My primary offering is my five-month coaching program, The Writer’s Transformation Project.

I also offer writing workshops and free masterclasses once or twice a year, and I run a Substack called The Fresh Ink Writer’s Studio where I offer weekly coaching insights and strategies.

A great first step is to sign up for my Substack, The Fresh Ink Writer’s Studio, to get a sense of my personality and coaching style.

If you’re interested in joining The Writer’s Transformation Project, you can sign up for a free 60-minute consultation with me to see if the program is a good fit for you.

To schedule your consultation, head to The Writer’s Transformation Project page on my website and click the “Book a Consult” button.

I’ve found that writers working on longer projects need much more than just craft education and developmental feedback.

They also need insight into process and mindset, support in creating a regular writing routine, and connection with other writers.

My coaching program is different in that it provides 360-degree support for writers, focusing on these five pillars:

–mindset

–process

–structure

–guidance

–community

In my coaching, I spend a significant amount of time helping writers uncover the source of their writing blocks and shift their mindsets so they can embrace the complex and often confronting process of writing.

I specialize in working with writers who struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome.

If you’re a goal-oriented high-achiever who has run into significant challenges in your creative process, my coaching offerings are probably a good fit for you!

Since mindset was one of my biggest challenges when I was first beginning to write seriously, I spent years learning strategies and insights that helped me work past my creative blocks.

In coaching, I share the techniques I’ve learned from philosophical mindset coaching, cognitive behavioral therapy, and Eastern philosophical traditions.

I also bring a trauma-informed approach to my work with clients delving into sensitive issues in their writing.

My clients learn to adopt new mindsets by undergoing philosophical mindset shifts, learning more about nervous system regulation, and taking part in meditation and visualization exercises.

I do. Before each coaching session, my clients may share up to 15 double-spaced pages of writing with me for review.

This is a great way for writers to get ongoing feedback on stories, essays, or book chapters in development.

I offer developmental edits on full manuscripts to clients enrolled in The Writer’s Transformation Project.

Since a full-manuscript developmental edit is typically a multi-hour commitment, clients in my coaching program exchange face-to-face coaching sessions for developmental readthrough hours.

For example, if a developmental edit takes me five hours, the client exchanges five coaching sessions for the time I spend reading and responding to their manuscript.

Yes. After discussing your publication goals, I can illuminate the different paths to publication and help you choose the one that feels like the best fit for you.

I also assist writers through the process of developing book proposals, querying agents, and navigating the post-publication landscape.

While writers do share some excerpts of their work in our group seminars, we do not use a traditional critique model for our conversations.

Our conversations about writers’ work are supportive, connecting, and author-led.

While the writer can ask for feedback from the group if that’s their preference, our conversations often center around learning more about the writer’s process and vision for the story, and helping them troubleshoot the challenges they are currently facing in their narrative. 

I adopted many of my conversation guidelines from Matthew Salesses’ book Craft in the Real World, which highlights some of the harms perpetuated by the traditional workshop model and offers healthier alternatives for writers.

Yes! Coaching helps you put the building blocks of your writing process in place so that you can complete your dream project.

While many writers think that the time to hire a coach is AFTER they’ve completed their manuscript, most writers need coaching BEFORE the manuscript is complete.

They need support in overcoming the mindset and motivation blocks that are currently preventing them from starting, developing, and/or finishing their manuscript.

Working with a coach helps you start and solidify a consistent writing practice, maintain confidence in the face of setbacks, and move more quickly toward completing (and revising) your project.

One-on-one coaching is a significant personal investment—and the decision to invest in coaching is one I’ve struggled with myself in my writing journey!

I became a coaching convert when I took a leap of faith and invested in a six-month coaching program for myself.

Before working with a coach, I was used to feeling like writing was a painful struggle that took a very long time.

In a coaching program, I was amazed to see that this didn’t have to be the case!

With the help of an insightful, mindset-oriented coach, I found it far more easy and enjoyable to pursue my writing goals, and I progressed further in those six months than I had in years of toiling on my own.

That experience inspired me to create my own coaching program—because I saw just how transformative sustained coaching could be.

If you’re struggling with this decision yourself, here are some reasons that joining my coaching program might be worthwhile to you:

• Asking for help feels like weakness.

• Becoming a writer has been a lifelong dream for you.

• You’ve tried making changes in your writing life before, but you keep hitting the same walls over again.

• You’ve found a coach who really gets the issues you’re facing and who you trust can lead you forward to your writing dreams.

If you identify as a high achiever (as I do), here are a few reasons you may initially resist the idea of coaching (as I did):

• You’re hyper-independent and have always tackled challenges on your own.

• Asking for help feels like weakness.

• Prioritizing others feels natural, but investing in your own progress feels indulgent or selfish.

• You feel that if you were really good or talented enough, you wouldn’t need a coach to succeed. 

… and here are a few reasons why coaching may be instrumental in helping you reach your writing goals:

• In order for high achievers to succeed creatively, they must shift lifelong mental models that have felt crucial to their survival. 

• Making such a major shift requires guidance and consistent practice. 

• Working in isolation feels natural for high achievers, but keeps them lonely, frustrated, and depleted. 

• Even the most talented writers can’t do it alone! Writing success is a group effort.