Story Weaver Book Coaching

Support for Memoirists, Wellness Professionals,
Thought Leaders & Creative Entrepreneurs
at the beginning of their author journey

You have a book inside of you. 

Maybe started to fill a journal with ideas. Research materials might clutter the corners of your desk. Perhaps you’ve just started to get lost in your first draft.

You’ve only just begun, but it feels real.

You find yourself dreaming about this project, collecting images and phrases as you move through your day, praying you’ll find the time and the focus to get them on the page soon. 

And yet, it also feels like it might always be just out of reach. You wonder if you’ll be an “aspiring author” forever.

Before you can weave your visions into the chapters and birth this book into the world, you’ve got a lot of soul-searching, untangling, organizing, and imagining to do.

Let's dream big & dive deep.
Let’s draw close & relish the details.

Let’s craft your passion, creativity, and insight into a book that’s both personal and profound.

I know the wild, terrible beauty of the writing journey.

I know the combination of creative elation and overwhelm that comes with a new book project.

I know how the excitement of crafting a book can sometimes slip into “what’s the point?” despair.

I know what it’s like to abandon a manuscript. (Several, in fact!)

And, I know what it’s like to publish a book and watch it shift the path of my life. I also know what it’s like to craft short stories that weave together to become the creative project that feels like the work I am meant to do in this world.

Have we met yet?

I’m Marisa Goudy. I’m a writing coach, a story healer, and a myth worker. I’m also the author of The Sovereignty Knot: A Woman’s Way to Freedom, Power, Love, and Magic and co-author of Divine Embodiment: The Art & Practice of Chumpi Illumination.

After a career in academia, I set out on my own to create a business based on my passion for healing, connection building, and my skills as a writer and communicator. The last thirteen years have been full of work as a copywriter, website developer, and marketing coach for entrepreneurs and authors.

These days, I’m devoting my creative energy to KnotWork Storytelling, the podcast devoted to re-telling tales from Celtic mythology and Irish folklore. You’ll find my latest writing over on Substack, in my newsletter Myth Is Medicine.

What to Expect from Story Weaver Coaching

We begin with a free initial consultation call. You’ll tell me about your project and we’ll discuss how your project fits my approach to writing coaching. Often, the sparks start flying in those first thirty minutes and you’ll find you’ve got new ideas and a new sense of creative direction immediately.

If we decide we’re ready to begin the book journey together, we’ll enter into a coaching agreement.

Coaching packages are customized, but most clients commit to six months of collaboration. We’ll shape our work to meet your needs, but you can count on a combination of consultation via Zoom and on-the-page review, suggestions, and editing.

Many clients choose to renew at the end of their six months as the early brainstorming and imagining evolves into crafting and editing a book that’s ready to emerge into the world.

Your investment in six months of coaching at the level described above: $3000