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Why I Don’t 'Do Coffee and Chat About Your Book'
I love coffee. I love authors.
I’ll probably LOVE you.
But if you want to talk about your book,I’ll put in the work, and I expect you to as well.
4-Session Targeted Support Package
Need a quick boost? For returning writers & mentees, get 4 focused sessions for targeted feedback, overcoming roadblocks, and securing quick wins to keep your book on track.
Ideal for writers needing a strategic intervention. If you've hit a structural roadblock, are struggling with a specific chapter, or need a quick motivational injection to boost your word count, these four sessions will deliver focused results and clear direction.
Quick Focus:
Four targeted sessions for immediate impact.
Overcome Roadblocks:
Solve plot issues and structural confusion fast.
Targeted Feedback:
Personalized appraisals on crucial scenes/chapters.
Actionable Plan:
Clarity on your immediate next steps in your draft.
Momentum Boost:
Inject energy and direction back into your writing.
4 Session Package
USD
350
Targeted Support Package. Need a quick boost? For returning writers & mentees, get 4 focused sessions for targeted feedback, overcoming roadblocks, and securing quick wins to keep your book on track.
Valid for 12 months
8-Session Targeted Support Package
Finish your book! For returning writers & mentees, this package offers focused guidance to maintain consistency, stop stalling, and transform your draft into a polished manuscript.
You’ve laid the groundwork, and now it’s time for the final push. This comprehensive package provides the consistency and deep-dive mentorship required to tackle major revisions, refine your prose, and prepare your project for submission. Stop stalling and move decisively toward completion.
Sustained Momentum:
Eight sessions to keep your project moving forward.
Deep-Dive Feedback:
Targeted appraisals for challenging chapters.
Cross the Finish Line:
Structured support to complete your manuscript.
Revision Strategy:
Direction on edits, strategy, and publishing prep. Ongoing Accountability:
Dedicated check-ins to hit word count goals.
8 Session Package
USD
600
Sustain Your Momentum. Finish your book! For returning writers & mentees, focused guidance to maintain consistency, stop stalling, and transform your draft into a polished manuscript.
Valid for 12 months
12 Month Mentorship
This is a full year-long mentorship program to support you to write your book professional guidance
12 x 45-min sessions
with a book mentor
Structured tasks and course
and written feedback
Includes time for your mentor to read, edit, and give specific direction
This is a hands-on process to start or finish your project, with accountability to keep you moving.
Writing & Publishing Services
Learn to write your novel or nonfiction book with email-based courses, live mentorship, or retreats. Our proven system keeps you accountable, clear, and consistent.
Writing Courses
Have a book in you, but no time, or desire to write it? We have 20+ professional ghostwriters (all former journalists) who can write, research, and deliver your book.
Ghostwriting
Suitable for memoir, thought-leadership, business, or books already commissioned
Sarah Bullen personally ghostwrites two nonfiction books per year (memoir, mind-body-spirit, business).
Editing & Manuscript Development
Congratulations, you’ve finished your draft. Now let’s elevate it. Every book benefits from professional editing. Here’s how we can help...
Beta Reader Report: Fresh, Honest Feedback.
Get a 5-8 page report from an avid reader on your manuscript's strengths, weaknesses, plot, characters, and structure. Use this peer feedback to guide your next draft.
As an author, you need fresh eyes and objective feedback from someone who loves books. This report provides an honest peer assessment—it is not a professional appraisal, but rather a detailed report on what a reader thinks. Use this constructive feedback to re-assess, re-write, and ensure your book is engaging and readable for your target audience.
You will receive a comprehensive report (5–8 pages) covering: Overall Impression, Beginning/Hook, Characters, The Middle Build, The Ending, Plot Progression/Argument Development, Language Use, Weaknesses, and Strengths.
Fresh Eyes:
Honest reader feedback for objective insights.
Targeted Review:
Notes on hook, characters, plot, and ending.
Find Flaws:
Pinpoint structural issues and pacing problems.
Action Plan:
Guides concrete re-writes for the next draft.
Assess Readability:
See how well your story flows for readers.
Cost-Effective:
Affordable insight before professional editing.
Beta Reader Report
USD
400
Get a 5-8 page report from an avid reader on your manuscript's strengths, weaknesses, plot, characters, and structure. Not an appraisal, it's honest peer feedback to guide your next draft.
Valid for 6 months
Professional Manuscript Appraisal.
Get a high-level, objective assessment from a qualified editor. Improve your full draft's plot, structure, and characters before editing or submitting. Essential for publishability!
Before you spend time and money on editing, or risk rejection by submitting to a publisher, a full manuscript critique is essential. This is a professional, high-level structural assessment of your completed draft, focusing on commercial viability. A qualified editor gives you an objective outsider's perspective and provides a full written report with suggestions for large-scale changes to make your manuscript better and more publishable.
This structural assessment focuses on strengths and weaknesses across the entire manuscript, including: Plot, Characterisation, Dialogue, Setting, Structure, Pace, and Overall Commercial Read. (Note: This is a high-level structural assessment, not a line-by-line edit.)
Professional Eye:
Assessment by a qualified, commercial editor.
Structural Focus:
Critiques plot, character, dialogue, and pace.
Objective View:
Fresh, unbiased perspective on your full draft.
Actionable Plan:
Clear suggestions for large-scale improvements.
Save Time/Money:
Don't promote a book that isn't ready.
Increase Value:
Improve your MS for greater publishability.
Professional Manuscript Appraisal
USD
1 800
Get a high-level, objective assessment from a qualified editor. Improve your full draft's plot, structure, and characters before editing or submitting. Essential for publishability!
Valid for 3 months
