Workbooks and printable guides
Write Your Book in 30 Days
It’s time for NaNo and this workbook will help you to tackle the task. Download the workbook for before and after tips plus tons of scene ideas for when you are stuck. Did I mention there are 30 prompts to help you along?
Mind Over Manuscript
How to get unstuck. Sometimes we are so ready to write. We have our coffee. We have our computer. The cat has been fed. The children are cared for. We have finally made some time and we sit down to write. We’re ready, but then … nothing. Not a word.
Manuscript Layout Guide
Manuscript Layout helps you to maintain consistency and professionalism. It makes it easier for editors and publishers to review and understand your work. Following industry standards, enhances your credibility and chances of acceptance
How to Write Book Titles
A good book title captivates potential readers, sparking curiosity and setting expectations for the content within, crucially influencing its marketability and reader engagement.
Title Page Guide
A proper title page layout ensures clarity and professionalism. It sets the tone for the manuscript, enhancing its presentation and credibility in the eyes of publishers and readers alike. (You will receive this page when you sign up for the manuscript formatting guide.)
365 Writing Prompts
Athletes train to improve their technique. Writers sometimes forget that to write our perfect sentences and glorious scenes, we need to train too.
Improve Your Craft
Sharpen your writing craft with 365 Writing Prompts designed to guide you, step by step, through the skills that matter most. From planning and structure to voice, character, and revision, every month builds real craft.
Write daily, learn constantly, and watch your confidence grow one prompt at a time..
improve your self-editing skills
Self-editing is a skill every writer must master. It doesn’t just lead to cleaner drafts; it saves you time, money, and frustration. More importantly, it teaches you how to trust your own judgment and make deliberate choices on the page. This workbook introduces the fundamentals of self-editing, training you to spot what’s working and fix what isn’t,
I Am A Published Author.
A constant reminder of the “Author” identity you are building every time you sit down to write.
Big projects need low standards.
Be gentle with your creative self. Boot that critic. There will be a time for polished perfection, yes.
But not here. Not now.
Need to fill a blank page?
Deadlines are about getting things done. They are about showing up despite the fickle muse. They are about writing on demand.
If I only relied on my beloved prompts, I’d never finish anything. I’d keep writing little snippets of things. I’d have pieces of stories and nice descriptions, and I’d keep saying, one day, one day, one day, but deadlines turn one day into today.
You are writing a first draft. Be gentle.
Every writer starts here, with a first draft. It doesn’t have to be neat, perfect, or even coherent. It just has to exist.
First drafts are where ideas take shape, where stories start breathing, and where you learn what your book actually wants to be. So say it with pride: I am writing a first draft. That’s not an apology, it’s a declaration!
I don't want your best work. I want your bravest work.
Your “best work” is what you already know how to do. It’s your strongest skill set, the thing you’ve mastered, the piece you feel confident about. And there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s wonderful! That’s the work you should send off to competitions, anthologies and publishers. That’s your portfolio, your shop window, your race day. But what I want from you, in this space, is your bravest work.
Brave work isn’t polished. It isn’t perfect. It often isn’t comfortable. Brave work is messy, uncertain, sometimes even shaky. It’s the poem you’re not sure you know how to write. The story that makes your heart beat faster because it’s too personal, too weird, too different. Brave work is when you step out of what you know you do well, and into what you’re not sure you can do yet.
WRITE SMALL
Many writers want to tackle big, important themes: grief, injustice, love, hope, loss. These are powerful ideas. But here’s the challenge: when you stay too broad, when your story is too big, your readers feel like they are watching the events. They are not experiencing them. I see it often. It is hard to whittle an idea down. This is your reminder to “write small”
