Yes! You'll receive lifetime access to the program, which means it will be waiting for you whenever you're ready to seek critique partners. And I highly encourage you to consider critique partners before you think you're ready so that you have a supportive writing partner to lean on, brainstorm with, and just to have someone to do this writing life with!

It's possible there simply isn't a great fit for you at a given time. However, we'll do our best to find a good-enough match or a small group for you to exchange pages with in the meantime. You'll still get the supportive experience the program fosters even if it's not yet the best match for you. But keep attending the calls to meet potential CPs live, keep checking back in the Community forum for new pitches that sound like your cup of tea, and don't give up! Someone needs your story.

We’re all busy, and schedules never completely align. Therefore, this program is almost entirely asynchronous except for the live calls. Any other calls or meetups will be scheduled by you and your critique partners. Invest the amount of time in this program you want your critique partners to invest in it. It's up to you! You can reach out and request CP connections as often or as infrequently as your schedule allows. The bulk of your time will likely be spent reviewing the work or feedback of your critique partner(s) on the schedule you mutually set.

As for the training materials... there are only 5 main lessons consisting of about an hour and a half worth of recorded content total. In addition, there are extra resources and written materials that will only take a little longer to review. Some are completely optional. But with lifetime access, you don't have a deadline!

You do! I can help facilitate connections when necessary, but all partnering is up to you and what you're comfortable with. With each new critique partner, you'll follow the trial method outlined in the training to make the process as smooth as possible.

As many or as few as you like. It's up to you and your preferences, schedule, and willingness to review for multiple CPs. Alternately, you can form a group in which everyone reads for someone else.

Nope! I know many writing groups that work that way, but in its current iteration, this program only requires one initial payment of $54 and you get to keep it for the life of the program.

No. Editing is a separate profession, even though there is overlap. A critique partner serves in a different capacity from a professional editor or even a book coach. While I do highly recommend working with an editor in the later stages and a book coach from the idea and planning stages to gain a solid foundation or level up your own craft, you also need someone basically at the same level as you. You need someone in the trenches, learning and growing alongside you so you don’t have to be in that place alone. Now, a book coach does this too, but it’s still a different—professional—kind of relationship. So what you need is a critique partner—ideally a writer of a similar genre and at about the same proficiency as you in the craft of writing. This will ensure the reciprocal relationship feels equitable and doesn't overstep the boundaries of one person feeling taken advantage of (as if they are giving free editing).

However, I do teach craft foundations and self-editing skills, which are also very helpful in the critique partner relationship, in my full-support book coaching program, Enchant Your Readers. You are welcome to join this small-group program at any time to get both coaching and on-demand editing of pages as well as finding critique partners who have the same strong craft foundations from the program.