My style of book coaching is not for beginners. In every session, I take both of us to our creative edges—because artistic growth is the antidote to the Sophomore Slump.
You know the Slump.
In the tone of your harshest editor, agent, or reviewer, the Slump critiques every line of Book Two before it even hits the page. The Slump whispers, Play it safe. Stick to what worked in the last book.
The Slump should not be listened to.
Because when you hold back, your writing loses urgency, voice, and surprise—the very things that made your first book resonate. Readers can feel that. You can feel that. When the Slump says go smaller, that's your cue to go bigger.
I'm here to keep watch for the Slump.
I'll notice when you slip into old or limiting patterns with Book Two, and guide you back toward creative risk and expansion every time.
That means I will challenge you to grow as a writer.
I will always be kind—but I won’t let you stay comfortable for long.
This will be fun! We'll break old patterns, surprise ourselves and each other, and simply feel alive together as artists.
You’re feeling the weight of your first book’s success (or its silence).
You have too many ideas for Book Two and can’t pick one.
Or not enough ideas. You’re convinced you’ve already said everything worth saying.
Your editor is asking for your next pitch or sample chapters, and you've got nothing.
Or you already have a Book Two draft (partial or full) and something's not right.
You sense there's something deeper you haven't put on the page yet.
You just want to enter the nighttime forest with me.
This call is more than a meet-and-greet. You'll walk away with a clearer sense of where you and Book Two are headed.