Miriam Bisset

Sharon reviewed the first 6000 words of my manuscript quickly, and provided me with detailed feedback and clear guidelines about how to improve. She struck the perfect balance between encouragement and practical actions. I was particularly impressed with her explanation of how to fix the issues with the character point of view in the manuscript. Her mark-ups on the text itself were helpful and made the process of editing the rest of the manuscript much easier. I would highly recommend Sharon; I know that my writing has improved a great deal due to her input. Thank you, Sharon!

Published by Sharon Manssen

A fantasy fan since being read 'The Hobbit' by her father at the fireside at the age of six, S R Manssen has been an avid bookworm her entire life. She is the multi-award nominated author of The Realmshift Trilogy – a YA fantasy fiction trilogy comprising four books (I know!). Sharon had a multi-cultural upbringing, attending high school in Belgium (in Flemish) and working 9 years in Bangkok, Thailand. It was there she realised she had a story inside her which she then proceeded to write over the next ten years, squeezing writing in between raising a family and working full time as a professional engineer. Her books have variously been finalists in the Tom Fitzgibbon Award, the SJV Awards and the Caleb Awards. She served as the President of Tauranga Writers for nearly 5 years and has been the President of SpecFicNZ since 2022. She is a StartWrite Manuscript assessor and Youth Mentor with NZSA.