Hi, I’m Erin.

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I was diagnosed with ADHD and PTSD in my early 40s, and have been helping writers diagnosed with ADHD since I began working as a book coach in 2020. I am intimately familiar with the shame cycle and self-sabotage patterns unique to these diagnoses, and how they interfere with the creative process — producing what I call creative despair.

As a survivor of abuse, I also have hard-earned knowledge of imbalanced power dynamics and a deep commitment to upending them at every level — especially in the world of publishing.

I’m a writer, editor, book coach, single parent, and only slightly less awkward and weird now than I was when I started writing stories at age 4 and felt like LeVar Burton on Reading Rainbow was the only other person in the world who understood how I felt about books.

In my work with writers, I create tools and strategies, unique to each individual, that interrupt shame cycles and self-sabotage, helping writers overcome creative despair so they can finish and publish their work.

I became a Certified Book Coach through Author Accelerator in 2020, and began working with Jennie Nash and the rest of the Author Accelerator team in 2022, evaluating our coaching students’ work to determine if they’ve met the criteria for certification.

In 2025, I was invited to join Divine Feminine Publishing as an Acquisitions Editor, after working with Dr. Janina Scarlet on multiple book projects, including her debut YA novel, Through Bullets and Thunderstorms.

I also bring a master’s degree in education, a lifetime love of books, and over 20 years of experience as a writer, teacher, and mentor to my coaching practice.

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BIO: Erin Michelle is a neurodivergent mother, writer, writing coach, editor, and survivor of intimate partner abuse. Her short fiction has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies, and she is currently working on a novel that examines the narcissistic cycle of abuse through the lens of speculative fantasy.

 

 

As an Author Accelerator certified book coach, I am qualified to coach writers using Author Accelerator's strategy, methods, and materials, but I operate independently of Author Accelerator and am not affiliated with them.