Novel Kickoff Day 5
It’s our final day of interviews! Today’s conversations all focus on you, the writer.
The Writing Life
Writer and certified book coach Monica Cox talks about ways writers can practice self care.
Craft Talk
Certified book coach and Enneagram teacher Dani Abernathy shares her perspective on how you, the writer, are the root of your story.
Genre Focus
Writer, certified book coach, and artist Deborah Lucas discusses how to know whether you are writing a memoir or fiction inspired by events that happened in your life.
Ways you can thank our guests for their generosity:
follow and thank them on social media (don’t forget to tag them and you can use #novelkickoff to refer to this event)
buy their books or request your library buy them
leave a positive review for their books, podcasts, YouTube channels, etc.
Monica Cox
Monica Cox is a writer and book coach who helps writers reach their creative goals with encouragement, feedback, and customized instruction. She is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association, North Carolina Writer's Network, and certified in book coaching through Author Accelerator. She lives in Apex with her husband and two teenaged sons.
Connect with Monica on her website, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Monica has several free resources for writers, including the Self-Care Guide for Writers that she mentioned in her interview.
Dani Abernathy
Dani Abernathy is an Enneagram teacher and Author Accelerator certified book coach who helps people write the stories they need to tell so their readers can feel seen and can see others. She believes that stories can change the world, one reader at a time, and are one of our most powerful tools for having less war and more love. She's the creator of the Rooted Writers Mentorship, a year-long writing mentorship that helps people write brave stories.
Connect with Dani on her website and Instagram.
Dani has a free quiz to uncover your writing superpower.
Deborah Lucas
Deborah is an author, an artist, and a lover of horses. As an Author Accelerator certified book coach, she works with women writing memoir and women’s fiction by helping them find their voice and finish their book. She works on her memoir and two novels with a rescued cat on her lap and a rescued German Shepherd at her feet, surrounded by pastures for her two rescued horses, and hayfields she’s helped harvest.
Connect with Deborah on her website, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter (X).
Deborah’s memoir, Dance While the Fire Burns: A Memoir of Family, Identity, and Dreams will be released soon.