Tired of feeling like you're not making real progress on your book? Or like it won't live up to it's potential?

Answer 19 questions to get a personalized recommendation in about 2 minutes

Struggling to start, organize, or finish your nonfiction book? Fill out the quick questionnaire to find out if an Author Coach is the right step for you to take as an author—whether you're working on an exciting book proposal (maybe one that you wish was exciting), or need personal coaching through a problematic manuscript. You want to finally move your ambitious book from an idea or a stalled draft to published book, and your answers here will help me understand your needs. Writing books is hard--get some clarity and confidence today, along with my recommendations for what would move you forward, whether that's coaching, specific resources, or something else.

To figure out how you can break through, I'll ask you about the following key areas:

Your Biggest Challenges

Writing a book isn't easy. It's a big, long-term, and solitary quest. You're bound to meet with challenges along the way, and understanding them can be the key to finding your way through. Are you dealing with an issue that comes down to consistency, or is it the concept at the heart of the project that needs sharpening? Is a part of your processworking against you?

Your Active Supports

Because writing can be a lonely road, it's important to find traveling companions, and a guide for when the path isn't clear. It can make all the difference to have the right people to talk to when you're spinning your wheels. Some of the questions will ask about what resources you have access to, and what you've already tried. Despite the romantic depiction of authors, very few of them work in total isolation. Writing is something you do alone, but being an author requires a community.

Your Urgent Goals

Maybe you're behind on an important project and need support to make sure the work gets done at a high level, all the way over the finish line. Maybe you've got a proposal you just can't wrangle into shape. Or maybe you just need help getting out of a hole. Most of the people I work with finally finish things they've been "working on" for a long time. The first step is getting clear on what you need to accomplish, and what a feasible timeline looks like.

Hi, I'm Robin

I help experts, academics, and leaders build the toolkit to write and communicate effectively about big ideas--and get books done with concrete results.

or more than twenty years, I've worked with authors to shape book projects from the ground up, to refine works-in-progress, and get them done and into the publishing pipeline. My authors develop methods to craft clear, compelling messages, write productively, and step into the role of author with confidence.

Some of my first time authors have gone on to become NYT bestsellers, Pulitzer nominees, and sought-after leaders in their fields.

The craft and process of writing fascinates me--the magic that can transfer ideas and feelings from one mind to another is one that begs to be understood. To enhance my craft, I have studied everything from storytelling and poetry to marketing and advertising; even fields as unlikely as product design and social psychology have something to offer to authors. I pride myself on being able to bring the right pieces to the table at the right moments to help my authors get to the finish line by the shortest effective path.