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Sue Weems
About This Coach
Sue Weems is a certified book coach, writer, editor, and ghostwriter with a proven track record of helping people finish their books.
She’s been a freelance writer for the last twenty years, with powerful storytelling at the heart of her portfolio. She’s written for regional, national, and international organizations, including most recently the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust (First Person Stories of the Holocaust series, 2023). In 2017, she began her ghostwriting career as a co-ghostwriter for a NYT bestselling author. Since then, she’s written for and with academics and nonprofit directors, busy corporate executives, entrepreneurs and fiction writers to craft books that have been picked up by Top 5 publishers.
Her nonfiction specialization includes memoir, business, leadership, self-help/how-to, travel, and educational interest. In fiction, she specializes in mystery, thriller, horror, romance, literary fiction, middle grade, and children’s books.
Sue has an MA in English from the University of California, Irvine and is an award-winning instructor. She currently lives in South Carolina with her family and an impossibly tall pile of books to read.
Services
One-Off Coaching Call - 30 min
One-Off Coaching Call - 1 hour
Weekly/Monthly Book Coaching
Manuscript Critique
Line Editing
Portfolio

The Write Fast System: Produce Your Best Book, Faster by J. Danforth
nonfiction

Shelf Life: A Short Story Collection by Sue Larkins Weems
short fiction
Reviews
Sue is invested. She offers suggestions for improvment, and she lets me know when I'm doing well.
Sue is so very helpful and understanding especially when you have so many thoughts and feel you can’t fully express it in a way that makes sense, she helps you make sense of it. I love working with Sue and will continue to do so!
Sure was at all times professional, congenial, and extremely helpful. She provided clear, insightful, and helpful comments. She took the time to answer all of my questions. I'd definitely use her services again.
I enjoyed working with Sue. She gave me excellent advice and was very kind. She also kept the time focused and on point.
Sue Weems is delightful. She reviewed, critiqued and offered very helpful and pointed suggestions for my book plan, premise and synopsis. My book will be much better as a result of her professional support.
Sue is thorough and kind. She concentrates on the details that I overlook. She does not rush. And I always walk away more knowledgeable after meeting with her.
Her suggestions have broadened my awareness and make me a better writer.
Sue is amazing! Always helpful and provides feedback that is crucial to improving your work.
Sue is an amazing and thoughtful editor. Not only is she exceptionally smart and gives great advice and feedback, she also truly cares about your work that she knows you poured your heart and soul into and she’s really there to help you excel. I will continue to work with Sue as many times as possible 🙂
Sue is easy to work with and gets right to the pin with very specific feedback to improve the quality of your work.
I think Sue has been very helpful. She has provided me with amazing feedback that I’ve already started using and I can see a difference in my writing. She is also excellent with communication and I feel I can trust that she has my best interest at heart. I will definitely be working with Sue again on my future books.
Sue puts both her heart and her brain to work. She really cares and is thorough in her work.
Sue has a present, calm energy and does her work with both heart and head. Highly recommend her!
I loved working with Sue. She is friendly, and personable while still getting to the point and offering concise guidance. Very helpful!
I found her one on one coaching hour call very valuable and incredibly helpful!
Sue Weems is very professional in her work. She gave me really good ideas and suggestions.
I enjoyed working with Sue. This is the first time I have had copy editing done and she made the process easy. She was very accessible.
Sue is very professional, efficient, and courteous. Her creative approach and common sense make her an excellent coach in the difficult endeavor of writing a book.
Sue Weems is very professional, considerate, and courteous. I just started working with her and I'm looking forward to the progress in my project!
Sue Weems is the best story editor and coach. Her critique is supportive and detailed. With Sue as your coach and editor, you'll finish a high-quality book.
Sue Weems is a great writing coach, both encouraging and demanding in the most helpful ways. She reads deeply and provides feedback that feels necessary and doable.
Sue is a supportive and constructive coach. She won't let you get down on yourself and provides detailed feedback on writing that makes you believe you'll get to the finish line with a publishable product.


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