Testimonials 

“She will never let you do anything less than your best.”

Gráinne is clear-eyed and brilliant in her assessment of both writing and story structure. Her feedback is consistently constructive, and she’s always encouraging, but she will never let you do anything less than your best. She knows the business inside out, and is an ideal person to advise on every step of your writing journey.

"She's thoughtful, analytical, honest and kind."

Gráinne O'Brien is a powerhouse. In a world that can feel scary and forbidding, she's a source of writerly wisdom and comfort. Whenever she's given me feedback on my work in progress, she always strikes a delicate balance: pointing to the strengths of the work but also showing me what still needs more time and crafting. She doesn't always tell me what I want to hear, but that's not what writers need when they're wrestling with their manuscripts. She's thoughtful, analytical, honest and kind. I can't think of a better person to help navigate the tricky waters of novel writing.

"Her feedback was insightful, detailed, and constructive."

Gráinne has years of experience in the book world and is passionate about helping aspiring writers. Her feedback on my YA manuscript was insightful, detailed, and constructive, detailing how to make my novel shine. Everything she said was on the button, her advice so encouraging and helpful. I would highly recommend her manuscript assessment and editing services. 

"As she’s also a writer herself, she tends to approach the job with empathy and a healthy understanding of the amount of work that goes into any writing job."

Gráinne has an incredible natural eye for detail, backed up by years of experience in book sales, in her own writing and as an academic. I’ve always found her assessment of my writing to be spot on while her advice has been invaluable to me over the years. As she’s also a writer herself she tends to approach the job with empathy and a healthy understanding of the amount of work that goes into any writing job. As a result she’s excellent at delivering her assessment in a way that’s constructive rather than critical. I couldn’t recommend anyone above Gráinne for the quality of her work but also for her attitude and commitment to quality work and a good working relationship. 

"Always honest, informed, sensitive and extremely encouraging".

Grainne's feedback is always honest, informed, sensitive and extremely encouraging and she has this amazing knack of getting you to dig deep and go the extra mile to improve your work and strive for perfection even when you have yourself convinced that you’ve done enough