Services
Developmental Editing
Manuscript Evaluation
Book Coaching
Story Development
About me
It is my passion to guide writers through the entire creative process, from conceptualization to final draft. My personalized coaching style is tailored to each writer’s unique strengths and challenges, ensuring that they remain true to their vision while building powerful stories with strong structure and emotional resonance.
My love for stories began as a nine-year old when I embarked on a journey with a wizard who lived in a cupboard under the stairs. As a child, you could often find me with a flashlight and book hiding under the covers, in order to avoid waking my sisters. I’ve always loved writing stories, and that passion grew into a desire to help other writers on their creative adventures.
I am a certified Fictionary Story Coach Editor and an Author Accelerator certified Book Coach. You will find me active in both communities.
I live with my husband, son, and daughter in sunny Florida. When I’m not working with writers on their stories, you can usually find me working on my own. My other passions include piano, guitar, and skiing.
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.
Ali’s edits are clear and actionable, but most of all they are inspiring. Her kindness in explaining where my story needs work helps me understand my strengths and gave me a path to learning and growing as a writer.
All of her feedback was actionable, kind, and objectively rooted in her analysis using the Fictionary software. She understood my story, and was able to help me think through some of my revision ideas in a very productive way.