Novels - Non-fiction - Features - Memoirs
Do you have dreams about being a writer? Let me mentor you.
- Individualised coaching and mentoring, with ongoing or occasional input.
- Complete beginners and rusty professionals.
- Read-throughs of work you've written.
- Honest feedback on your ideas for novels, non-fiction, features.
- Expert insight into the publishing process.
- How to avoid those classic beginners' mistakes.
My Experience
I'm a published author of two self-help books.
Fifteen years' experience as a freelance writer for national media - The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, i, numerous websites and magazines. My writing focused on careers, family, parenting, education and health.
I've mentored beginner writers who are now published authors, and journalists writing for the broadsheets.
I always wanted to write but had no idea how to make it happen. Out of nowhere, I was asked to write two self-help books, mainly on education, for parents and young people, by a publisher looking for authors.
Feeling more confident over my writing, I enrolled on a short course run by two journalists, on how to write features.
I didn't believe I could do this but after a lot of hard work, and learning from my mistakes, I had an education feature accepted by the Guardian. I began to believe that I could do this and (always learning) achieved what had seemed an impossible dream- to write for The Times. As someone born in a mining town in the North, I never imagined this possible, especially as I'd not followed a traditional route into writing.
And so, for around fifteen years, I wrote for all all the broadsheets, magazines and websites. I also began coaching other writers who, like me, achieved success as previous 'non-writers'.
More recently, I've completed a novel, having spent two years writing it, with personal mentoring along the way.
The reason for sharing this is that I believe you too could achieve something that seems impossible.
Get in touch and talk to me about what you'd like to achieve. I'd love to help!
Fees vary and are dependent on what you want and the input you need.
I'm a published author of two self-help books.
Fifteen years' experience as a freelance writer for national media - The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, i, numerous websites and magazines. My writing focused on careers, family, parenting, education and health.
I've mentored beginner writers who are now published authors, and journalists writing for the broadsheets.
I always wanted to write but had no idea how to make it happen. Out of nowhere, I was asked to write two self-help books, mainly on education, for parents and young people, by a publisher looking for authors.
Feeling more confident over my writing, I enrolled on a short course run by two journalists, on how to write features.
I didn't believe I could do this but after a lot of hard work, and learning from my mistakes, I had an education feature accepted by the Guardian. I began to believe that I could do this and (always learning) achieved what had seemed an impossible dream- to write for The Times. As someone born in a mining town in the North, I never imagined this possible, especially as I'd not followed a traditional route into writing.
And so, for around fifteen years, I wrote for all all the broadsheets, magazines and websites. I also began coaching other writers who, like me, achieved success as previous 'non-writers'.
More recently, I've completed a novel, having spent two years writing it, with personal mentoring along the way.
The reason for sharing this is that I believe you too could achieve something that seems impossible.
Get in touch and talk to me about what you'd like to achieve. I'd love to help!
Fees vary and are dependent on what you want and the input you need.
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