1:1 COACHING FOR FIRST-TIME CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHORS
You've been "meaning to finish" that book for years.
Let's actually do it — together.
I'm not coaching you from the other side of a success story — I'm in the messy middle with you. An illustrator and 10-year designer who self-published her first children's book scared, imperfect, and one page at a time. If you're a creative who keeps almost-starting, this is your permission slip.
*Only 3–5 founding spots
If this is you, keep reading…
• You know what good looks like — but when you make something for yourself, you freeze or hate it.
• You've googled "how to get a literary agent," read the rejection stats, and quietly closed the tab.
• You can't tell if self-publishing is the real version or the giving-up version.
• There's a sketchbook you've meant to finish for two years, and a book you started at 23.
• And underneath it all: "if I don't start something real soon, I never will."
• You're not lazy. You're not "not good enough." You're scared — and you've never had anyone in the messy middle with you. That's the whole job here.
Work With Me — 1:1 Coaching
6 private 1:1 sessions
One for each stage of making a children's book: the idea → sketches & thumbnails → coloring → pre-publishing checklist → uploading → marketing.
(The same journey as my free series — but with me, on YOUR book.)
You also get:
• A starting questionnaire, so I know exactly where you are before we begin.
• A personalized checklist after every call — so you always know your next step.
• Message access during the week for your questions and "wait, is this right?" moments.
• Honest feedback on your actual work — toddler-sketch stage included — plus the mindset side: the fear, the ADHD spirals, the "am I even allowed to want this."
🌱 Founding rate: I'm taking my first 3–5 students at a special introductory price while I build this, in exchange for honest feedback as we go.
Why Me?
"I'm not teaching you from the other side of a success story.
I'm the woman who almost quit in a Paris hostel, cried on the floor when she finally got her first design job, and is still figuring out how to make a book, a business, and a life; all at the same time. If you want polished, there are plenty of those channels. I'm the one who shows you the sketch that looks like a toddler did it and tells you it turned into something real anyway."
10+ years as a designer, lifelong illustrator, and self-published author of A World Within — now illustrating book #2 on camera, in real time.
Everyone else is proof it's possible. I'm proof it's survivable.
1
Book a free 20-minute clarity call — tell me where you're stuck (no pressure).
2
We confirm it's a fit and you join the founding group.
3
You fill in a short questionnaire so I can tailor everything to you.
4
We work through your book together, session by session — and you finally make the thing.
How it works
Questions you might be asking
"Is self-publishing the giving-up version?"
No. For most of us it's the real version — you keep your rights, your vision, and your timeline. I'll show you honestly where each path actually leads.
"I'm not sure I'm good enough."
Almost no one feels ready. The work isn't becoming good enough first — it's starting before you feel ready and improving as you go. (That's literally how my first book happened.)
"Do I need to know InDesign or be techy?"
No. We handle the craft and the tech together, step by step. You will not be left alone with a scary file.
"Can we talk about the mindset and spiritual side?"
Yes — grounded and real, never woo for its own sake. The inner work and the InDesign file live in the same place here.