Coaching

I offer five different coaching packages - see below

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I offer five different coaching packages - see below 〰️

Do you have an initial idea, but you’re not sure what your next step should be?

Would you like to discuss your project, honing in on what direction would most benefit it?

Would you like to brainstorm plot ideas with an industry professional?

Are you confident about your idea, but less so about how to execute it / your writing?

Would you like ongoing feedback as you progress, with check-in points to help keep you accountable?

Through coaching I will mentor you, and help bring your book to life.

Photo: Oli Barton

I offer coaching to writers. Coaching is a collaborative process that helps the writer progress their project by giving them space to discuss ideas with a professional, chat through specific challenges, ask questions about publishing and the process, create deadlines and define objectives, and generally have a sounding board.

Writing can be a solitary and insular process, and having someone to share with at concept stage, or as the project is progressing, can be invaluable, and help with motivation and accountability.

I have over twenty years’ experience working with writers (both via publishing houses and independently), love to chat and problem solve, so it’s a good combination.

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on”
— Louis L’Amour

In-person Meetings

In addition to online coaching, I can meet you in person in either London, UK, or Co. Cork / Waterford, Ireland, to discuss your project.

If you wish to swap a one-hour online meeting from one of the below coaching packages to a one-hour in-person meeting, this can easily be arranged. After you’ve booked the package, simply choose the online top-up option and then we can arrange a date to meet.

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My coaching packages

Bronze Package: 1 x one-hour call Bronze Package: 1 x one-hour call
Bronze Package: 1 x one-hour call
£150.00

  • 1 x ad hoc by-the-hour online coaching

This hour can be spent talking about an initial idea, a progressing project, publishng advice etc - do let me know in the booking form what you’d like to discuss.

Note: This one hour can be split in two, with me spending half the time reviewing material ahead of us speaking if you’d like. Please add this request to the booking form. (I need to receive this material at least 24 hours before our call to guarantee I’ll have the time to read it.)

Silver Package: one hour call + one hour of reading with feedback Silver Package: one hour call + one hour of reading with feedback
Silver Package: one hour call + one hour of reading with feedback
£250.00

  • Ad hoc by-the-hour online coaching. Includes:

    • 1 x one-hour call

    • plus 1 x additional hour of reading (approx. 5,000-6,000 words) with feedback; this can happen before or after the call

Like the other coaching packages, you can book Silver Coaching as and when you need it, or several sessions at a time.

Having a few spread in the diary can be helpful accountability, motivating you to make the time to progress your project in and around other demands on your time.

Gold Package: 1 x half a day Gold Package: 1 x half a day
Gold Package: 1 x half a day
£500.00

  • 1 x one half-day coaching session

This equates to 4 hours split how you wish between call and reading / advice

I’m happy to read the material before the call, or if you’d like to chat first that’s perfectly fine too - however you’d like to work.

Platinum Package: 2 x half days in one month Platinum Package: 2 x half days in one month
Platinum Package: 2 x half days in one month
£950.00

  • 2 x one half-day coaching sessions in one month

This equates to two sessions of 4 hours each, with the time split how you wish between call and reading / advice).

Includes a complimentary 30-minute planning session, where we will map out the objectives for the month.

Note: sessions to be booked within 4 weeks of each other.

Diamond Package: 1 x half day a month over 3 months Diamond Package: 1 x half day a month over 3 months
Diamond Package: 1 x half day a month over 3 months
£450.00 every 4 weeks for 12 weeks

  • 1 x one half-day coaching session per month

    • Duration: over 3 months

    • Billing: every 4 weeks

This equates to two sessions of 4 hours each, with the time split how you wish between call and reading / advice.

Includes a complimentary 30-minute planning session, where we will map out the objectives for the three months.

One-hour meeting in person (London, UK, or Cork / Waterford, Ireland) One-hour meeting in person (London, UK, or Cork / Waterford, Ireland) One-hour meeting in person (London, UK, or Cork / Waterford, Ireland) One-hour meeting in person (London, UK, or Cork / Waterford, Ireland)
One-hour meeting in person (London, UK, or Cork / Waterford, Ireland)
from £100.00

London: This meeting will be hosted at a private members’ club in Soho, Central London (dress code: smart casual).

Ireland: I’m back and forth to the south of Ireland monthly, and would love to meet and chat about your project. We can arrange a location at booking stage that suits us both.

Cost: £250

Please add details in the booking form about:

  • your project (genre/length etc)

  • what you’d specifically like to talk about in the meeting

I’ll then be in touch to schedule a mutually agreeable time.

In advance of our conversation, I am happy to read up to 10,000 words of your project and the synopsis; I can give verbal feedback on this before we meet or after.

*** Online-coaching top-up: if you have booked one of my coaching packages and would like to convert an online meeting to in-person, please choose this add-on option (which costs £100 in addition to the coaching fee). This meeting can be arranged for London, UK, or in Cork or Waterford, Ireland.