Home

Ready to make your book idea a reality?

Book writing coach and award-winning writer Martha Watson Murphy can help you develop your ideas, improve your writing, and achieve your goal of getting published.

A successful author herself, Martha is also a book writing coach and advisor, editor, developmental editor, co-writer, and ghost-writer. She specializes in non-fiction works and has extensive experience in how-to and self-help books, as well as memoir. Interested in a broad range of topics including health, food, business, crafts, spirituality, and travel, she has written, co-written, or developed more than 23 published books for the general public.

What kind of help do you need?

Do you need help writing a book proposal? Finding an agent? Does your project require developmental editing? Do you need help pitching an idea to a magazine editor?

Or, do you have a story to tell and need someone to help you get the words down on paper and bring the piece to life? Whether you need help getting started (or getting unstuck), Martha’s objective eye and in-depth experience can kick-start the writing process and provide a path to the finish line. Let’s get started.

Featured Book

Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure

“The plan was outrageous: A small expedition of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain, summitted only once before. They would climb without using supplemental oxygen, porter support, or chance for rescue. Mimi Zieman would accompany the climbers as the doctor—and only woman—although she was still in her third year of medical school.”  Read More

  Mimi Zieman M.D., author

“This is your world. Shape it or someone else will.” – Gary Lew