The Rejection Audit: What if Your Writing Rejections Are Actually Good News?

Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You

The title of this blog post is a quote from comedian Steve Martin, which he gave in answer to the…

What We Can Learn About Emotional Payoff From My Octopus Teacher

TLDR: This post does not have one…

The Deep Level Why

I am a book coach, and no matter where they are in the writing process — beginning, middle or ready to pitch — the very first…

Stop Waiting for a Miracle

A few weeks ago, I received an inquiry from a writer interested in one of Author Accelerator’s online writing…

I am living proof that Jen Sincero was right.

Many of you — like me — know and love her You Are a Badass books.

Is It Shameful to Encourage Writers to Write?

This week I got this message on LinkedIn: “Book coaching sounds to me like…

How to Put Writing First

It is exceptionally easy for writers to put their writing last. We put it last behind our day jobs and our…

On Writing Emotion

Almost every time I start working with a new client, they ask me for pointers on…

How to Coach a Memoir Writer

I am so thrilled to announce that Author Accelerator is launching our long-awaited Book Coach Certification…