Editor
Former indie publisherLouise Walters
Louise is a critically acclaimed author, editor, mentor, and former indie publisher.
She is the author of Mrs Sinclair’s Suitcase, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014, and has self-published four further novels: A Life Between Us (2017), The Road to California (2018), The Hermit (2022), and We Are Family (2024).
Louise Walters Books ran from 2017 to 2023, and published mainly literary novels and novellas. Louise was also the original publisher of fantasy author Laura Laakso’s Wilde Investigations novels, now published by Bloodhound Books. Louise continues to work as Laura’s editor on the series.
Louise has a degree in Literature from the Open University, is an alumni of the Jericho Writers Self Edit Your Novel course (2013), and was a volunteer with the Womentoring Project.
Find Louise on Twitter here: @LouiseWalters12
If you’d like to work with Louise, get in touch with our Writer Support team; tell us about your book and what you’d like support with, and we’ll help you identify your next steps.
Thorough and helpful
- L M West, author of 'This Fearful Thing'
Thorough and thoughtful
– Victoria S.
Invaluable help and direction
– Andy S.
Honest and really insightful appraisal
– Beena N.
Published by Louise with Louise Walters Books
Long listed for the Bath Novel Award
Louise published The Naseby Horses under her indie press, Louise Walters Books. It was long listed for the Bath Novel Award in 2016.
Manuscript assessment
Successfully self-published
L M West worked with Louise on a manuscript assessment, and then self-published This Fearful Thing, which has 4.5 stars on Amazon from over 300 reviews.
Louise's specialties
Why we love Louise
Louise is a flexible editor with a wide-range of specialties covering everything from general non-fiction to women’s fiction. She’s worked with us on a variety of different projects and regularly assists authors with edits on memoirs and non-fiction material. She’s also experienced in literary and more contemporary fiction narratives. We spoke to her about her approach to writing and editing here.
What Louise says about editing
I love editing! I especially love drilling down into the heart of a project, paying close attention to structure and point of view. Often fixing these two aspects in a novel helps to fix everything else. A firm foundation is essential and I always work on edits with these aspects firmly in mind. It gives me enormous pleasure to help writers take their work to the next level. It’s wonderful when my advice chimes with a client and something “clicks” for them. I take a firm, frank approach, and I’m quite a hard marker. A critique isn’t worth having if flaws are ignored. But I aim to be constructive and detailed, and where things are working, you’ll hear a lot about that too.
I have both traditionally-published and self-published my own novels. I also published twelve novels by seven writers at my now defunct indie press, Louise Walters Books.
I am happy to work on your project in several ways: manuscript assessments, proof-reading, and editing –structural, line, and developmental edits are all good for me.
What Louise works on
By purchasing any of these products, you'll have the opportunity to express your interest in working with Louise.
Manuscript Assessment
Developmental Editing
Agent Submission Pack assessment
Post-editorial guidance
Line-editing
Proof-reading
Short Stories
Opening Section Review
Louise's published books
