The Puttick Agency offers a range of consultation services for new and established authors, including:

	Publishing advice and guidance: for issues such as how to find an agent; writing a winning publishing proposal; identifying and developing your key strengths; how to promote and market yourself and your book; self-publishing and other alternatives to a mainstream publisher.
	Manuscript and proposal evaluations: analysing strengths and weaknesses, and offering pointers for improvement.
	Contract advice and negotiation: for authors who are expecting or have already been offered a contract and require an expert to get them the best possible deal.

For further details and fees: enquiries@puttick.com

           If you’re in any of these situations, we can help: 

You have a great idea for a book, but don’t know how best to organize and present your ideas to an agent or publisher.

It is essential to approach agents and publishers professionally, and we can help you produce an excellent publishing proposal.

You’ve written a manuscript, but don’t know if it’s ready to send to a publisher. Your mother and best friend may love it, but you realize you also also need a professional opinion to avoid premature submission and rejection.

We offer critically objective appraisals, and also follow-up guidance and editorial services where appropriate.

You’ve received or are expecting an offer from a publisher. You don’t want a fulltime agent but need an expert to advise you on the deal and negotiate the contract.

We have many years’ experience negotiating contracts with all the main publishers, and are in a position to get you a substantially better deal.

You’ve submitted your proposal or manuscript to agents or publishers, but keep receiving rejection letters with no feedback.

This is the moment to seek professional advice on how to improve and rework the project in order to maximize your chances of publication. 

The Puttick Agency offers an ongoing programme of talks, seminars and workshops for authors, in association with various organizations and networks for authors and journalists, conferences and university departments. These include JournoBiz.com, the Women Writers’ Network, the Annual Writers’ Conference at the University of Winchester , the Open University, the London School of Economics, the Scientific & Medical Network, and Alternatives at St James’s, Piccadilly.  

The events cover all the practical issues of getting published happily and successfully, including: how to find an agent; writing a winning publishing proposal; identifying and developing your key strengths; how to promote and market yourself and your book; self-publishing and other alternatives to a mainstream publisher. 

Please email us for further information.