Interested in One-on-One support?

Check out the options below and then reach out for a 20-minute phone conference to discuss your project with me.

Book Coaching

Book coaching is for writers aiming to complete the first draft of a manuscript or a significant revision. I provide you with a reader who is invested in your vision, craft tools, support for your creative process, and deadlines.
You send me each new section and then we meet via Zoom or phone to:

  • Discuss your characters, story, and other elements.
  • Answer questions that are coming up for you.
  • Add comments to your document to remind you of spots you might expand or revise.
  • When useful, I will offer freewriting prompts, outlining assignments, and readings from craft books.
  • We set a date for your next deadline!

Choose your speed:

My standard is a 6-Deadline or 12-Deadline Package:
up to 6500 words per deadline followed by a 45 min or 1 hour conference.
If you want to aim for less (or more) words per session, let me know.
If you have a partial draft, I can also do a fast, supportive read of what you have so far, then support you in writing new chapters to get the draft done.

Developmental Editing

I help writers who have completed a draft of a memoir or a novel take their books to the next level.
How it works: you send me your manuscript and I respond with a 3-6 page letter appreciating, cataloguing, and making suggestions regarding your structure, story, characters, point of view, and other major aspects of craft, plus targeted advice on your prose. My focus will be on how I understand your vision and my suggestions for revision. This means I will not line-edit the manuscript, but will edit scenes at different points in order to show you how to self edit.
We’ll then have a 1-hour conference via Zoom in order to get you set up with a plan for revision, with an optional “bonus conference” within 1-3 weeks included in the package to answer any questions that come up when you begin writing again.

A Five Things Fast Read

With thanks to June G. for inventing it, a Five Things Fast Read is a targeted reading of your manuscript to answer a few questions. I read your novel and suggest up to five things you can do to improve it. It's a finite edit without in-line comments (except to illustrate my suggestions).
A novel or memoir read includes a 2 page response memo, a 1-hour conference via phone or Zoom, and a short "bonus call" 1-3 weeks later for any stray questions.