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Courses to deepen craft. Inspiration to write. Fun for all.

Helping authors to write well and get happily published reflect the heart of my book coaching practice. Beyond one-to-one coaching, I offer a range of thoughtful, intensive, interactive training opportunities--for nonfiction, memoir, and fiction writers at all levels of experience. 

A Delicious Menu

Workshops & Courses

Looking for a course that's not listed? I'm happy to customize.

FICTION

  • Deep POV
  • Revealing Character Through Dialogue
  • Writing Your Second Draft
  • Getting Past "I" in First-Person
  • Finding Your Path to Publication

NONFICTION

  • Preparing a Stellar Nonfiction Book Proposal
  • Build Your Book From Idea to Proposal
  • A Research Plan for NF or Memoir

CROSS-GENRE

  • Podcast Guest Pitching & Author Etiquette
  • Manifest Your Creative Life: Guidance & Inspiration
  • Succeeding Without an Agent
  • Tapping into Grit to Sustain Your Career

PRICE LIST FOR MY COURSES

How Do You Take Your Coffee, er, Workshop?

I can customize most courses for a variety of formats, ranging from 50-minute quickies to Master Classes and longer-term seminars. If you have a topic or format in mind not listed above, please inquire. I'm incredibly resourceful and love inventing new curricula. 

One-Hour Workshop - $55 per person

About 50-60 minutes, with time for Q&A. Excludes real-time writing exercise. 

Two-Hour Workshop - $125 per person

Includes one or more real-time writing exercises with time for discussion and Q&A. 

Three-Hour Master Class - $220 per person

A fairly deep dive into the topic with time for discussion, real-time exercises and feedback, and Q&A. Includes at least one handout with take-aways and resources. May include homework assignment in advance.

Half-Day, Full-Day, Multi-Week Courses

Please inquire about customized options for your conference or writers' group. All courses at this level include hand-outs, real-time writing and feedback, and possibly homework assignments in advance.

I Dare You: Ask Me to Speak at Your Conference

I'm a lively, engaging, interactive presenter who understands the writer's life and what keeps us all up at night. Fees begin at $500.

Real Testimonials From Real Writers

"Most Helpful"

"A Turning Point"

"A Turning Point"

 This was the most helpful class I've ever taken. The immediate feedback was precise and constructive--giving enough suggestion for me to try again.

"A Turning Point"

"A Turning Point"

"A Turning Point"

With Amy's help in just 15 minutes, I was able to reach a turning point in my memoir and reconfigure my timeline and structure so that the book made more sense. Her advice and guidance was invaluable.

"First Rate!"

"A Turning Point"

"Offered the Most"

Thank you for the Master Class on how to write a book proposal for a nonfiction book. The class was absolutely first rate!

"Offered the Most"

"Informative and Inspiring"

"Offered the Most"

I took four tracks and I struggled the most with yours…but came to believe that is because it offered the most to learn. Thank you for the excellent class, resources, and inspiration.

"Informative and Inspiring"

"Informative and Inspiring"

"Informative and Inspiring"

Thank you so very much for your excellent workshops on Deep POV and Revealing Character Through Dialogue at the  Cape Cod Writers Center Conference this past weekend. Your classes were informative and inspiring. Your students loved your classes and learned a lot.  

"Wise and Pragmatic"

"Informative and Inspiring"

"Informative and Inspiring"

I’m relieved to have discovered Amy—her advice was wise, pragmatic, and encouraging, and clearly drawn from vast experience.

Work Hard, Play Hard.

A selection of organizations and conferences that have sponsored my workshops and courses. 

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As an Author Accelerator certified book coach, I am qualified to coach writers using Author Accelerator's strategy, methods, and materials, but I operate independently of Author Accelerator and am not affiliated with them.

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