (OSX) with Microsoft Word 2007: on-screen editing (.doc and .docx files) and reliable back-up systems; Adobe (CS3); resourced to manage your project from hard copy or Word file right through to traditional print book, print-on-demand (POD) or e-book title, including smooth style coding for design and layout. Services offered: Texture is about recognising the enriching nature of words in life — working to develop the skills of writers and editors, books, scripts and literacy, and to support clear and effective communication in business. Texture also develops events and other projects that celebrate words and language. Selena Hanet-Hutchins offers structural and copy editing; proofreading; manuscript assessment and development; project management; script editing; writing coaching – from one-on-one mentoring to group format, to Editing in Paradise self-editing retreats; plain English rewriting; writing; literary event design. Type of material: Fiction, especially mainstream commercial fiction; biography, memoir; children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction; short stories and literary essays; graphic novels; scripts; blogs Subject specialities: Popular and literary fiction; memoir and biography; science-fantasy; young adult/children's fiction and non-fiction; books and writing, film, social history, design, popular culture. Special skills/interests: Structural editing – fiction and narrative non-fiction; manuscript assessment and development; mentoring; group or individual writing coaching (including for children 6 years and older); graphic novels; blogs; social and pictorial histories; jacket copy (blurbs); hybrid/cross-discipline works; event development. |
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