November 20, 2025

Editing is a vital part of the writer’s process, but how do you actually do it? In this online event with Sam Eades, a freelance editor with twenty years’ experience in trade publishing, we will delve into all aspects of the editing process, from ensuring your story is structurally sound to deciding which of your characters deserve time on the page and ending your book with a bang.

Sam will also talk about the relationship an author has with their editor, the role the Editor plays in the traditional publishing process and how this differs and works alongside the agent relationship.

Sam will be in conversation with Kelly Weekes and there will be plenty of time in the session to answer your questions. We look forward to seeing you there.

About our guest:

Sam Eades is an award-winning publisher, editor and publicist with twenty years’ experience working on commercial fiction bestsellers. She has worked at three of the big five UK publishing houses: PRH, Hachette UK and Macmillan. Most recently, she ran the Orion Fiction team, and authors she worked with at Orion include MJ Arlidge, Sharon Bolton, Cathy Bramley, Harlan Coben, Lorraine Kelly, Kate Mosse, Michelle Paver and Sarah Pinborough. As well working in-house as an editor, she has been a guest speaker at Curtis Brown Creative, Faber Academy, London Met, Goldsmiths, Harrogate Crime Writing Festival and Bloody Scotland. She set up creative writing prizes for unpublished writers with eHarmony, the charity Gingerbread and worked on the inaugural Orion Books x AM Heath x Crime Monthly crime writing prize.