British voice coach, author, and theatre director. Author of The Woman’s Voice – published early 2023. “Sally is a brilliant editor. The best I have worked with. She honours the writer- which is rare- and serves your ideas and heart with kind diligence. Sally is on your side. But there is more. Her skill with structure and language is enormous and quite simply uses her mind, heart and spirit to

Author of  She Came To Stay published 2020 I used Sally’s services through TLC’s manuscript assessment five years ago. I knew my book lacked a certain something but had been struggling to discover what that actually was. I also had several plot and character related questions I wanted to ask a professional – someone who didn’t know the book at all – and her track record made her the perfect

Author of There’s Something I Have To Tell You published 2023 When I handed the first draft of the first novel I had ever finished over to Sally, I felt it had potential, but knew it was nowhere near good enough to send out on submission. While I knew what the problems were eg pacing, lack of tension, building suspense, I had no idea how to fix them, and was

Author of The Seawomen published 2022 Having the opportunity to work with Sally on The Seawomen as part of the Chapter and Verse scheme with The Literary Consultancy was fantastic. The way she asked questions of my story and characters encouraged me to think more critically and carefully about my choices in everything from word choice to plot direction and this is something that will stay with me throughout my

Author of The Flames published 3rd March 2022 Sally O-J offered the most precious of elements to me as a writer who’d been grappling with her first novel for four years and was losing patience and perspective. I’d been reading the same lines over and over again and was riddled with self doubt. She boosted my confidence, helping me to fall back in love with my characters, offering valued guidance

Author of All the Living and the Dead published March 2022 “Sally has a such a gift for finding weak points in your story that she could probably have a lucrative side gig poking holes in alibis for the police. Instead she’s here to guide you gently but firmly out of the weeds. Her honest feedback, objective criticism and thoughtful questioning made my book a far greater thing than it

Author of Firerush 2023 I had to wait a year and a half before Sally O-J could fit me in, but it was worth the wait. Her support came right on time as I was working on the last phase of editing for my novel ‘Fire Rush’ and feeling a bit jaded. I loved the way Sally pushed me to enhance some of the scenes. Sally is honest and straightforward

I had a wonderful time working with Dinah on Night Train to Marrakech (The Daughters of War Book 3)