Each monthly webinar/session will be built around a literary life challenge, or an aspect of craft/creation or publication/promotion. Monthly Literary Life Group Coaching Sessions.You know you thrive when setting goals and engaging at your own pace, and you enjoy cheering others on as we ALL meet our milestones.You are looking for a community of fellow travelers to discuss the joys and pitfalls as you build a career.You are published but find marketing a challenge - a serious challenge.You are happily agented and want to keep it that way and are interested in editor connections.You are agented but not confident the relationship is serving your creativity or your career fully.You are willing to work with your creative resistances, answering questions to deepen your work and sharpen your passion and purpose.

You hold an MFA and are either in MFA recovery OR miss both industry and craft talk.

You want intimate industry connections instead of the crush of conferences and the frenzy of online pitch events.

You find the business side of publishing frustrating and challenging.

You are a new or long-term Writing Barn writer who wants the opportunity to be coached by Bethany in a group setting AND get access to discounts to many of the Writing Barn classes and events.

She created the Writing Barn Manifesto focused on this goal, and the Courage to Create Beliefs share the same mission. With years of industry experience and a calling for helping other writers uncover their purpose and passion, Bethany Hegedus is dedicated to shifting the exclusive, “country club” model of the publishing industry into a flourishing, transparent, inclusive community garden. No matter where you are on your literary life journey, there is space for you at the Courage to Create to find valuable resources and get the support you need.

Maybe you’re a mid-career writer, having already reached certain milestones but looking for energy and new enthusiasm to meet others!Īs pre-published writers, we might ask: How can I make industry connections? Where can I best spend my writing craft dollars? Is my work ready to submit? How can I meet an agent? An editor? How is publishing changing? Where does my voice fit in?Īs published writers, we might ask: The industry is changing and I want to be a part of that change - but how? My agent left the biz… now what? How do I approach launching and marketing? Where are the opportunities to engage with other published writers? Maybe you are a pre-published writer looking for guidance and inspiration along your journey to publication.

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