Testimonials
| Victoria Best Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and author of 'An Introduction to Twentieth Century French Literature' http://litlove.wordpress.com/ |
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"Finding Jacqui has been the best thing I've done in furthering my writing career - better by far than any course I've undertaken or any help I've received from agents and editors. Trying to make the transition from academic writing to commercial non-fiction is not easy, but thanks to Jacqui's insight and her support, I finally feel like I might be ready to make it happen. For the first time, I know what I want to do and how I'm going to do it! What I've appreciated most of all has been her uncommon ability to put her finger on what needs to change, and to express it in a way that actually motivates me to rewrite. I've learned so much, and thoroughly enjoyed it, too. I'd recommend her to all the struggling, baffled and overwhelmed writers I know, if I didn't want to keep her all to myself..." |
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| Julia Collins Writer and Illustrator http://juliacollins.co.uk |
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"When I first contacted Jacqui back in January, I would have said about myself that I was Trying To Write. I had a sheaf of short stories, rough drafts of two novels, notes for others and a bit of a screenplay. I didn't know where to look, and as a consequence, nothing was getting finished. With Jacqui's help I prioritised what I had to do. I needed to take one of the many projects I had started and just be patient, concentrate on it and enjoy the process. So here I am in October with a nearly complete good second draft of a novel, an interested agent, and a confidence in what I write that takes me daily to my laptop with a skip in my step. Thank you Jacqui. Without you, I wouldn't be here. I can now say without any of those familiar old feelings of fraudulence that I Am A Writer." |
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| Liz Jensen Author of 'The Rapture', 'My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time' The Ninth Life of Louis Drax', 'War Crimes for the Home' and 'Ark Baby' http://www.lizjensen.com |
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"Jacqui Lofthouse's e-book was incredibly useful to me at a time when my writing became stuck. There's such a clever mix of advice on inspiration and craft. But most of all it's a practical handbook that all writers - published and unpublished - should consider an essential part of their professional kit. It saved that novel's life." |
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| Linda Buckley-Archer Author of ‘Gideon the Cutpurse’ Simon & Schuster http://www.gideonthecutpurse.com |
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""Jacqui's approach to life coaching is, like her writing, insightful, sensitive and lucid. Few coaches can have such a wealth of literary experience behind them when guiding their clients to make the right creative decisions."” |
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| Stephanie Zia Author of ‘Baby on Board’ and ‘Mum’s the Word’ - Piatkus |
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""Jacqui immediately made me feel relaxed. She didn't dictate to me in any way. The most obvious benefit was making me think for myself about myself, not something I have time to do in my daily routines. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Jacqui as a coach.”" |
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| Laurie Beebe The Diet Coach http://www.mycoachlaurie.com |
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"I hired Jacqui to help me through some writing projects that were keeping me in limbo. I just couldn't begin to get organized, to make myself sit down and do the work, or to figure out where I was really going with all these projects. Jacqui was a superb writing coach and I was so lucky to have found her! She always kept me on track, making sure I had a good idea of what were going to work on that week, and setting reasonable goals to achieve for our next meeting. Once we connected she focused on the business at hand during the call, gently redirecting me if I went off topic, to be sure we always made the most of our time together. I always found superb benefits in every call and had a renewed sense of direction afterwards, ready to tackle something I was sure of for the next few weeks. The most amazing day was about 10 weeks out, when Jacqui reviewed the goals I had set when I first contacted her: To my surprise, the short term goals I had set were all met! It seemed to just happen and I didn't realize what a mess I had started with, because it was all straightened out and I was ready to proceed at the next level. I would highly recommend Jacqui as the very best coach to help you along if you are struggling with anything related to writing projects!" |
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| Carly Anderson, MC Master Business and Success-Building Coach http://www.carlyanderson.com |
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"I've had the pleasure of working with Jacqui on the editing of my Intentional Success Program and without doubt, she added enormous clarity to the structure of my script, and strengthened my writing style in the process. Her editing approach was insightful and specific, and Jacqui always delivered her feedback to me in a respectful way that was easy for me to accept. My writing has definitely become much stronger because of Jacqui's expertise." |
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| Diana Morgan Writer and former CEO |
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"Word count Tuesday to Friday - 4,500!! Blimey! What sort of magic fairy writing dust are you scattering?! This is the key to me I think - not giving up on writing where I would have done before. Whatever you're helping me to reveal about myself, thank you ... I’m going to start calling you a white witch as well!”" - |
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