With a book writing coach, editor and publishing mentor…
… you can feel more courageous, confident, and capable in bringing your soul calling to life, in book form.
… you can enjoy the process of writing your book with expert support at your fingertips
… you can save time, energy, resources, and your sanity with process support, writing feedback, and streamlined guidance in navigating the publishing world
It’s time to tell your story.
To Write YOur Book.
Find the value of your true voice.
To express your voice, message, and gifts in the way only you can.
I’m Jaime Fleres
As a book coach, editor, and publishing mentor, I show creative professionals on a mission how to write the book that can only be born through them. I am passionate about helping people express themselves – authentically, creatively, powerfully – through writing to make a meaningful contribution to themselves and the world.
I offer you the support you desire and the evidence-based information you seek. I am here to listen deeply, hold space for your relationship to creativity, encourage your empowerment, share what I know, and walk you through the wild, potent territory of birthing your writing project into the world.
Gain the courage, confidence and clarity to mold your creative ideas into a solid and successful project
Develop an unshakable author mindset
Ensure that your inner creative is running the show (while effectively managing that pesky inner critic)
Create a concrete, yet adaptable plan to fit writing into your life in a way that feels good
Establish and build your credibility, likability, and reputation as an expert through writing
Inform and inspire audiences in unforgettable ways
Strengthen, clarify, and organize your writing
Move confidently into the next phases of your writing journey
Finish writing a book!
Make a powerful impact on yourself, your community, and the world
“During my first session with Jaime, she helped calm my desire to know how it will all go at the outset and produce for production sake, and provided the sincere reminder that we write not for others, but to tell our story, for ourselves. I had lost sight of this pure and beautiful truth - I write to give myself permission to tell my own story, exactly as I've lived it. This is wildly empowering, and I can't wait to get started again! Thanks Jaime!”
SARAH POET
Couples Coach and Healer
“I am SO VERY GRATEFUL for the unique blend of giftedness that Jaime embodies. If you’re going to write a book this year, and you’re soulful and creative, I am 100% sure you would benefit from hiring Jaime. You’re going to LOVE her and feel so fully supported.”
JESSICA CHILTON
BUSINESS COACH AND LEADER
“Hiring Jaime has been the best investment on so many levels. My book would not have seen the light of day without her gentle coaching and encouragement. She has been a labor doula to the birth of my creative pursuits. Without her I would have taken an epidural, the painless route of not pursuing my dream to write a book. If you too feel pregnant with a book, invest in the health of this “baby” and hire Jaime!”
SHANNON STALOCH
Licensed Midwife, Homemade Families
“Jaime’s emotional support and purpose-rich clarity are incredibly powerful. Within one year, Jaime helped me write two books—but more than that birth a whole new identity as a bona fide artist with a growing body of work.”
MICHAEL ROSENBERG
ENTREPRENEUR AND VISIONARY
"Jaime is a great listener and an enthusiastic connector. She is genuinely interested in the people in her life and what they have to say, which makes her very approachable, safe and easy to talk to. She has a disarming quality about her and she is trustworthy. I really appreciate her clarity in communications, her ability to express herself articulately, with both courage and humility. She is also an exceptional writer and has helped me in my professional work to craft compelling communications."
SARVAAN ZIVA
CREATOR OF SOUND AND SILENCE GATHERINGS
"Jaime is an incredible writer who wields the English language with passion and skill. Impressed by her clear and relatable fire, I worked with Jaime to refine a speech for TEDx. As a writing coach, Jaime not only helped me to streamline and construct my delivery, she dove into the spirit and intention behind my message. I felt her stand for me and my writing with fierce grace. This touched me deeply, gave me confidence, and strengthened the message to rise and shine."
VIRGINIA ROSENBERG
Intuitive Astrology, TED speaker, and movement artist.
I graduated at the top of my class with honors in Women’s Studies and English (they actually handed me money with my diploma).
I studied at Oxford University on scholarship. Yeah the fancy school in England that looks like something straight out of Harry Potter.
I wrote and improved communications for our nation’s top doctors and lawyers while managing a Content Department, teaching others how to write effectively.
I spent over a decade writing professionally in the areas of medicine, law, travel, health, yoga, birth, art history, land conservation, birth and natural wellness. (I was even hired to work in Peru!)
I did my post-graduate studies in the art of communication and persuasion (rhetoric) and earned my master’s degree in the Teaching of Writing, did you even know that was a thing?
I was a professor of writing, reading and literature for six years at three different universities.
I've taught writing workshops around the world, including in France, Greece and Costa Rica.
I’ve written three books: a memoir, a book on authorship, and a book about the power of writing one’s birth story. Learn more about Birth Your Story. I also created a holistic planner, called Honoring the Whole.
I am a single mama to an incredible daughter who loves all things Harry Potter. Wildly creative and brilliant, she is a little entrepreneur herself.
I grew up in the Bay Area of California, but currently live in Asheville, North Carolina. I’ve also lived in San Diego, California; Lima, Peru; Oxford, England; and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
My first career was in animal care. I worked as a vet assistant, zoo keeper, and shelter adoption counselor. I currently co-dwell with two felines of the domestic type, though one swears she was a tiger in a past life.
I have been on an adventure of a lifetime in the realms of personal growth and spirituality. I have extensively studied and trained in yoga, meditation, intuitive movement, Shamanism, soul work, women’s work, healthy communication + relationships, somatic healing + embodiment, trauma healing, herbs and flower essences, energy medicine, ancestral work, and sound healing. I am a wild-yet-grounded mystic who sometimes cringes at New Ageisms, and generally runs from dogma and cultural fads. While particular about my own practices and cultural engagement in spirituality, I am very open-minded and accepting of the many paths and modalities that interest others.
I am highly intuitive, an HSP, and a channel (I don’t practice professionally at this time).
Astrology: I was born on a new moon in Libra, putting my Sun and Moon in Libra. This means relationships are a big deal to me! I am a Sagittarius Rising, which accounts for my love of writing + publishing, my devotion to a lifetime of learning + teaching, and my wild enthusiasm for life. My Venus in Virgo in the 10th lends me a discerning eye and a wildly high standard in my work, and my Mars + Mercury in Scorpio bring depth, power, intensity, and potency to my mind, communications and personal drive. North Node in Leo, in case you’re curious. (Also, if you couldn’t tell I know a lot about astrology — I was a pro Shamanic Astrologer for many years.)
Human Design: 1/3 emotional generator. Myers- Briggs: INFJ. Enneagram: 7, but sometimes a 4.
I am happiest when traveling, basking in the sunshine, walking beside the ocean or deep in a forest, eating tacos or sipping tea, laughing with my daughter, and/or engrossed in deep, meaningful conversations with a friend or client.
Yes!
Jaime is an author, writing coach + editor, healer and artist devoted to serving others and the world through authentic creative expression. She is also a Shamanic Astrologer, Soul Guide, embodied movement practitioner, and sound channel.
Jaime is the author of Birth Your Story: Why Writing About Your Birth Matters (2017), the Honoring the Whole Planner (2019, 2020, 2021), and The Author Playbook, which she offers to her coaching clients. She is the founder of The Author Adventure School, an online multi-course program that offers holistic writing support to authors in every step of their book-writing journey.
Jaime holds an MA in Writing, with an emphasis in teaching writing, and a BA in Women’s Studies and English, both from San Diego State. She is available for speaking, private personalized writing coaching, and manuscript/proposal editing.
When she is not engaged in the world of writing + healing, Jaime loves to travel, sing, revel in nature, dance, read, paint, and spend time with friends. She has led workshops and retreats all over the world and is available for events, workshops, retreats and other opportunities to share, speak, teach and lead. Jaime currently lives in the sacred Blue Ridge mountains of Asheville, North Carolina.
I have been coaching authors, editing books, ghostwriting, and offering book proposal support formally since 2017 (and helping writers professionally since 2003). I've worked with hundreds of authors of memoir, self-help/personal development, and other non-fiction. I've been a long time consultant for KN Literary Arts and Awaken Village Press, in addition to my private work. I've worked with many Hay House and Sounds True authors. I've taught small group writing programs and retreats and been invited to speak about writing at conferences, on podcasts and on retreats.
There is no greater work I’d like to do than help others use their voices powerfully to make a positive impact on the world.
Here's the deal, I am passionate about writing AND healing. The truth is, I'm an experienced book coach AND an exceptional healer and soul guide (You can check out my healing arts work here). At the heart of it, whether I am talking about books, astrology or soul, I am doing the same thing. My work, at its essence is to help people remember who they are and came here to be, and to express that authentically, creatively, and courageously in the world.
Here's another truth: book writing is a profoundly transformational process for every author. It can be a deep personal journey. My healing work – my knowledge of how to support your nervous system and energy body, how to get you through blocks, how to identify what those blocks are really about, how to guide you through the challenges and set-backs with compassionate support – this is what makes my healing background + my writing experience a total WIN for my clients and what makes me unique in this world of book coaching and editing.
My clients are creative, service-based professionals and other amazing humans who are established in their careers as coaches, practitioners, consultants, healers, artists, and entrepreneurs. They are ready to take that next evolutionary step in their personal and professional development to write a book that will help them process and transform in their personal and professional lives, as well as make a profoundly positive impact on their communities.
My clients are savvy, smart, capable professionals, and they know the value in seeking support for new endeavors, especially those that expand and stretch them out of their comfort zones. They know the value of support in any major creative undertaking. And so they call me in to help them write their books.
I focus primarily on creative transformational non-fiction books— fresh, soulful books on the topics of health, wellness and the healing arts; personal development; spirituality; women’s interest; relationships and sexuality; human psychology; consciousness and growth; parenting and motherhood; and the creative arts. I also help writers of personal memoir aimed at sharing inspiring and transformative real-life stories to support others in their own growth and empowerment.
Here are some examples of projects I've worked on/authors I've worked with:
I am unique in that I value deep, meaningful, soulful processes over the quick, formulaic, so-called “easy” approach to writing a book. I hold writing in reverence as a wild, powerful, creative process, rather than just a way to make money and influence people. Yes, those things are important in our lives, but I see the relationship of a writer to her creativity to be of central importance.
As a coach then, I hold that relationship between you and your creation most essential. I am here to serve you and your book with the tools, resources and insight I’ve gained through my lifetime of devotion to writing. I’m also here to hold space for you as you navigate the wild territory of book writing, and champion your efforts every step of the way. I am here to remind you, to hold a mirror for you, of the highest vision you hold for this project so that you can birth it into reality. I also help you overcome the resistance that invariably arises when we dare to create something that really matters.
Another thing that makes me unique is the level of personal attention I am able to provide to my clients. I’ve seen other writing coaches take hundreds of clients through their programs annually and I wonder how much personal attention these clients are receiving. In my programs you get ongoing personal support. I come to know you and your book deeply and walk beside you every step of the way toward getting that book that lives in your heart and mind out into the world.
I work best with those who also share a reverence for the creative process and the wild ride it takes us on as we dare to create. My clients often have these qualities, which I think really help them succeed in writing their books:
Have an entrepreneurial mindset and an established business: My clients are savvy, smart and capable humans, some of the most inspiring, incredible, courageous creatives I’ve met.
Self-motivated but wisely seek support: My clients are self-motivated and are used to accomplishing what they set out to do. They also know the value of doing things together and seek support from other experts to help them achieve their desires and dreams.**
Value deep meaningful processes, personal attention, and comprehensive support: Given the sea of voices and messages in their professional and personal worlds, my clients revel in opportunities to focus and engage in deep meaningful work through a program where they are supported in a personal and comprehensive way. They don’t want a one-sized-fits-all big-name book marketing guru to hand them a formula and put them on the client conveyor belt; they want someone who knows their name, thinks about their project while brushing their teeth or driving around town, and genuinely cares about their unique project.
Experienced in their fields: My clients are experienced in their fields and have something rich to offer themselves and their communities (clients, colleagues, and beyond). They know writing a book that communicates their experience and wisdom would be a tremendous contribution to others.
Explorers: My clients typically have an innate drive to explore what’s under the surface. They’re introspective, curious, and on the path of self-development and personal inquiry. They also tend to have a rich connection to that which is greater than them, however they define that connection.
Motivated and Passionate: Writing a book takes grit and gumption. My clients know the mountain path ahead of them is wild and steep, but they possess the courage, confidence and drive to scale those peaks, knowing they are supported within and by those around them.
Courageously Creative: My clients have the courage to create. They know that creating is one of the most powerful and vulnerable things we can do in our lives. They know that creating is hard work. But they are all in— they show up and risk being seen because they know the value in what they have to offer and they know their creativity is their sacred work. They know the value lies in the process, not the product.
Feel the fear, but do it anyway: My clients aren’t fearless— they know that writing a book is a challenge and may feel some trepidation. But they are the kind of people who are BRAVE: they feel the fear, but they do it anyways. They know the difference between the kind of fear that warns them of true danger and the kind of fear that means they are on the brink of something truly great; the kind that tells them they are on the right track. They use that fear as a guidepost and as fuel for the tasks before them.
Outsourcers and In-sourcers: My clients are both outsourcers and in-sourcers. They have the discernment to know when to collaborate with others; to rely on a supportive other's expertise, opinions, and systems to support their own dreams. They are also in-sourcers— those who source from within. They know the value of practices and containers that draw us back inward, into ourselves to that place where we find our own inner compass and use it to find what is true, meaningful and valuable. They know writing is an exceptional vehicle for in-sourcing.
Capable communicators: My clients are good at communicating what is working, what’s not, and what they are needing in our work together.
My programs are not going to work for people who are not willing to really show up and take personal responsibility for their writing. Writing a book doesn’t have to be hard but it does take time and devotion. My coaching programs— while intended to fit into the lives of busy, working professionals — require that you make the time, space, and energy in your life to commit to writing. Youu must be ready to make a commitment to your project and our work.
My programs are not an ideal fit for novelists, as that is not my area of expertise. However, I have definitely coached writers of fiction before.
We commit to working together from anywhere between three and twelve months, during which time we meet regularly (usually twice a month) to support your writing process, wherever you are at. In addition to invaluable coaching calls, you'll also get workshop sessions where we look at your writing and I offer editorial suggestions in real time.
You'll also have full access to the Author Playbook and video courses, teeming with resources you'll need along the way. In the 12 month program I walk you all the way through the writing journey to publication. In the 6 month program, I walk you from idea to draft, help you jumpstart that stalled draft, or take you from draft to done. As you need. You can learn more here.
I invite you to schedule a FREE discovery session with me, so we can really talk about how I can help you write your book.
Yes, I am also a book editor and can offer editing of your proposal or manuscript. I offer developmental editing, line editing and proofreading. You can learn more about my editing services here.
Did you know that 97% of people who begin writing a book never finish it? I’m honestly not surprised. It is a massive challenge to write in isolation with no resources, no support, and no one to help you navigate this major creative endeavor and the obstacles that can impede or prevent your success. Add on top of that a busy professional life and a personal life and it's no wonder many people live with unwritten books their souls long to share but their human realities make it challenging to create.
Having a coach makes all the difference. You have someone to reach out to when you are discouraged and overwhelmed AND when you’re totally ecstatic and wanting to share a massive success. You have someone to help you organize your thoughts and get clarity around your message, your audience, and the unique expression of voice in this book. You have someone to hold you accountable. Someone who cares about your success. Someone who champions you and your book. This is often the difference between a half written book tying up memory on your hard drive and a successful, finished book that does great things in the world on your behalf.
You can expect that I will support you through the duration of our coaching time to write your book. Now, I can’t actually write the book for you (I mean, I can, it's called ghost writing), that is your job— thus, I can’t guarantee that you will write the book, only you can do that. But I can offer my full, whole-hearted, seasoned professional support. I can promise that I will help you hone your vision of this book, strengthen and organize your writing, and help you navigate next steps after your first draft is finished. I promise to show up in every way so that you can get through the resistance and write the book you know you can.
The best way to get started is book a FREE discovery session: a private call between us where I get to learn more about your visions and desires and share more about how I can help. And, hey, no pressure, this is you and me exploring what may be possible.
A great way to enjoy my writing support is through my book Birth Your Story, which you can purchase here. Yes, this book focuses on helping parents write about their births, and it is so much more than that. In this book, I offer a full exploration about how to write about the stories that matter, including numerous writing prompts, activities and suggestions for getting started, how to overcome blocks, how to write a first draft, and what to do next. There are many valuable resources in this book for all writers! You can also check out my blog, on this site, and my Instagram @authoradventureschool for videos, resources and more.
I also created the Author Adventure School to give writers like you access to all the GOLD I share with my clients–– including structural templates, draft best practices, how to go from "draft" to "done," and so very much more. While it doesn't take the place of a one-on-one coaching relationship where you have individual attention on you, your book and your unique journey, it does offer a TON of support to make writing a book much more successful and enjoyable experience for you.
“Innocence, your history of silence
Won't do you any good
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly, I wanna see you be brave”
- Sara Bareilles, Brave
Write your book. Tell your story. Find clarity, freedom and empowerment.
