Author Coaching Services

Todd Sullivan, founder of Samjoko Magazine, offers author coaching services for fiction writers interested in taking their narrative to the next level. Whether you only have the seeds of a story planted, or have already completed your manuscript and hope to improve the chances of it retaining an agent, getting it traditionally published, and increasing sales, Todd Sullivan can help you meet your writerly goals.

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Todd Sullivan’s Writing & Publishing Experience

  • Regularly edits fiction accepted for publication in Samjoko Magazine

  • Has had short stories published in dozens of markets across several countries

  • Currently has four novellas and two novels traditionally published through Mocha Memoirs Press and Nightmare Press

  • Has taught writing to thousands of students in Asia

  • Has a Bachelor of Arts in English with Concentrations in Creative Writing

  • Has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

  • Has a novellete that made it to the Preliminary Ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards (2018)

  • Was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in fiction and poetry (2024)

  • Is part of the Atlanta Writers Club mentor/mentee program, where his mentee had a full manuscript request from an agent after working on the novel together for only four months

  • Operates a YouTube Channel where he has interviewed more than 200 publishing writers from around the world over a five year period

Todd Sullivan is happy to receive manuscripts for review to see if his experience and writing style are compatible with the client. Interested writers are urged to read Sullivan’s writing to ensure that his fiction narrative craft is compatible with their own.

Author Coaching Services requires interested parties to be serious about revising and editing their manuscript. Please only inquire if that describes where you currently are with your writing project.

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Todd Sullivan’s List of Publications

Book Series

The Windshine Chronicles
published by Mocha Memoirs Press

  1. HOLLOW MEN

  2. THERE WILL BE ONE

  3. BLOOD STEW

Vampire Series
published by Nightmare Press

  1. BUTCHERS

  2. THE GRAY MAN OF SMOKE AND SHADOWS

  3. A SOUL A DAY

  4. Todd Sullivan Presents: The Vampire Connoisseur

Reviews Partial List

  1. Stranger Sights (2020)

  2. Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub

  3. Nyam with NY (2020)

  4. Cococatani (2020)

  5. Divination Hollow Reviews (2020)

  6. Brennan Lafaro (2020)

  7. Antimatter Dreams (2020)

  8. BookMarkbeth (2020)

  9. Wizzley (2020)

  10. Tattered Covers & Broken Spines (2020)

  11. Just Bring Books (2021)

  12. Brennan Lafaro (2021)

  13. Scarlett Readz & Runz (2021)

  14. Cococatani (2021)

  15. Syd Cole (2025)

Interviews Partial List

  1. Poseidon’s Scribe (2018)

  2. Bandit Fiction (2020)

  3. The Korean Times (2024)

Podcast Interviews Partial List

  1. Space Cowboy Books (2022)

  2. Nightlight (2022)

  3. Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva (2024)

  4. Coming Soon Podcast (2025)

  5. Horror Realm Podcast (2025)

Short Stories Partial Publishing List

  1. Transubstantiation (2015) - Aurealis Science Fiction & Fantasy

  2. Momentum (2015) - Tokyo Yakuza Anthology

  3. Chingu (2015) - Tincture Journal

  4. Gwi’shin (2015) - Eastlit Journal

  5. Wheels & Deals (2017) - Dark Luminous Wings Anthology

  6. Shapeshifting Priestess of the 1000 Year War (Bram Stoker Award Preliminary Ballot - 2018) - Schlock! Horror! Anthology

  7. The Sleepy Warrior (2019) - Kzine

  8. The Sleepy Warrior (reprint - 2023) - Metastellar

  9. Wheels & Deals (audio - 2023) - Nightlight Podcast

  10. The Ascent Made Him Plunge (2017) - The Big Book of Bootleg Horror

  11. Infectious (2017) - Expanded Horizons

  12. Shove Push Stand (2017) - Aurora Wolf Journal

  13. Land of Maiju (2018) - Aurora Wolf Journal

  14. An Acquisition of Words - Tall Tale TV

  15. Test Amongst the Shadows (2022) - Metastellar

  16. Test Amongst the Shadows (audio - 2023) - Tall Tale TV

  17. Bloodless (2023) - SciPhi Journal

  18. Bloodless (audio — 2023) - Space Cowboy Books

  19. One Hour (2024) - After Dinner Conversation

  20. Shadows in the Light (2025) - High Stakes and Blood Business Anthology

  21. The Outer Layer of Angels (2025) - Who Let the Gods Out Anthology

Poems Partial Publishing List

  1. The Factory (2021) - Punk Noir Press

  2. Distance Lost (2022) - Kaidankai Stories

  3. Distance Lost (audio - 2022) - Kaidankai Podcast

  4. The Ballad of King Raven (Puschcart Prize Nominee - 2023) - Syncopation Literary Journal

  5. A Cartoon Universe (2024) - Abyss & Apex

  6. Infernal 9 (2024) - Worlds of If

  7. Equator (2025) - Moxie Press

  8. A Life in a Night (2025) - Bulb Culture Collective

Non-Fiction Partial Publishing List

  1. Writer vs. Author - A Matter of Semantics - I Smell Sheep

  2. So is being an author fulfilling - I Smell Sheep

  3. The Practicalities of an Alien Invasion (2022) - Aurealis Science Fiction & Fantasy

  4. Black Theatre in Asia (2023) - The Theatre Times

  5. The Practicalities of an Alien Invasion (reprint - 2024) - Gamut Magazine

  6. The Werewolf Connundrum - The Lycanthropicon: Imaginings & Images of the Werewolf

  7. Heroes and Villains in the Land of the Panther - Interstellar Flight Magazine

  8. The Gift of Horror (reprint - 2025) - Bloodclot!Zine

Plays

  1. Star Pupil

  2. I Am Your Father

  3. Musa

Screenplay

  1. For the Gods Open Eyes

Author Coaching Pay Rates

Novels Only

$100 per 10,000 words

Ex. 80,000 word novel = $800
85,000 word novel = $850

Editing suggestions and overview will be provided for the novel in a 6 week time frame. This will be proceeded by an hour long meeting, either on Zoom or, if convenient for both parties, in person.

Subsequent one hour meetings will be $50 per hour.

Subsequent edited revisions submitted to be read will be $50 per 10,000 words.

Ex. Edited Revisions 0 - 10,000 words = $50

10,001 words to 20,001 words = $50 + $50

Completely new prose will be $100 per 10,000 words

A contract will be signed before any work begins. All fees are non-refundable.

For more information, email Todd Sullivan here or here.