Frequently Asked Questions

Once upon a time, editors at publishing companies were able to seek out new writers and spend time helping them develop their craft and eventually grow into the famous authors we all know, like Fitzgerald and Salinger. Now, with the advent of eBooks and self-publishing, editors at traditional publishing companies have way too many books on their plate to have time to help writers hone their craft—they look for books that are already edited and market-ready.

Enter the field of book coaching. A book coach is the one person who knows your book just as well as you do and knows how to improve it and understand what features make for an excellent book. Coaches offer accountability on your project, objectivity about your writing, and honest advice on where you can improve.

It’s complicated.

While there are no guarantees in publishing, investing in working with a book coach gets your manuscript as ready as possible for an agent and a publisher to say “YES!” to your project. We help you along the entire process– planning, writing, editing, querying, and everything in between.

The reality is, traditional publishing is a tough arena. You may have a fantastic book with realistic characters, a compelling plot, and a rewarding ending, but if the timing with the market isn’t quite right your book might get rejected. On the other hand, you might have an okay book that gets pitched at just the right time and picked up even though the main character is a little flat or a subplot is distracting from the point of the story.

Bottom line? We can help you strengthen your book to meet its potential, but we can’t guarantee that you will find an agent and get traditionally published.

Our coaching services are highly flexible. Can we help with brainstorming? Yes! Planning? Of course! Story building? That is literally what we are here for. Can we help with a finished manuscript? By all means, yes. And I’ll tell you why—it’s because we apply an adaptable coaching method. It’s not some formula or one-size-fits-all. We listen to you, read the necessary materials, and then dive in and meet you where you are. It’s one of our favorite parts of coaching—no writer is at the same place in the writing journey so every project presents a different challenge.

That said, a number of our writers come to us during the writing process—or even before starting on a manuscript! This is because we can help you get the fundamentals of your story strong before you launch into your narrative. We help you hone your craft while you are writing. This means that you will finish your first draft wayyyy ahead of your peers who are working on their third or fourth draft without a coach. In the end, a coach saves on time, planning, and lots of heartache.

Schedule a free consultation today to learn how we can meet you right where you're at!

Our individual coaches have genres they prefer to work with, but, generally speaking, we work with novels of pretty much any genre that fit in the YA, NA, and Adult categories.

We have worked with TONS of writers who have specific needs and wants and quirks (we love it!). Here’s the deal: our services are designed to adapt to many different styles of writing and our hands-on coaching approach gives us the flexibility needed to work with all kinds of projects. Schedule a free consultation with one of our coaches to discuss your needs and what you're looking for!

Once a writer contacts us about a service and we have discussed it with them (often through a free consultation), we send you a contract and invoice, which the writer can then pay via PayPal or debit/credit card.

Certain services typically require a deposit or are paid for in full at once; other services are typically paid for on a monthly schedule, such as for ongoing coaching.