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Every writer reaches a moment when they need another perspective—not someone to rewrite the work, but someone who can see what the writer can no longer see.

Whether you're shaping an early idea, revising a completed manuscript, or preparing work for publication, our coaching offers two distinct approaches designed to meet writers wherever they are in the process.

Erika Schickel

Memoir Coach • Editor • Literary Mentor

As the acclaimed author of You're Not the Boss of Me and The Big Hurt, Erika Schickel has spent her career helping writers uncover the emotional truth at the heart of their work. Her coaching combines the insight of an accomplished memoirist with the editorial rigor needed to shape manuscripts that are both deeply personal and structurally sound.

Erika works with writers who are ready to deepen, shape, and elevate their manuscripts. Her coaching is ideal for writers with substantial work on the page who are looking for rigorous editorial guidance, structural insight, and the literary refinement that prepares a manuscript for publication.

Whether you're developing a memoir, essay collection, or nonfiction book, Erika's gift is helping writers discover the emotional and narrative architecture already living inside their work.

Working with writers at every stage—from early drafts to publication-ready manuscripts—Erika offers thoughtful, incisive feedback that strengthens voice while honoring the integrity of each writer's story.

Specialty

• Memoirs in progress

• Full manuscript development

• Structural editing

• Literary nonfiction

• Preparing work for publication

Editorial Services

• Developmental manuscript evaluations

• Comprehensive editorial notes

• Story and character development

• Revision strategy

• Submission preparation

• Ongoing editorial partnership

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Kerri Randles

Story Coach • Creative Mentor

Throughout her career – as an actress, filmmaker, screenwriter, teacher, and advisor – Kerri has helped artists discover the strongest version of their own work. Whether working with actors shaping a performance, painters refining a body of work, or writers searching for the heart of a story, her gift is recognizing what is most authentic, most alive, and most uniquely theirs.

Whether you're staring at a blank page, trying to organize decades of life into a meaningful story, or wondering if your idea is worth pursuing, Kerri helps transform uncertainty into momentum through conversation, story development, and creative accountability.

For anyone standing at the beginning of a creative journey, her approach is part story discovery, part creative coaching, and part artistic mentorship.

Areas of Focus

• Story discovery

• Early-stage memoir, stageplays, screenplays

• Authentic voice

• Creative breakthroughs

• Artistic mentorship

• Accountability and momentum