Get UNSTUCK.
Lean into your yuck.
First drafts are rough. Unwieldy, unpolished, and ugly. No writer likes them.
Lean Into Your Yuck provides the guidance and tools the pros use to flesh out structure and fast draft a book that engages your readers. Learn how to create a better manuscript from word one and:
- Clarify your hook, middle build, and conclusion
- Target your readership in the literary marketplace
- Develop an effective writing schedule—and stick to it
Nobody writes a perfect draft out of the gate. In fact, Alexandra challenges you not to! Embrace the sucky, love on the messy, and lean into your yuck. Your book will thank you for it.
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Award-Winning Editing
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Looking for an editor, and not sure where to start?
Book Editing and Writing Coaching
for the Independent Author
Independent publishing has come a long way from the days of the vanity press. More and more writers are discovering the flexibility, accessibility, and suitability of self-publishing every day. And as traditional publishing houses tighten their budgets and reduce the number of books they support every year, readers are looking for great stories wherever they can find them. Will one of them be yours?
Your Book Should Stand Out for the Right Reasons
You want your book to stand out because of its great content—a fantastic story, excellent writing, and attention to detail. You don’t want to stand out as an example of what NOT to do. Traditional publishing houses work with editors, and so should you.
I’m here to help you:
- Organize your thoughts and your story
- Overcome writer’s block and writing doubt
- Make your manuscript truly something special
…and keep your sanity along the way.*
You can find information on writing and self-publishing on the blog, more details on how I can help you on Services, and the genres I work with (and don’t).
*Because after a while, you can’t tell if what you wrote is true genius or belongs on the next bonfire, never to be seen again.