Louise Tondeur

Editor

Louise Tondeur writes fiction, poetry, plays and nonfiction and has supported countless numbers of writers with both written and verbal feedback. Before doing a Creative Writing MA at The University of East Anglia, she trained as a Drama teacher and brings her knowledge of the theatre into her conversations with emerging writers. In the noughties, she published two novels with Headline Review called The Water’s Edge and The Haven Home for Delinquent Girls, then she did a PhD at the Reading University, started a family, and became a Creative Writing lecturer, while publishing mainly poetry and nonfiction. In 2017, she left her full-time job to focus on writing. Her short story collection, Unusual Places (Cultured Llama), came out in 2018 and she is currently working on a series of crime novels set in Norfolk / Suffolk border country where her grandparents lived for 40 years. Louise now lives near Brighton with her wife, son, and two black cats and teaches on the Open University’s Creative Writing MA. She blogs at: www.louisetondeur.co.uk

Find Louise on Twitter here: @LouiseTondeur

“Louise is one of the most inspirational lecturers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. She is perceptive and this comes across in her fantastic attitude towards all her students. Her words are always encouraging, her feedback always thorough and constructive.”

Creative writing student

“Louise Tondeur is a knowledgeable, encouraging and supportive lecturer. She is also highly intuitive and understands what her students are trying to accomplish and, best of all, she knows how to guide them to accomplish their goals through well-formed constructive feedback in seminars, workshops and during tutorials.”

Creative writing student

Louise's specialties

Fiction

Contemporary

Literary (Including ‘bookclub’)

Crime / Thriller / Action

Women’s

Romance & Erotica

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Comic/satire

Paranormal

Short Stories & novellas

Non-Fiction

Other Narrative Non-fiction

Subject-led Non-fiction

WHY WE LOVE LOUISE

Louise has an excellently eclectic range of interests and specialisms across writing, education, drama teaching, hair, and time management. No matter the subject, she approaches projects with the enthusiasm and care that every manuscript deserves. She has a brilliant eye for character and whether their motivation feels realistic.

WHAT LOUISE SAYS ABOUT EDITING

I have a good eye for the big picture and I’m excellent at problem solving – in fact I love it! What I most enjoy about helping writers with their manuscripts is finding ways to help them make their books as good as they can be. I’ve worked with complete beginners as well as Undergraduates and Masters students and I’m able to offer book reports, copy editing, line edits and developmental work. I believe that editorial reports are best when they are specific. I like to start by asking the writer what they most want to get out of the experience and to tailor my reports so they are aimed at addressing exactly what’s required. As a university lecturer, I have been helping writers for the last twenty years and I can’t wait to help even more writers make their manuscripts shine – and to get their books out into the world.

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