Coaching

Hello! Welcome! I’m Molly Ovenden!

I live in Duluth, Minnesota with my bearded furniture-making Englishman husband, Max. I help women become the writers they’ve dreamed of being. When I’m not writing or coaching, I am reading, laughing, smiling, eating, drinking tea and coffee, painting, daydreaming, looking at beautiful circles, making creativity a habit, training for a marathon, doing yoga, or going for circular walks.

As a typewriter poet, author, artist, coach…multipassionate creative entrepreneur…I’m thrilled to support you along your creative journey.

With many passions, my coaching offerings reflect the range of these passions. What follows below is a collection of descriptions for each of my offerings include lots of my joyful creative interests from:

a community membership for writers;
Christian life coaching;
book writing;
and marketing for authors.

So, scroll onward to see what might suit your current needs and let’s talk to get you to the breakthroughs on the other side of today’s obstacles.

Wahoo! I’m so glad that you’ve joined me here!

✍️ Creative Christian Life Coach

 ✍️ Are you facing a life-changing decision?

I love Jesus and am passionate about helping others, especially women, find clarity, purpose, and courage to be who God’s called them and made them to be. I use writing and art as a springboard to support your breakthrough.

✍️ Would you find it helpful to have an impartial, active listener in your corner?

✍️ Are you feeling called to something but struggling with doubt or confusion?

We will stay curious and think aloud together to help you get unstuck and know what next steps make sense for you in this season. I ask lovingly challenging questions to point you to Jesus for the ultimate answers.

✍️ Do you find it difficult to decide which amazing creative project to focus on this month?

✍️ Do you feel frustrated by so many people’s opinions about how you’re meant to live your life or run your creative business?

As an artist and writer, I specialize in helping other creative Christian women find focus and breakthroughs when life feels confusing, overwhelming, or life hands you so many options for uncertain future. 

✍️ Are you in a life transition and uncertain about your purpose moving forward to the next season?

I use the enneagram and tools related to first formations and family systems theory to help you find breakthrough.

✍️ Are you trying to discern God’s voice from all of the other voices and input?

I am happy to spend part of our session praying together if you would like that, but it’s not required.

“Molly has been a great source of support, encouragement, and joy in this season of life. I always walk away feeling refreshed after spending time with her. I appreciate how she asks meaningful questions that encourage me to seek God’s face in hard circumstances.” – Emily Weber

One Session:
Just need a thought partner today to brainstorm? 

$50 for one hour session 

Six Session Bundle:
If you’re in the middle of a decision making process, I highly recommend a bundle of 6 sessions
(to be used within 90 days of purchase). 

$300 for 6 x one hour sessions

✍️ Creative Writing Coach

✍️Are you working on a creative writing project but feeling stuck or overwhelmed by what to do next?
✍️Is a character being annoying?
✍️Are you stumped by plot?
✍️Does it feel scary to step out in this season as a writer?
✍️Do you need a nudge of accountability to help you remember why you’ve begun writing in the first place?
✍️Are you in the planning stages for a bigger project?

I’ll ask you challenging questions and brainstorm alongside you as a thought partner. As a published author with experience as a freelance writer, I will offer you creative encouragement with practical tips to keep moving forward—or regain the momentum you lost—with a writerly mindset and creatively confident perspective.

I specialize in helping motivated writers who need some creative rocket fuel to kickstart their creative writing to launch into the next season of writing.

“Molly is kind and qualified. She will assess your comfort level and then work with you achieve your success.” – Barbara M.

One Session:
Just need a nudge from a creative writing thought partner today to brainstorm? 

$97 for one hour session 

Six Session Bundle:
If you’re in the middle of a decision making process in your writing life or book project, I highly recommend a bundle of 6 sessions (to be used within 90 days of purchase). 

$582 for 6 x one hour sessions

📖 Creative Author Marketing Coach

✍️ Are you in the middle of writing an amazing book right now?
✍️ Would you like to share your new book with as many people as possible?
✍️ Have you already written at least one book already but you’re struggling to find readers who will devour your words?
✍️ Would you like to develop a contagious marketing method that actually feels true to who you are as an author?
✍️ Does “marketing” feel like a scarily overwhelming feat that paralyzes you?
✍️ Do you want to be empowered to share your words in a genuine way with your ideal readers?
✍️ Do you need a nudge of accountability to help you remember why you chose to write and publish your book(s!!) in the first place?
✍️ Would you like to demystify sales and develop your own audacious author sales system that is unique to you?

I’ll ask you challenging questions and brainstorm alongside you as a thought partner. As a published author with experience speaking about my work live in person and live online, organizing book tours, developing a launch team strategy, growing and nurturing an email list, utilizing social media without burnout, creating written and video bonus content for readers, as a podcast host and interviewee, and selling my books online, from my website, and in person, I will offer you creative encouragement with practical tips and tools share your words with your ideal readers for the duration of your author career, with peace, joy, fun, and sustainability.

I specialize in helping motivated authors who need creative rocket fuel to ignite their contagious marketing method and power up their audacious sales system so they can hold on to the joy of writing books.

“Thank you for your time and for these documents. It is helpful to see a list view of things that I can do and of topics and ideas to think about…You are a very lively and sweet and positive person. I appreciate your advice and I will start with your suggestion… ” – N.G.

Just need a nudge from a marketing author as a thought partner today to brainstorm solutions and next steps? 

$150 for one hour session 

If you’re in the middle of a book (re)launch or struggling to decide best practices for your author career, I highly recommend a bundle of 6 sessions
(to be used within 90 days of purchase). 

$900 for 6 x hour sessions

📖 Creative Writing Coach – Light
90 Day Coaching Package

This is a light 90 day coaching program, with monthly checkins and a specialized plan, tailored to suit your needs.

✍️ Are you writing to meet a deadline?
✍️ Are you working on a creative writing project but feeling stuck or overwhelmed by what to do next?
✍️ Is a character being annoying?
✍️ Are you stumped by plot?
✍️ Does it feel scary to step out in this season as a writer?
✍️ Do you need a nudge of accountability to help you remember why you’ve begun writing in the first place?
✍️ Are you struggling to stay focused on this important project?
✍️ Are there other shiny projects competing for your attention?

This package is for you if you are self-motivated, but working toward a deadline (self-imposed, or otherwise) and would benefit from occasional accountability, but don’t need someone to hold your hand. You’re confident in your writing and only need gentle course correction or general feedback on your writing craft.

We’ll meet via video call online for one hour at the start of our time together to set realistic goals for the upcoming 90 days. Then, we’ll meet three more times–twice to check in an work through any roadblocks, make any goal adjustments, and to celebrate your progress–and finally, we’ll meet a fourth time to recap how the 90 days transpired and discuss a plan for keeping the forward momentum in your writing life.

I’ll ask you challenging questions and brainstorm alongside you as a thought partner. As a published author with experience as a freelance writer, I will offer you creative encouragement with practical tips to keep moving forward—or regain the momentum you lost—with a writerly mindset and creatively confident perspective.

I specialize in helping motivated writers who need some creative rocket fuel to kickstart their creative writing to launch into the next season of writing.

Over the course of the next 90 days you can make real progress on your creative writing project. This can be to enhance your creative writing and writing adjacent habits and lifestyle as well as stepping up your contagious marketing method game.

“She’s enthusiastic, inspiring, and believes in her students and supports their goals. She’s the writing teacher you’ve always wanted to have.” – Leslie M.

Need a monthly accountability check in from a creative-writing-author-marketing-thought-partner? 

$1,500 for 4 x one hour sessions + feedback on 1,000 words every 30 days (3,000 words total)

Book A Call to see if this is a good fit for the stage you’re at Here.

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📖 Creative Writing Coach – Intensive
90 Day Coaching Package

This is a more intense 90 day coaching program, with weekly checkins and a specialized plan, tailored to suit your individual needs.

✍️ Are you writing to meet a deadline?
✍️ Are you working on a creative writing project but feeling stuck or overwhelmed by what to do next?
✍️ Is a character being annoying?
✍️ Are you stumped by plot?
✍️ Does it feel scary to step out in this season as a writer?
✍️ Do you need a nudge of accountability to help you remember why you’ve begun writing in the first place?
✍️ Are you struggling to stay focused on this important project?
✍️ Are there other shiny projects competing for your attention?

This package is for you if you need frequent checkpoints to monitor your progress. While you may be self-motivated, you’re in a season in which you’d benefit from hand holding to keep you accountable, encourage you weekly, give you detailed and specific feedback on the craft of writing, and help you to re-calibrate your goals and project plan on a regular basis. If you are working toward a deadline (self-imposed, or otherwise) and would benefit from external structure, this intensive option could be a great fit for you.

We’ll meet once via video call online for one hour at the start of our 90 days together to set realistic goals for the upcoming writing season. Then, we’ll meet 12 more times weekly to check in and work through any roadblocks, make any goal adjustments, discuss your writing craft and piece you submitted for feedback, and we’ll celebrate your weekly progress. Finally, we’ll meet at the end to recap how the 90 days transpired and discuss a plan for keeping the forward momentum in your writing life.

I’ll ask you challenging questions and brainstorm alongside you as a thought partner. As a published author with experience as a freelance writer, I will offer you creative encouragement with practical tips to keep moving forward—or regain the momentum you lost—with a writerly mindset and creatively confident perspective.

I specialize in helping motivated writers who need some creative rocket fuel to kickstart their creative writing to launch into the next season of writing.

Over the course of the next 90 days you can make real progress on your creative writing project. This can be to enhance your creative writing and writing adjacent habits and lifestyle as well as stepping up your contagious marketing method game.

“Molly is very capable, an excellent teacher, and creative. She is very human and down to earth. So encouraging!” – Michele M. G.

Need a weekly accountability check in and regularly writing feedback
from a creative-writing-author-marketing-thought-partner? 

$3,000 for 13 x one hour sessions + feedback on 1,000 words every week during 90 days (12,000 words total)

Book A Call to see if this is a good fit for the stage you’re at Here.

Write Results