Free 15-minute fit call to start

Service

1:1 coaching to empower your author journey.

Your search for a writing coach is over, friend.

You've poured your heart and faith into your book. You've run the creative race well. Let me help bring your manuscript across the finish line to ignite faith in your world — for God's glory and human flourishing.

80+Client book projects
100+Published book projects
18+Years in Christian publishing

What you're after

You're looking for a seasoned author guide

Someone who will empower your own author journey by doing three things.

Take your book to the next level

Whether what it needs is crafting or editing — and knowing which of the two is the actual problem is half the job.

Answer all your questions

Everything about writing and publishing that you'd otherwise be piecing together from forums and half-right blog posts.

Feel confident and proud of it

Finally. Not because someone flattered you, but because the book actually holds together and you know why.

Why me

Believe me, I've been where you're at

Whether at the start of a creative journey or stuck in the middle — as an author, I know what it's like to struggle to write a book, whip it into shape, and then put the finishing touches on it to send it out into the world and connect it to readers.

I want to leverage my personal experience with writing, editing, and publishing to empower you to do what I've done. Being an author and an editor working with major publishers is what lets me help you faithfully use your creative gifts to ignite faith in your world.

Trusted for eighteen years by publishing professionals across the Christian industry.

After writing and publishing dozens of novels and resources on my own — four to five a year since 2018 — plus working with major publishers on studies, devotionals, and resources, I've got my own process perfected. I'd like to share it with you by coming alongside you as a guide.

Trusted by publishers across the Christian industry Christian publishers Jeremy Bouma has worked with

Our services

Complete solutions for the GospelWise Author™

From manuscript feedback to editing, story and devotional craft coaching to publishing advice — here to empower your author journey with actionable guidance that carries your book across the finish line.

$47

The Compass Call

Forty-five minutes, one-to-one, on whatever has you stuck. A structural knot, a decision between publishing routes, whether the idea is a book or an article. You leave with a direction rather than a proposal. The $47 is credited toward a First Impressions Consult if you book one.

$247

First Impressions Consult

A high-level read of your first 25,000 words, delivered as a written Developmental Action Plan plus a recorded walkthrough so you can hear the reasoning, not just the verdict. Optional follow-up call. The full $247 is credited toward a developmental edit if you go on to book one — so each step pays into the next.

By quote

Developmental Editing + Coaching

The deep work. Page-by-page editorial attention on language, inconsistencies, repetition, and pacing — or ongoing 60-minute coaching sessions for story blocks, craft questions, and anything nonfiction, from Bible studies to devotionals.

How it works

My author coaching process

For eighteen years I've created, edited, published, and marketed books. Let me put that experience to work on your passion project.

Step one

Free 15-minute fit call

We start with a short, free chat — is this a fit, what would working together look like, and what would it cost. Scoping only, no pitch, no obligation. If you'd rather spend real time on the actual problem instead, that's what the Compass Call is for. Book the free fit call →

Step two

Expert assessment

Ideal if you've started a project or are about to. I give you a high-level perspective on your draft so you can make it clear and purposeful. Any specific questions you raise get addressed alongside the big-picture issues I find, delivered in a document you can work from.

Step three

Deeper editing

For authors wanting suggested changes and proofreading: page-by-page advice on language errors, inconsistencies, repetition, and awkward phrasing. You get an evaluation of tone and flow on top of the corrections, applied directly to your original Word file.

Step four

Ongoing guidance

Need more targeted help? Book a 60-minute session. My experience runs from working with publishers to publishing independently, and I can help with story blocks, craft advice, and anything nonfiction. This is your hour.

What you get

Publishing features that make your author life easier

Actionable editorial advice

Expert eyes on your manuscript, so you can finish the book before you publish it into the world.

Expert coaching feedback

Coming alongside you with guidance, using eighteen years of experience to say the useful thing rather than the flattering one.

Post-writing launch help

Manuscript formatted and ready to publish and launch? That's covered too — the part most writers discover too late.

Safe and flexible payments

Your passion project is an investment of time and money both. The payment side shouldn't be the thing standing between you and a finished book.

Before you write

We're a good fit if…

  • You care about the craft and quality of your writing and your published book.
  • You need someone to guide your book through to its final edited shape.
  • You want your passion project to have the best chance of connecting with readers.
  • You want to ignite faith in your world with your stories, studies, devotionals, or other Christian resources.

Start a conversation

Ready to take your book across the finish line?

I'd love to work with you — whether that's an assessment and feedback on your writing, or helping you polish it all the way to publication. Pick what you're after and tell me about your project.

What are you enquiring about? *

The Compass Call · 45 minutes · $47Tell me the one thing you'd most want solved in forty-five minutes. The narrower you make it, the more we'll get through. Credited toward a First Impressions Consult if you book one.

First Impressions Consult · $247Let me know your genre, roughly how many words you've got, and the one thing you're most worried about. The $247 is credited toward a full developmental edit if you book one.

Developmental Editing · quoted per projectGive me your word count, your genre or resource type, and your target publication date. If you've already had the First Impressions Consult, mention it.

Ongoing Coaching · 60-minute sessionsTell me where you're stuck — a story block, a structural knot, a publishing decision, or a nonfiction project you're not sure how to shape.

Your address is used to reply to you, and nothing else. No list, no forwarding.

The world needs the book only you can write.

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