You Don’t Need a Finished Manuscript to Get Help With Your Book.

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You can come to Book Coaching with an idea you haven’t written yet, notes scattered across your phone, a few unfinished chapters, or a manuscript you’ve been working on for years.

You don’t have to figure everything out before asking for help.

That’s what Book Coaching is for.

Together, we’ll look at where your book is now, where you’re trying to take it, and what’s keeping you from moving forward.

This isn’t someone taking your story and writing it for you.

It’s your book, your voice, and your story. I’m here to help you develop it.

Before We Meet, I Want to Know Your Book.

Every Book Coaching session begins with a required Pre-Session Questionnaire.

You’ll tell me:

What your book is about

Where you are in the writing process

Who you’re writing for

What you want the reader to take away from the book

What you’ve completed so far

Where you’re stuck

What questions or decisions you need help with

What you want us to accomplish during the session

What you’ve already tried

What relevant materials you have available

You’ll also have an opportunity to provide relevant excerpts, notes, outlines, chapter lists, or other materials directly related to what we’re working on.

I review your questionnaire and relevant materials before we meet so we can use your appointment for the work—not spend most of it figuring out why you’re there.

Pre-session materials must be submitted at least 24 hours before your appointment.

What Can We Work On?

Your Book Coaching session is built around where your book needs support.

We can work through:

Developing your book idea

Clarifying what the book is really about

Identifying your intended reader

Defining the purpose and central message

Organizing scattered ideas

Developing your chapter structure

Deciding what belongs in the book

Identifying gaps in the manuscript

Working through a chapter you’re struggling with

Strengthening the direction of your story or message

Creating a realistic writing plan

Working through writer’s block and second-guessing

Determining what needs to happen before the manuscript is ready for publishing

You don’t need to know which of these you need before you book. Your questionnaire helps me understand where we need to focus.

Choose Your Session

30 Minutes — $75

Best for one focused book question or decision.

Use this session when you need direction on a specific chapter, your title or concept, your audience, an organizational problem, or another clearly defined area of your book.

60 Minutes — $125

Best when you need room to work through the book more deeply.

We can examine your idea, structure, chapter organization, message, writing challenges, or several connected decisions and establish clear next steps.

90 Minutes — $175

Best for a deeper book-development working session.

This gives us more room to work through multiple areas of the book, untangle scattered ideas, develop structure, solve larger manuscript problems, and create a stronger plan for moving forward.

You’ll Leave Knowing What Comes Next.

Book Coaching isn’t supposed to leave you with another pile of ideas and no idea what to do with them.

After your session, you’ll receive a brief Next Steps Recap outlining the priorities and actions we identified together.

Then you can get back to writing with direction.

What Book Coaching Does Not Include

Book Coaching is a collaborative development service.

I help you think through, organize, develop, and move your book forward. I do not take over the writing process.

Book Coaching does not include:

Ghostwriting

Manuscript editing

Proofreading

Full manuscript evaluations

Formatting

Cover design

Illustration

Publishing or uploading your book

Those services are separate when applicable.

About Pre-Session Reading

Pre-session review allows me to understand what we’re working on before your appointment. It is not a full manuscript review or editing service.

Please submit only the materials relevant to the focus of your scheduled session. If your book requires extensive reading or manuscript-level evaluation before I can properly advise you, we’ll discuss the appropriate service before that work is completed.

You Don’t Have to Publish With Healing Time Publishing.

Book Coaching and publishing are separate services.

If you eventually want publishing support, we can discuss that when your manuscript is ready.

If you choose another publishing path, that’s okay too.

The purpose of Book Coaching is to help you get the book out of your head, through the messy middle, and closer to a manuscript you feel confident moving forward with.

You don’t have to know how to finish the whole book today. We just need to know what we’re working on next.

For this one, I would keep single sessions available without a consultation, just like we decided for Action & Accountability. The required Book Coaching questionnaire gives you what you need to prepare before the appointment without making a new author pay for two appointments just to get started.