Mentoring

One quarter (three months) of one-on-one mentoring includes the following:

Four 30-minute video or phone calls with your mentor, during which you’ll discuss and delve into your work as a writer (one call at the start of each month, and a bonus call at the end of the quarter).
Our easy-to-use Syllabus Design Guide that helps you organize and focus on the work you want to accomplish during the quarter.
In-depth feedback from your mentor on three writing packets. (One packet per month, with up to two annotations and up to 20 pages of prose or 10 poems per packet.) Packets are due the third Monday of each month. Mentors return packets within two weeks of the deadline.

The investment for one quarter of mentoring is $997.

How it Works

You’ve been writing on your own for a long time. We’re here to give you the mentorship you need to take your work to the next level.
Our mentors work with you one-on-one. Each mentor takes on a limited number of writer-clients in order to give you ample attention.
With our simple, easy-to-use Syllabus Design Guide, you’ll plot out your own course of study for the quarter.
During the first week of each month during the quarter, Anna Anderson will schedule a phone or video call between you and your mentor. During this call you can discuss the direction and progress of your work with your mentor.
Each month during the quarter you’ll submit a writing packet to your mentor.
While there are no specific assignments for these writing packets, there are broad parameters that help you make progress toward your goals. These parameters include two annotations (close examinations of a book, poem, essay, etc.), and either 20 pages of prose (fiction or creative nonfiction) or 10 poems. Your packet should also include a letter to your mentor discussing an overview of the work you’ve completed during that month.
By the third Monday of each month during the quarter, you’ll email your completed writing packet to your mentor.
Within two weeks of the deadline, your mentor will return your packet to you with in-depth comments on your work.
During the last week of the quarter, Anna Anderson will schedule a bonus phone or video call between you and your mentor, during which you can discuss the next steps for your work.
Our mentors are paid per writer-client, unlike a traditional college course in which an instructor might be paid per credit hour taught. We really value you as a writer, so we pay our mentors per writer-client, which allows us to devote significant time and attention to you and your work.

Our Mentors

Jonan Pilet - Fiction

Jonan Pilet is a writer residing in Huntington, West Virginia. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in writing at Houghton University in New York. He also studied writing at the University of Oxford and received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at Seattle Pacific University. Pilet has had short stories published in various journals and anthologies and his debut short story collection, “Nomad, Nomad” was released June 2021. He is a full-time journalist for Food Safety News and an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing at Houghton University.

Jane Clark Scharl - Poetry

Jane Clark Scharl is an American poet, playwright, and critic. Her poetry has appeared in many American and European outlets, including the BBC, The Hudson Review, The New Ohio Review, The American Journal of Poetry, The Lamp, Measure Review, and others. Her criticism has appeared in Dappled Things, Fare Forward, Plough Quarterly, and others. She is a Senior Editor at The European Conservative, and teaches poetry through the Intercollege Studies Institute.

Anna Anderson - Creative Nonfiction

As a homeschool graduate, Anna Anderson knows firsthand the value in self-directed learning. After graduating with a BA in journalism from St. Ambrose University she continued to study writing on her own for 15 years before returning to school to earn an MFA in nonfiction. It was during her MFA experience that the deep roots she’d set down as a writer began to bear fruit, in large part due to one-on-one mentoring. Anderson was a 2005-06 Fulbright fellow and is an Adjunct Professor of English at Liberty University Online.