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#SquadGoals Coaching Program

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Writing is a communal act.

Now you may be thinking, “No, it’s not! We must write in solitude to produce our best work.”

But as Natalie Goldberg says in her book Writing Down the Bones, “Contrary to popular belief, a writer is not Prometheus alone on a hill of fire. We are arrogant to think we alone have a totally original mind.”

In other words, everything we write is somehow influenced by the work of writers who have come before us.

But it goes even deeper than that.

Goldberg goes on to say, “So writing is not just writing. It is also having a relationship with other writers.”

She calls us to be tribal writers, to write for the people and to surround ourselves with other people who write.

I’ve long understood the importance of having a writing tribe. That’s why I started See Jane Write.

I know that having a tribe will help you keep writing even when you don’t feel like it and that same tribe will read your work once you’re ready to share it with the world. 

Chances are you’ve long understood the importance of having a tribe, too. But you just don’t know how to build one. I’m here to fix that.

With my 12-month #SquadGoals Coaching Program, I am going to work with you one-on-one to help you build a tribe and build a purposeful, profitable platform. And I’ll do so by walking you through the same steps I took to build See Jane Write into a thriving community and award-winning business.

This personalized 12-month coaching program includes the following:

  • You‘ll get 12 monthly one-on-one consultations with me, See Jane Write founder Javacia Harris Bowser. (One-on-one sessions will take place virtually via Zoom. If you live in the Birmingham area you have the option to request up to four in-person meetings.)
  • You’ll get weekly homework assignments and check-in via email.
  • You’ll receive additional guidance and advice via email as needed.
  • You’ll receive a See Jane Write Collective membership for added support!

Here’s how it will work: 

Months 1 and 2: We’ll work on your time management.

Months 3 and 4: I’ll help you launch or relaunch your author website or blog.

Month 5 and 6: We’ll work together to develop content calendar for your social media.

Months 7 and 8: We’ll work on expanding your reach through guest posting and building your email list.

Month 9 and 10: I’ll help you plan and promote a live event, webinar, or virtual summit, or we’ll work on landing speaking engagements.

Month 11 and 12: I’ll help you launch your money-making venture.

 

Interested?

Email me at javacia@seejanewritebham.com to schedule a free 30-minute consultation with me to learn more about the program and to find out if it’s the right fit for you.

The investment for this program is $199/month and it includes a See Jane Write Collective membership.

My Journey from Lady Blogger to Boss Lady

I sometimes call myself an accidental entrepreneur, even though a part of me has always wanted to own my own business. In fact, as a kid, I started a “boutique” in my bedroom and tried to convince family members and friends to buy purses and costume jewelry I no longer wanted.

Nonetheless, it would be a blog, not a boutique, that would be the start of my first real business.

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What I Wish I’d Done Differently While Growing See Jane Write

When I returned to my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama in 2009 to teach I immediately knew I wanted to surround myself with creative women who write. For two years I searched for a networking group for women writers that would welcome bloggers, poets, journalists, and creative nonfiction writers (all hats I’d worn at some point in my writing life), but to no avail. Finally, in 2011 I decided to start one of my own and See Jane Write was born. My little writing group is now an award-winning business and website. I am so proud of what I’ve built over the past 7 years, but if I had to do it all again there are some things I would do differently. Here are some confessions about my See Jane Write journey.

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#SquadGoals: How I Started See Jane Write

Danielle LaPorte once said, “Find your tribe and love them hard.” I live by this motto because I believe it’s the key to a fulfilling personal life and even a successful professional life. But sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we can’t seem to find our tribe.

That’s exactly what happened to me when I moved back to my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama in 2009. I began searching for a group for female writers and bloggers. I found groups for aspiring novelists, but I specialize in non-fiction. I found groups for journalists, but, even though I’d spent years working for newspapers, I didn’t fit in with these groups either because some of their members scoffed at blogging, which has been a passion of mine since 2007.

After two years of searching for my tribe, in 2011 I decided to build my own. On March 24, 2011, I launched See Jane Write, a networking group for women who write and blog. Seven years later See Jane Write is now an award-winning business and has members across the country. But my goal is that no matter how much See Jane Write grows,  it never stops being a community and it never stops being my tribe.

If you’re seeking to build your own tribe, if you’re seeking to build a sense of community around your blog, book, brand or passion project, I believe you need five things: 1) an idea that ignites 2) an event that excites 3) an invitation that intrigues 4) a meeting that sparks a movement and 5) a forum that forges friendships.

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