Writing is hard!
And though I can’t make it easy…
I can help you to find your way - when you feel a bit lost in the woods.
Download the Writing Process Field Guide to guide you through the writing, editing, and publishing process.
When you know where you are now, and where you’re going next - taking the right first step is a lot easier.
Writing is hard!
And though I can’t make it easy…
I can help you to find your way - when you feel a bit lost in the woods.
Download the Writing Process Map to guide you through the writing, editing, and publishing process.
When you know where you are now, and where you’re going next - taking the right first step is a lot easier.
Indie publishing, traditional publishing, digital, audio, and print on demand book sales…It’s easy for writers today to get lost in all of our options.

Welcome to modern publishing! It’s a complicated world, but we do things differently in our corner of it. Grab a map, and let me show you around!
As a professional writer, editor, and certified writing teacher, I know about the many pitfalls to avoid as you share your voice in the publishing world of today.

I help people to avoid those pitfalls
And guide them through the truly exciting (if somewhat nerve-wracking) process with three types of services.

Editing Services
Manuscript Evaluation, Project Management, and Developmental Editing.

Writing Coach services
Writing Skills, project trouble-shooting, and Platform Development.

Workshops and Events
Speaking Engagements, Writing Workshops, and Virtual writing retreats.

I’ve worked with lots of people
And contributed to a variety of interesting projects over the years. Look at the lovely thank you notes I’ve received.




















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I write about a lot of things
Writing Process Cornerstone
Your Writing Process Matters. When a client or student of mine is struggling with any part of their writing, there are five things I examine in order to find the reason behind their difficulties. It’s like a doctor’s screening process, I imagine. The first place I look to help me diagnose and treat their writing…
Don’t Believe Impostor Syndrome; human value isn’t a competition.
Impostor Syndrome can affect anyone. But the experience of women, people of colour, and neurodivergent and disabled people with impostor syndrome should be viewed through an intersectional lens. Impostor Syndrome tends to describe high-achieving individuals who lack an ability to internalize their accomplishments and a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud. Sound familiar?…
Your Writing Process Matters. Stop the Cage Match!
Okay, so I recognize that you might not imagine the term, “Cage Match” as a descriptor of your writing process. But it will all make sense in a minute. I swear! We all get frozen sometimes when we are writing. A few weeks ago, I talked about how that freezing sensation has nothing to do with Writers’…