I offer one-hour coaching or consulting sessions for individuals or small groups in the following areas:
coping with the writing life (how to find time to write, get out of writing blocks, etc.)
literary citizenship and community engagement
book marketing and promotion (that you can live with)
starting a newsletter
starting a literary journal
applying for MFA or DIY
navigating literary journals and magazines publication
navigating the small press world
navigating film festivals for short and experimental films
grant advice
agent advice
writing query letters
tackling revision
social media
teaching writing or running workshops
and more!
I do not offer manuscript evaluation or editing services.
My rate is $160 with a small number of sliding scale offerings.
Book an Appointment
Contact me by email me to set up an appointment and for group pricing. Please state what you’re looking for in terms of coaching and consulting. Discount for multi-session appointments.
About Kathryn Mockler
Kathryn Mockler is the author of the story collection Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023) which which won the Victoria Butler Book Prize, and was a finalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award, the 2024 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, the 2024 Fred Kerner Award, and the VMI Besty Warland Between Genres Award.
She is also the author of five books of poetry and several award-winning short films and experimental videos that have screened in festivals around the world.
She co-edited the print anthology Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis (Coach House Books, 2020) and she runs Send My Love to Anyone, a literary newsletter, which was a Substack featured publication in 2023. She is an associate professor in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria where she teaches screenwriting and fiction.
Kathryn Mockler has been publishing and editing online literary journals since 2011. She published The Rusty Toque from 2011 to 2017, was the Canada Editor of Joyland: a hub for short fiction from 2013-2020, and was the publisher of Watch Your Head, an online literary journal that published writing and art about the climate crisis and climate justice from 2019-2023.