As we open our doors to writers for The Heroine Collective (we start writing January 13, 2025!), we’re sharing the book-writing experiences of some of our past members here on the blog.

Tessa completed the first draft of her Shirley Jackson–inspired novel at 96,000-words, and with time to spare! We asked her a few questions about The Heroine Collective (formerly Ambitious Authors’ Mastermind) experience.

It is truly possible to write the complete first draft of your novel, memoir, essay collection, nonfiction manifesto, or other—in six months.

I know because that’s what I do. I help writers and would-be authors like you—the ones lying awake at night aching with the pain of a creative idea (or three) not yet realized—to write the book that’s begging to be born from them.

As a somatic healer and self-liberation and book coach for neurospicy women + femme writers, artists, mothers, creators, and creative entrepreneurs, I help my clients heal the wounds of their past that are creating internalized barriers in their present, so that they can create the audacious visions for their future life, work, and art inspired directly by the calls of their heart and soul. These 9 Realms of Embodied Living are the pillars of my coaching teachings, and of my sacred embodied business.

In this post we’re sharing just a few of our clients’ stunning embodied transformations and life transitions. Each case study is rooted in each woman’s own deeply personal journey into the wisdom of their most authentic Self.