Sometimes you need the advice of a fellow traveller…

So you’ve started on your writer’s journey and now you’re home alone, going mad between four walls, grappling with your first, latest or (definitely last) writing project!

Or… maybe you have just attended a great workshop, gotten all fired up, but now the impetus to write has slowed to a trickle.

What about this… you are lying flat out on your bed fantasising about having a personal trainer to kick start your writing on a weekly or monthly basis.

It’s ok, help is at hand…

Jan  provides mentoring for beginning and  experienced writers of all genres, supporting and guiding you on questions of craft, process and anything else that gets in the way of your writing.

Choose from a number of options available and contact Jan for your free 20 minute phone or Skype consultation.

Weekly Wake Up Call -  30 minute check in calls at the beginning and end of the week. $75 per week
Desperate Debrief – a once off session to unload or discuss ANY creative problem. $100
Kreatif Kickstart - series of three weekly or fortnightly sessions to kickstart your writing project. $300
Six Week Stint -  weekly creative development sessions towards a six week deadline. $550
Troubleshoot – work on a particular creative problem over three, six or nine sessions. $300, $600, $900
Procrastinators Purge – a six week program designed to cure you of writer’s block forever. $850
The Real Deal – frank and supportive feedback on your draft manuscript. $100 per face to face session (in person or Skype) plus reading time (see rates below).

Contact Jan to discuss the program that suits you.
Looking for more long term support? Need to make a commitment to finishing your draft? Consider enrolling in a Writers Journey Intensive Mentoring Program and finish your draft in nine months.

Sign up for:
First Page to First Draft  – 9 months guided and supported writing towards a completed draft. $3500
Dreaded Draft Rewrites  – 3, 6 or 9 months guided and supported rewriting towards a finished manuscript.$1100, $1800,$3500.

More info on both programs here.

Session Prices (does not include phone call. Jan suggests Skype which is free).

$30 fifteen mins
$50 half hour
$100 full hour

for your Real Deal manuscript session please add Jan’s reading fee:

0 – 1000 words, + $50

1000- 3000, + $75

3,000 – 6,000, +$100

6,000-10,000,+$130

10,000 – 30,000, +$150

30,000 – 60,000, +$250

60,000 – 90,000, +$350

90,000 -120,000 +$450

Jan prefers hard copy manuscripts (with double spacing and numbered pages).

Contact Jan to arrange postage and session times.

You want to do all of the above, but in an inspirational, international location? Sign up for a Writers Journey Retreat today!

Fiji Writers Lab – March
Desert Writers – June
Backstage Bali -July
Mekong Meditations – November
Burma Temple Tour – December
Moroccan Caravan – January