You dream of writing a book, but aren’t sure how to start or continue.

Should you begin with a memory or image or an illustrative story? Should you write the book from beginning to end or another way? Should you outline or discover your ideas as you write them? Or maybe you’ve written a first draft and are wondering where to go from there. How should you tackle revision? How many more drafts will be necessary? A book coach can help you with these and other questions. 

If you’ve never written a book before, I can also help you generate material for your first draft.  

Read on to learn more about my book coaching services.

Book Coaching

As your book coach, I’ll support you throughout your process as you write the first draft of your scholarly book, novel, memoir, or short story or essay collection from the idea generation stage to the finished first draft, or wherever you are in your process. Whether I’m your memoir coach, fiction book coach, or scholarly book coach, you’ll receive the following:

  • Biweekly (twice a month) 1-hour video calls to review your progress, address manuscript or task questions and/or feedback, and set goals for the next call. During these calls, I’ll help you stay on track and tackle any major roadblocks or bumps that you experience during the writing process.

    • Each call will end with tasks for you to complete before our next call, whether that be a word-count goal, a page goal, or nonwriting assignments.

    • Manuscript evaluation: Each call will include overall feedback on your writing and its ideas, tone, and structure. You can send me up to 25 double-spaced pages in Word after each call (twice a month). After our meetings, I’ll also email you my 1-2 page manuscript evaluation. This will help you address common issues as they arise and strengthen your manuscript as you go along.

    • Email communication between calls. If you have a question or feel stuck, I’m here to help you through it with up to two email communications per week. I’m also here to cheer your progress on with you, so email away!

    • The book coaching package requires a three-month minimum contract. 

If you want to explore working with me as your book coach, please email me and describe what you’re looking for, and I’ll send you a calendar link to set up a free twenty-minute Zoom call so that we can explore your needs.