Naomi Rose can help you with: how to write a book, writing a book, short story writing, writing child book, tips on writing a book, steps to writing a book, writing your own book, writing a non fiction book, Book coaching, Book-writing guidance, Help writing your first book. Writing from the deeper self.

"For a year and a half and three hundred pages later, Naomi has been my gifted guide. A great boat woman, she takes her seat quietly at the helm, and listens in a way that always inspires what is waiting to be known, said, and written to come forth.

"Practically skillful and mindfully soulful, she is helpful at every turn and around all the stops and stages in the process of book making.

"But mostly, she is the best kind of friend, and that's really what it takes."

~ Prema Nihan Sanchez, author,

River's Grace: Navigating the Sacred and Mundane in Motherhood

“Naomi is the bridge between the compassionate and the practical. I appreciate that she holds my need to tell my story and an awareness of what the publisher needs.”

—Laurie White

Writing from the Deeper Self

Bringing Your Treasures into the World . . .

Naomi Rose

Book Developer

ABOUT BOOK DEVELOPMENT

What a Book Developer Does

(and why you might find one helpful)

Inside you there is a wish to write something. But what is it that wants to be brought

out? How do you find and sustain the courage and confidence to follow the emerging

thread? How do you give it form and shape in a way that is creative and satisfying, not

scary, lonely, or overwhelming?

This is what a Book Developer is for. "Development" suggests a process ~ patience,

compassion, trial and error, learning from what doesn’t work for you, and becoming

more finely attuned to what does.

A "BOOK DEVELOPER" ISN'T QUITE THE SAME

AS A "WRITING COACH"

People sometimes say to me, "A ‘Book Developer.’ That’s like a writing coach, right?"

Well, not exactly. I'm all in favor of writing coaches ~ they help you fulfill your goals,

using action plans, and so on to get you there. It's basically results-oriented. A writing

coach is great to use if you want to get the book written.

But if you want to be present to yourself as you move into writing the book, and have

that relationship heal and inspire what you write, then you have entered the arena of a

Book Developer ~ at least, the kind of Book Development I offer. Book development

takes place on a different level from the achieving self altogether.

You do get to accomplish completing a book, of course. But who you are, in doing

that, is just as important as getting the book written. In fact, it's essential to writing

from the deeper Self.

The treasures inside you ~ dreams, memories, forgotten promises, glints of your own

character-gold hidden beneath the dull rock of shame and overly harsh self-criticism ~

cannot be marched out and made to reveal themselves on a list of to-do’s. They have

to be uncovered gently ~ for it is that shy, vulnerable, gentle Self who first went into

hiding. It must be safe to come out now, into the light of your own attention as well as

that of your readers to come, later on. Your treasures need to be invited out. Like a

brand-new being, they must be welcomed into the world.

This is where the book-development process comes in. We see what’s there, and

respond to that. And as your intention refines itself, we work to bring your writing into

harmony with your intention and the great beauty of your innermost being.

What It Means to "Develop" a Book

To write a book (or any complete work) from beginning to end. (However, you can begin in the middle, as well.)
To allow what wants to be written to arise, encouraging it to develop as a light-touched negative develops in a dark room.
To bring one’s real dreams of writing out of the closet of despair, self-criticism, and doubt, and let them lead you through the landscape of your heart’s desire.
To bring these writings into the world to a widening circle of readers who, through reading your work, become intimate with themselves, and feel like loved ones and friends.