Hi, I’m Erin.
I was diagnosed with ADHD and CPTSD 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, parent — and only slightly less awkward and weird now than I was at age four, when I felt like LeVar Burton on Reading Rainbow was the only other person in the world who understood how I felt about books, and when I first began writing books of my own.
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 from 2022-2025, I worked with Jennie Nash and the rest of the Author Accelerator team, evaluating our coaching students’ work to determine if they’d 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.
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.