11/14/2022
EVOLUTION OF A COACH
💫 Hey writers, I’m super excited for this!!
Maybe you didn’t know, but I wrote a fantasy trilogy back in the day (from age 14 into my mid-twenties). 📚
At age 19, with my fingers crossed and my head held high, I submitted my SUPER AWESOME first novel to literary agents.
Like a LOT of literary agents.
And I heard . . . crickets. 🦗 A smidgen of itty bitty interest here and there, but mostly crickets. Definitely no takers when it came to publication.
Huh . . . guess my SUPER AWESOME novel wasn’t as SUPER AWESOME as I thought.
I could have given up.
Told myself I sucked.
Squashed that calling deep within me. The one that insisted I was always meant to write. ✍️
But I was born without that gene—the one that urges you to JUST COOL IT ALREADY and accept reasonable defeat.
So instead of giving up, I buckled down.
Took writing classes all through college. Worked at a writing center. Found a writing mentor with a Ph.D.
Joined a critique group. Read TONS of books on writing. Taught creative writing for 6 years.
📝 Wrote more books. Tutored for 4 more years. Worked my way up to become co-leader of my writing critique group.
Learned the power of the right mindset. Became an editor. Became a book coach.
Now I work with fiction writers all day. I help them craft their stories in a way that resonates with readers on an emotional level—and stays true to their original vision.
Writers who, like me, aren’t willing to suppress their calling. Writers who know that spilling pieces of their inner selves onto the page, then revising and revising and revising until their work reflects the vision they intended is SO HARD and SO WORTH IT.
I gotta say, it’s a pretty awesome and fulfilling life. 😆
So why am I posting?
First, to share a piece of my life with you. And second, to announce I’m launching my new book coaching program specifically designed for fantasy writers! 🧝♂️ 🐉 ⚔️
Bring it on, nerds! I’ve got your back. Always.
Stay tuned for future updates!!
Now go hunker down with a good book! 😁
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