Book Coach
Do you…
have a book idea but you don’t know how to get started?
not know where your current project is going?
need someone to keep you motivated?
want to feel less creatively stuck?
need a sounding board?
If, when considering each of these questions, you feel the quickening of your pulse or the sound of your mind screaming, “YES, PLEASE!” you might be in the market for a book coach!
Often, even writers with the opportunity to get started on their dream project can find themselves in a kind of creative purgatory. As a writer myself, I totally understand this state of being and the toll it can take on your creative life.
If you’ve gotten started on your dream project, but it’s kind of stalled because you don’t know how to finish it, you’re stuck on one particular element, or your inspiration has lagged, you might need a book coach!
If you’re in the midst of a period of writer’s block, with no path to get your ideas out, no clue where to get started, or without any conviction about what you even want to write, you also might need a book coach!
Wouldn’t it be nice to talk through and generate ideas with someone you can trust, who deeply understands these roadblocks? Someone to bounce ideas off of, who is invested in where you are creatively, and where you can go with your writing?
Making a commitment to your creative project, taking the time and energy to hold yourself accountable, and meeting specific time-sensitive realistic goals can make all the difference in your creative freedom and capacity. With me as your book coach, you’ll have a champion, an accountability partner, and a font of generative exercises all in one. Sounds good? Then let me be your book coach!
As your book coach,
I can offer a combination of feedback, inspiration, conversation, and support. We’ll work together to get you back on track, stay on task, and find the joy in writing.
Whether it’s for a one-time consultation, or a durational, long-term engagement, I’ll provide an empathetic ear, writing assignments, reading suggestions, and writing advice. Together, we’ll make a plan that best suits your current needs and wishes, and I’ll hold you accountable with compassionate encouragement so you can accomplish your goals. Book coaching can look like all sorts of things, but it can include:
Personalized coaching over the phone or Zoom
Feedback on works-in-progress
A deep, vulnerable discussion of your creative endeavor
Unlimited support emails
Project planning based on your specific goals
Practical, strengths-based advice
Honest critique with recommendations for improvement
Curiosity about your development as a writer
Reading assignments when applicable
A discussion of the larger writing community of which you’re a part (depending on your genre and interests)
Help with finding the joy of writing
If you’re ready to get started writing again or need some help to finish the project that’s been languishing, I’m a book coach that can help. I understand the struggle. I also have decades of experience in a variety of settings with all kinds of authors to address the intricate struggle of motivation, stalled creativity, and the value of structure. I’ve worked with children, first-time authors, students, published authors, professors, and more! I approach each author with compassion, curiosity, and enthusiasm.
As your coach, I’m committed to your success, but more importantly, I’m interested in YOU. What you think and care about. What stories you’ve been born to tell. I want to see you thrive as a writer. I direct my book coaching services to help you embrace your obstacles, address each challenge, and transform what feels like a weakness to you now into a strength. We’ll talk about strategies and systems, but also about the deeper meaning behind the work you most want to create.
Services
Book Editor
Let’s get that book to its readers!
Ghostwriting
I sincerely believe the greatest gift we give ourselves and others is to share our authentic stories. But what if you don’t…
We all know that writing can be very isolating. Writing is most often done alone, in quiet rooms, or at separate tables at the cafe. And if writers aren’t physically isolated, we’re creatively isolated. We fear sharing ideas before they’re fully cooked because we’re ashamed our ideas are bad. We’re worried someone will steal our project from us. We battle with the destructive myth of the solitary genius. But there is a wider conversation our work is a part of—a world of collaboration just outside the box. We don’t have to always work independently of one another.