Welcome!
Are you stuck? Staring at a blank page with no idea where to begin? Or maybe it’s a pile of filled pages you aren’t sure how to start fixing?
I have been there.
Writing is a solitary endeavor and often writers don’t know what’s not working until we are tens of thousands of words or several drafts in. I often stared at my own manuscript knowing something wasn’t right and just wishing someone would just tell me what to do already!
A coach can be that someone. A guide through the forest of your pages. A sounding board for your ideas. A flashlight on the path forward. You don’t have to go it alone.
As an Author Accelerator Certified Fiction Book Coach, my goal is to arm writers who feel stuck with the tools they need to identify the strengths and weaknesses in their craft, to trust their instincts again, and to confidently write the stories of their hearts.
Sound good?
Musings
Starting In Media Res & Using Backstory: The Bear
SPOILER ALERT: If you have not watched The Bear on Hulu and think you want to (and I would recommend it), then save this post for after you’ve binged it or don’t blame me if I give away any spoilers. You’ve been warned. TRIGGER WARNING: suicide and drug addiction. If you or someone you knowContinue reading “Starting In Media Res & Using Backstory: The Bear”
The Days are Long but the Years are Short
Today my oldest turns 16. At baby showers, at prenatal appointments, at the grocery store, friends and strangers alike would often warn: “Enjoy it. It goes by so fast.” And I knew what they meant. Of course I did. Time flies. I was no stranger to the concept. After all, childhood, college, pregnancy, they allContinue reading “The Days are Long but the Years are Short”
Storytelling on the Field
I was a band kid. I played flute in concert band, but what I loved more than anything was marching band and performing on the color guard in high school through my four years at UNC Chapel Hill. There is nothing like standing in a sequin-adorned bolero jacket and cummerbund over a white mock turtleneckContinue reading “Storytelling on the Field”
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