I am currently offering one-to-one private tutorials and mentoring on your graphic novel, comics or children’s picturebook project or manuscript. Sessions take place on Zoom and can be booked as a one-off or as an ongoing basis, for example, once a month. They are available for students over the age of 18 only.
Testimonials:
“I’d rather have a mentoring session with Emily than go to a party. Frankly it’s more fun and there’s more laughs. It’s my favourite thing to do and with her massive positivity and frankly incredible skill, my work has progressed so so much. Don’t know what I would do without her”
El Ashfield
“Working with Emily has been amazing. Her wealth of knowledge in the industry, illustration and story telling, alongside her warmth and nurturing nature gave me the strength to carry on and kick start my new career as a graphic novelist. The sharing event she organises with her mentees is an invaluable experience to share work and network with like minded souls. I whole heartedly recommend working with her.”
Chie Hosaka
“Emily has the ability to truly understand the depth of what I want to say in my work and to help me bring it through. As a mentor she is the reason I manage to bring work to a deadline and not drop it and let it go. She always believes in me and helps me believe more in myself. She has been my editing eye, my editor and the one person who makes me feel less lonely with my artwork as it really feels like she is part of it. At times when I was feeling rough she was a listening ear and at others when I was stressed to send things through, she took upon herself to rush through reading and commenting on my work. She was not only flexible, wise and able to help me organise my thoughts, she is way more than that. Emily has become a soul friend through working together and one of the people who knows me best. She walked with me through tangled walks of life and was always there to bring me back to the page. I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor.”
Evie Fridel
“When I started work on my long form wordless picture book I knew that the person I wanted to mentor me was Emily. She has incredible knowledge of what makes a great story, how to communicate through pictures and crucially she has great depth of heart. She’s a wonderful teacher and I know that I wouldn’t have got my book to a place where it got picked up by a major publisher without her. If you’re looking for a supportive, kind and knowledgeable companion on your story telling journey, it’s her.”
Lyndsay Roberts Rayne
Rates: £55 per hour
Additional reading/prep time is charged at £45 per hour if required, so a one hour session plus 20 minutes reading time = £70
Please contact emilyhbinfo @ gmail.com to find out more or book a session.