Book coaching & Editing

We help academics write books

WHETHER YOU NEED TO DEVELOP YOUR IDEA, CLARIFY YOUR ARGUMENT, CRAFT YOUR PROPOSAL, REVISE YOUR MANUSCRIPT, OR PUT THE FINAL TOUCHES IN PLACE, WE PROVIDE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT YOU NEED.

Sometimes writers feel lost. We help you find your way. And develop what you already have so that you can see possibilities you didn’t even know were there. You don’t have to wait until you have a complete chapter or polished proposal. We start with your curiosity. Then we actively listen, ask questions, make suggestions, and work through exercises to get you to the place you want to be. You’ll leave with a clearer vision that motivates you to move forward.

idea therapy

 1 month

4 sessions

45 minutes each

 $700

Developing a strong proposal is key to getting published with the right press at the right time. Whether you're writing a traditional academic monograph, a crossover book, or a research-driven trade book for an agent, we can help.

Our hands-on service gives you exercises, examples, and professional insights to craft a document that grabs the editor's attention and gets you to a contract faster. We work together during each session to complete key elements of your book proposal: overview, chapter summaries, comparable works, and a book title that makes readers want to pick it up off a crowded front table.

Book Proposal

10 weeks

10 sessions

45 minutes each

6 hours of editorial work

resource library

$2595

Whatever you have, we can help you make it more of what you want. We can help you shape your book once you have a proposal draft and then help you keep writing chapter after chapter. Or we can start with your complete manuscript and give you big picture advice for how to reshape, clarify, and keep your reader engaged, sentence after sentence and page after page. Your book moves along more quickly because two people are working on it simultaneously and creating a steady rhythm of write-and-revise that gets you to "submit" more quickly.

DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING

customised

hourly

$165/hour

Let us tie up all the loose ends for you. You can keep doing what you want to do while we take over the things you don’t want to do. We fill in the gaps in citations, verify references, format bibliographies, fact-check, index your book, and many other things that go into finishing a great piece of writing.

Polish

customised

hourly

$130/hour

how it works

1

Consultation

Choose a time, get answers, and get matched with a coach.

2

Onboarding

Submit your agreement, questionnaire, and payment.

3

Prepare

Explore your workbook and readings or gather your writing.

4

Next

Make an appointment or submit your writing.

Questions

&

Answers

  • You fill out a questionnaire and submit some key pieces from your book prep. But only if you have them, and it's okay if you don’t. Together we’ll work through a series of questions that get to the heart of what’s holding you back and discover what you really want to write – as opposed to what you think others want you to write. You’ll learn how to transform an old idea into a new one, resolve conflicting feedback, clarify your claims, make your big idea bigger, and tell a story that fully engages your readers.

  • Just a questionnaire that helps us understand the backstory of your book writing experience up to this point. It isn’t required, but if you have an overview or chapter summaries, we would appreciate the chance to learn more in advance of our first meeting.

  • To begin, we ask you to complete a questionnaire that helps us understand the backstory of your book. Then each week we’ll ask for something new and give you examples before you complete a writing exercise.

  • No. Transform is about the process: habits and mindsets. Idea Therapy and Book Proposal are about the product: books. But many people do like to develop a sustainable writing practice before or after solidifying the vision for their book. About 50% of clients who work with us on a book proposal will have completed Transform first. And 85% of our clients who do Idea Therapy move on to Transform so they have the weekly support they need to follow through on their new book plan.

Let's Begin

Please tell us how we can help you as a scholar & writer.