About

Gary Dalkin is the Content Editor of Classical.com, contributes regularly to Writing Magazine and Writers’ News and is the Press & Media Coordinator for the Poole Literary Festival & New Media Writing Prize.

The writers, film-makers, actors and musicians Gary has interviewed include Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Sophie Aldred, Gerry Anderson, Kevin J. Anderson, Colin Baker, Elmer Bernstein, Ed Bishop, Cory Doctorow, George Fenton, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Robert Holdstock, Laura Michelle Kelly, Christopher Priest, Jordi Savall, Stephen Warbeck and Debbie Wiseman. Gary has worked as a freelance editor or writer for Amazon, the BBC, Blackfish, HMV, the London Symphony Orchestra, Naxos, Mellowdrama Records, Northern Stage, the Royal Opera House and the Royal Philharmonic.

Published in Empire, Films & Filming, Gramophone, Interzone and SFX, Gary has edited Vector and MusicWeb International, and was a judge of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Voluntary Coordinator of the Jane Goodall Institute Bournemouth Base Camp, Gary is married and lives in Dorset with one cat and thousands of books.

Gary Dalkin provides a range of services for both published and aspiring writers, including manuscript assessment, guidance and advice on writing and publishing, copy-editing, re-writing and proofreading. An Associate Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, Gary is now in his third decade as a freelance editor and writer. Mark Walker, former editor at Amazon and Gramophone magazine and author of Annus Horribilis says, “He understands so much about so many facets of writing in the 21st century, from novels to magazines to websites, and what works best in each case. If Gary tells you it’s so, then it really is so.”

Gary can guide the development of your work, prepare your manuscript for submission to a publisher or agent and steer you through the pitfalls along the road to publication. As leading blogger Stephanie Alford says, “through discussions with Gary, I have been able to really pinpoint the areas in which my writing needs work, and he has helped me come up with new ways of addressing them…”

From novels and children’s books to non-fiction and web content, memoirs, family and local histories, whatever your needs, for an informal, no obligation chat call Gary on 07913 532031 (UK mobile). Alternatively use the contact page or email enquiries to gary(@)garydalkin(dot)com. As John Barry biographer Peter Walker says, “I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending Gary to anyone.”

For advice on employing a copy-editor or proofreader Gary recommends this page at the Society for Editors and Proofreaders website. For a description of what these services involve read the SfEP pages on copy-editing and proofreading. For information on manuscript assessment read this article.