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In today’s video, the coaches answer the question:What’s is like to be book coached?   Are you curious about book coaching? How does it all work? What are the benefits? The hard bits? Today three book coaches talk about what it has been like for them to be book coached on their own work. WeContinue reading “What is it like to be book coached?”

  In today’s video, the coaches answer the question:I’m stuck in the midpoint. What should I write next? Mired in the middle. The muddy middle. No matter what you call it, the middle can be a difficult spot for an author. It won’t be a surprise that the coaches are all going to extol theContinue reading “I’m stuck in the midpoint. What should I write next?”

In today’s video, the coaches answer the question:Help! My book is too long. How can I revise to make it shorter? This question comes from an author who has written more than 140 thousand words in their current novel. Can you relate? Many of us can. We write and write because we think that’s whatContinue reading “Help! My book is too long. How can I revise to make it shorter?”

In today’s video, the coaches answer the question:What is your favorite craft book? The book coaches share their favorite craft books with you and Terri is the only one of us who follows the rules and actually sticks to just one book! All of us have stacks of craft books, and as Stephanie says, it’sContinue reading “What is your favorite craft book?”

In today’s video, the coaches answer the question:How can I find a writing community? Despite all three book coaches being confirmed introverts, we all agree that the ability to talk about our work, our craft, and our love of writing is worth putting ourselves out there in the search for community. And there are SOContinue reading “How can I find a writing community?”

In today’s video, the coaches answer the question:How do I find comp titles? Do you have a question you’d like the coaches to answer? Submit your question! >> Or subscribe to our weekly email >>Each month we randomly select a subscriber to win a free Call with a Coach!

This week the coaches answer the question:Do I need to know the end of my book before I start? The three coaches give you advice on how to find one, when to leave one and what to expect from a critique group. It’s important to have support in your writing. Critique groups can be that,Continue reading “Do I need to know the end of my book before I start?”

In today’s video, the coaches answer the question:Who am I to write this book? As Stephanie wisely points out, behind this question is fear and it can manifest itself in lots of different ways. Terri does a focusing exercise that brings up some interesting responses from both Kerry and Stephanie. Kerry suggests – what else?Continue reading “Who am I to write this book?”

In today’s video, the coaches answer the question:What does a book coach do? Do you have a question you’d like the coaches to answer? Submit your question! >> Or subscribe to our weekly email >>Each month we randomly select a subscriber to win a free Call with a Coach!

This week the coaches answer the question:What are your favorite writing tools? Dear Book Coach gets personal. What writing tools make the writing life easier? Does quiet count? Whether it be analog or digital, paper driven or computer, the coaches talk about their favorite writing tools. Why we love them, how we use them, whenContinue reading “What are your favorite writing tools?”