Inkwell Consultants
Sarah Franklin
A graduate of Cambridge University, Sarah has worked across book editing, marketing and agenting for over twelve years. She has pursued her career in Ireland, the UK and the US, giving her a unique perspective on global success. She has worked in-house at market-leading publishers as well as for literary agents. Books she was responsible for have appeared in the New York Times, the Irish Times and the Guardian, as well as featuring in major front-of-store promotions in key retailers including Waterstones, Easons and Barnes and Noble.
Sarah’s own work has been published in numerous anthologies. She is a regular contributor to the Guardian and an Associate Lecturer on the renowned MA in Publishing course offered at Oxford Brookes University. She has acted as consultant on the acclaimed ‘Write Lines’ series, aimed at getting budding authors to publication, and a guest
Sarah’s areas of specialisation are commercial and literary fiction, including YA. Her global publishing background enables her to advise authors where and when to submit their book for international success. Sarah is available for structural editing and story plotting as well as for copy-editing across British English, American English, and Hiberno-English (you’d be surprised!). She is also available for consultancy on book promotions. Her freelance clients include authors who have appeared on Irish Book of the Decade list as well as first-time writers, many of whom are now published authors. Sarah also works with self-publishers to shape their manuscripts and deliver the best possible product to market.
Here’s what award-winning author Julia Kelly had to say about her experiences with Sarah:
“I’m writing to thank you SO much for recommending that Sarah Franklin edit my second novel. We are nearing the end of the process now and it has worked out exceptionally well.
Sarah is a truly excellent editor! I have worked with half a dozen in the past but no one has come even close to her standard of work. She has, in my opinion, the rare gift of noticing tiny little typos, grammatical errors and textual inconsistencies as well as being able to stand back, look at the overall structure and confidently suggest how things might be moved about to make the story flow better. She was so engaged with the book from the outset, marked up the text extremely carefully, clearly and with great detail and above all she was fantastically encouraging about my efforts. She seems to have a genuine love of words so she makes an ideal reader for new work.
I had struggled with this book for nearly two years but thanks to all the incredibly helpful feedback and encouragement Sarah has given me over the last month, I feel excited about it for the first time.
Sarah was also an absolute joy to work with from start to finish – funny and cheerful and dedicated. I would be delighted to work with her again and would happily recommend her to anyone.”
