WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, I’m not gonna lie. It was super hard for me to hit send on this one. Not because it’s another straight up unpopular opinion (I’m full of those lately right? hehe!). This is... not really a confession... but also not not a confession? 😵💫 I had to sit and really think about whether I wanted to send this out into the world. I actually wrote the article back in May, and it took me this long to finally send an email to tell you about it. Because I...
11 days ago • 2 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, I’m coming in hot today with an opinion. It may not be popular. It might make you unsubscribe. But this is me being real, being honest, and showing up exactly the way I said I would. If you read my manifesto last week, you already know: I don’t coach for structure-first formulas. I coach for transformation, meaning, and the kind of story that makes people feel something. Today, I’m coming in hot with some real talk, mostly for plotters, but...
18 days ago • 2 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, There’s a line in my manifesto that says: I believe in depth over formula. Soul over structure. People over process. It’s one of those truths that didn’t come from a book on how to write a novel, nor from my coaching certification. It came from experience. From the writer who told me she wouldn’t have finished her book if I hadn’t shown up with joy. From the moment a client said, “Your excitement made me excited again.” That’s when I knew....
25 days ago • 1 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, This email’s a little different than what you’ve been getting from me lately. It’s not about craft. It’s not about strategy. It’s about what it really means to be coached, to write, to believe in your story again. A few weeks ago, I started reflecting on my core values and what I believe as a coach, a business owner, and a fellow writer. What began as a quiet exploration turned into something much bigger: A manifesto. A love letter.A spell.A...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, Please allow me to ask a question that might make you feel called out… How many times have you rewritten, revisited, or tinkered with your opening scene? Does feeling like it needs to be “perfect” keep you from moving forward? (Okay, two questions, but still… bear with me). If so, it might be time to let go of your co-dependent attachment to what you think is your opening scene, and try a simple yet powerful exercise I use with my 1:1 clients...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, You’ve got a story idea. Maybe even a full folder of brainstorms, character sketches, and “cool scene” fragments, plus dialogue snippets you overheard at your favorite cafe from the table next door. You’re excited about it… but you can’t seem to get going. You sit down to write and immediately wonder: Should I outline first? Should I know how this thing is even going to end? Should I know where this should even start? You open a new doc, type...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, I have an opinion (as most humans do these days, #amiright?) Don’t worry, I won’t force it on you, but I will try to persuade you to shift your mindset around this particular thing… Ready? It’s about planning. Not like weekly, monthly, quarterly planning. Planning your novel. You know, world-building, extensive plotting, tweaking your opening chapter without moving forward, following research rabbit holes for days (months? Years?) on end. I...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, Raise your hand (or, ya know, hit reply!) if you have been deep in world-building, outlining, character development, or even research for your novel for months (or maybe longer). It feels productive right? Like you’re laying the necessary groundwork before you can write? But what if all that planning is actually keeping you stuck? What if, without realizing it, you’ve slipped into avoidance disguised as preparation? I know this feeling well...
2 months ago • 2 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, I’m fluttering into your inbox today, very much like how story ideas flutter around our heads. Occasionally they choose to land on us and soak into our sponge-like minds where they whisper, “Hey… please write me! I’m a story worth telling!” I fully believe that the ideas that come to us are living creatures waiting to be brought to life (just read Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic for a compelling story about this!). These ideas want to be given a...
5 months ago • 2 min read