Individual Writing Guidance
Free your creative spirit
I am always here for you when you need personal, confidential coaching. If you’d like to deepen your writing practice or get traction on a writing project, I can help you develop a writing routine, teach you the ins and outs of writing craft, suggest ways to edit and refine your work, and ultimately help you get your book written or project finished.
This is uniquely yours
You may simply wish to read your writing to me over the phone to have it witnessed and reflected as a part of your personal healing and growth. I will listen to the stories you’re not ready to share with anyone else and hold a grounded, supportive space while you make changes in your outer life to align with what you’ve discovered inside. If you wish, I will prepare you for and send you on a Medicine Walk to ask your big questions to Earth and Sky, then receive your story and mirror it back when you return.
“Individual Guidance” simply means it’s uniquely yours. It’s taking into account who you are, where you are on your journey, and what you need in your life at this time. It’s a coaching program intended to fit just you, and it’s something we design together.
Telephone Guidance and Recordings
I do most of my coaching over the phone. This allows me to meet with you regardless of where you are, and it saves us both time and gas. Meeting over the phone also enables me to record our sessions and send them to you after our call.
Listening to our recorded sessions can help you hear things you may have missed while we were on the phone together. When you hear yourself read your own work out loud, it can help you develop a consistent writing voice. And having the recording is like having a memory back-up: it saves useful information, instructions, and ideas to revisit later.
Scheduling
You’re welcome to work with me for a single hour at a time and pay as you go. I generally suggest we meet more regularly so you’ll get ongoing support for whatever you’re working to achieve. You can book 30- or 60-minute appointments to fit your schedule and your needs.
Please note my 24-hour cancellation policy.
Drop me a line if you’d like to explore this more.
“You surely know the writer’s heart and soul. Always your guidance is amazing. I feel consistently held with love, respect, compassion, and understanding. It’s wonderful to not feel alone in my writing life.”
– Julie Matheson
A Word From Susan’s Clients
As I listen back to our recorded sessions, I am struck again by your patience. It is such a comforting, satisfying, I-feel-fully-heard feeling when you reflect back my writing. You surely know the writer’s heart and soul. Always your guidance is amazing, and I feel consistently held with love, respect, compassion, and understanding. I always leave our calls knowing what to do next on my book. It’s wonderful to not feel alone in my writing life.
Julie Matheson, Boise, ID
I just wanted to take a moment to tell you how much you are inspiring me as a writer. I appreciate your encouragement, your specific feedback, and your deep and meaningful interpretations of my writing. You bring out things I didn’t know were there — it’s like you have a passage way into my unconscious! You are the perfect coach for me.
Glenda Goodrich, Salem, OR
I came into our session with mind fog, feeling frozen. I was looking for a way to clarify my niche statement and begin putting together a talk about my work. Even though I have been practicing my passion for 25 years, I had never been able to put it into words. My conversation with you filled me with excitement and clarity. Your ability to ask the right questions, listen closely, and keep the conversation focused was magical. You helped me condense three niche statements into one within the first few minutes — something I had been laboring over for weeks! By the time we finished, your expertise and gifted way with words gave me the total flavor and movement of my talk. Now I feel much more confident in moving forward.
Heidi Merkins, Morgan Hill, CA
I came to you for nuts and bolts. Instead I got confidence and courage. Now I feel less self-conscious about my writing and more free to express myself.
Lois Talkovsky, The Sea Ranch, CA
Thanks so much, Susan, for your insightful and empathetic reflections on my writings. I’m finding this practice, and working with you, so valuable.
Elyse Puertas, Santa Rosa, CA