Together, we are mighty. INTRODUCING: Monthly group coaching for authors writing a mighty book
Starting August 2025, Story Catalyst group coaching will keep on you track, whether your burning questions are about outlining, writing, publishing or platform-building.
HOW POWERFUL THIS IS
Do you need a monthly literary booster shot? Are you working on a writing project — or more than few — and looking for just the right place to dive in?
Or have you been working alone all this time? You know your writing could really sing—and you know you’d get it done, if you only had the perfect coach and the perfect group.
For the first time, I’m offering monthly group coaching
Maybe you’re ready to commit to your book project, but you want the community with built-in accountability.
Story Catalyst Group Coaching is ideal for you if you’ve been taking writing classes but you aren’t ready for the deep dive of one-on-one coaching.
Or, you’re in one-on-one coaching, but you want the community, too. You’d love to have a monthly check-in to celebrate your wins and shore up your skills.
Sometimes we advance the most when we combine a master teacher and a supportive community. Sometimes we benefit from all the different styles of success.
If you’re currently under contract with me for one-on-one coaching, this monthly call is $27/month, or $81 for a three-month bundle, $270 for a 12-month bundle (which gives you two months free). After our service package is complete, I can offer you a continuing discount.
Once a client, you are forever a friend!
If you’re just wanting to get to know me and find other writers like you, this is for you.
INSIDE TRACK $27/month for clients
ESSENTIAL $47/month for non-clients
Group coaching clients get early advance notice when we have PITCH DAYS with agents and editors.
WHAT YOU CAN SHARE ON THE MONTHLY GROUP COACHING CALL
> Your elevator pitch for your book. You can’t hone this too much. The smoother your pitch, the better your vision, the better your path to publishing. This becomes your potent clarifying statement that will carry you through drafting your writing project.
> Your monthly wins, whether that’s page count or creative insights and breakthroughs about your work.
> What’s become clearer to you about your project — the scene or chapter you will write next.
> Your newest revelations about your creative process. I say that a writer’s greatest superpower is mastering the knowledge of your own personal creative process — your unique way of getting to where you want to go.
> Your insights about what resources helped you the most and questions about resources you need now
WHAT YOU CAN ASK ON THE MONTHLY GROUP COACHING CALL
> How to outline, and how to use the living, breathing outline you have
> What you need to promise at the beginning of your book
> How to write an ending
> How to free-write
> How to create the space for inspiration so you never have writer’s block — EVER!
> How to write dialogue, description or teaching stories
Consider becoming a paid subscriber to this Substack so you can get weekly intentional skill-building Catalytic Prompts with tips on these and more. Catalytic Prompts are cataclysmic!
> The difference between a teaching memoir and a narrative memoir
> Where to get published
> How and where to get companion pieces published
> How to decide between traditional, hybrid or self-publishing
> Unexpected places to look for publishing opportunities
> How to build your platform as an author so agents and publishers will flock to you
> How to use social media in a joyful way to engage your future and current readers
> How the book business even works. What are advances, and what are royalties?
> The 10 ways to make money with a book. What are they?
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Here’s a calendar of the next meetings, from 2025 and into 2026.
All sessions are recorded, but as you know, you get the most out sessions when you show up live and ask questions.
You’ll be invited to the free Story Catalyst writing community on Mighty Networks, and you’ll receive monthly reminders of our zoom calls there, as well as in your email inbox.
On the Mighty Networks community, you’ll get to talk with other writers, and you can participate in Accountability Pods suited to your book project’s genre.
GROUP COACHING DATES
10 a.m. PT/11 a.m. MT/noon CT/1 p.m. ET second Wednesday each month
All meetings are recorded, yet please know the true value of these sessions is the interactivity. Come prepared to engage with me and this community of wise writers with your most burning questions.
Aug. 13
Sept. 10
Oct. 8
Nov. 12
Dec. 10
2026
Jan. 14
Feb. 11
March 11
April 8
May 13
I’M A CLIENT! INSIDE TRACK STORY CATALYST GROUP COACHING
For clients currently under contract, it’s $27/month or $270/year (two months free).
I’M NOT A CLIENT – YET!
ESSENTIAL STORY CATALYST GROUP COACHING
For clients not currently under contract, it’s $47/month or $470/year (two months free).
ALL THE WAYS YOU CAN WORK WITH ME TO START AND FINISH YOUR BOOK
COACHING
TO GET STARTED ON YOUR BOOK
The best and fastest way to a finished book is to collaborate with someone who knows how to help you navigate through storycraft, narrative structure and the ever-changing book business. I’ll help you find the perfect “hook” and we’ll be joyful together as we take the courage walk. Remember, books are the source code for the world’s best stories and ideas!
EDITING
TO MAKE SURE YOUR BOOK IS RIGHT AND READY
Editing is where the magic happens. It’s where you hone your vision and your voice. It’s where you make sure your manuscript is spot-on and ready for an agent or acquisitions editor. These editing packages help you with narrative structure, voice, content development, pacing, language and readability. They help you at the big picture level, as well as the sentence level.
PUBLISHING CONSULTING
TO GET YOUR BOOK OUT IN THE WORLD
Find a literary agent, find a publisher. I help you navigate the rapidly changing book business so you can find your best advocate and collaborator, whether that’s in traditional, hybrid or self-publishing. I help you get your query letter pitch-perfect and get it to the right person.
MEDIA, BRANDING AND PLATFORM BUILDING
TO BUILD YOUR AUDIENCE
To get a book deal, you need a platform—followers who are engaging with your ideas and your content. To get the word out about your book, you need to leverage media, whether that’s “earned media” in established media outlets that reach millions or whether that’s on social media where you can directly engage with your audience. The Story Catalyst team will help you build your digital presence and your brand.
WRITING CLASSES, RETREATS AND COMMUNITIES
TO BE A BETTER WRITER, TO MEET OTHER WRITERS
A guide to our upcoming slate of writing classes and retreats, as well as a way to join the free Story Catalyst writing community.
SEE WHAT BOOKS MY AUTHOR CLIENTS HAVE PUBLISHED
WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR FUTURE PUBLISHED SELF
Tell me why you’re ready. Or tell me how you’re getting ready. Write a Letter to Your Future Published Self here. If you give me your email, I’ll send you a note two years from now.