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Rachel Harmsworth | Business Book Coach

Writing is the most powerful way to reach hundreds more people than you can fit in your calendar.

One book. Written once. Infinite impact.

Let's write your book

I'm Rachel Harmsworth, your business book writing coach.

Rachel Harmsworth, business book writing coach

For the past 6 years, I've helped coaches turn their knowledge and experience into a business book they're proud to put their name on.

I help you work out what your book is really about, who it's for, what needs to go in it, what needs to stay out, and how all those brilliant ideas you've been carrying around finally fit together.

Because knowing your subject isn't the same as knowing how to write a book about it. That's a different skill. And you don't have to figure it out on your own.

I'm a fiction and non-fiction author myself, with an MA in Writing and Publishing and a Diploma in NLP. So I bring together the creative side of writing with the structure, publishing knowledge and mindset support you need to actually get the book finished.

Most importantly, though, I care about one thing throughout the process: making sure your voice doesn't get lost.

It's your experience. Your ideas. Your stories. Your way of seeing the world.

My job is to help you get it onto the page so people can hear it, understand it and act on it.

What I bring to the table

Writing expertise,
publishing know-how and a bit of psychology

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BA Creative Writing & English
The craft. Story, structure, language and the mechanics of making words compelling — not just getting them onto a page.
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MA Writing & Publishing
The publishing side. An understanding of what happens beyond the manuscript, from developing the book itself to exploring the different routes to publication.
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Diploma in NLP
The mindset. Writing a book isn't only a creative challenge. It's a mental one too. I understand the blocks, beliefs and patterns that can keep a perfectly capable expert stuck.
Why I'm here

Because I know what it's like to have something important to say.

I became a writing coach because I've experienced both sides of this.

I've known what it's like to have an idea that won't leave you alone. I've known the blank page. I've known the excitement when everything suddenly clicks, and I've known the moments when you wonder whether you should just forget the whole thing and go and make a cup of tea.

I've also known the other side: holding a finished book in your hands and thinking, "I actually did it."

That's the bit I want for you.

My clients come to me at all sorts of stages. Some have a vague idea they've been carrying around for years. Some have hundreds of pages of notes and no idea what to do with them. Some have started three times and got stuck three times.

What they have in common is that there's something they know that they want to share.

And I believe those ideas matter.

Your clients have learned from you. Your experience has changed the way people think, work or live. There are people you haven't met yet who could benefit from what you know.

Your book is a way of taking what you teach and letting it travel further.

That's why I do this.

I want to help good ideas get out of people's heads and into the world. In their own voice, in their own way, in a book they're proud to call theirs.

You've got the ideas.
Let's turn them into a book.

Whether you're starting with a blank page, a head full of ideas or a half-finished manuscript, there's a way forward.

Don't Write Your Business Book, by Rachel Harmsworth
"Rachel turned twenty years of chaos in my head into an actual book. She gave me structure, momentum and belief when I wanted to quit. Six weeks later Radical Happiness existed. If your book lives in your head, she gets it out."
Michelle Thomas, Author of Radical Happiness for High Vibe Humans
What I believe

The things that matter to me
when we're writing your book

Your voice is yours
I can help you structure your ideas, strengthen your writing and make your book work. But it should still sound like you. I'm not here to turn you into another business-book author. Your experience, personality and way of seeing things are what make your book worth reading.
Finished is better than perfect
At some point, we have to stop tinkering and actually finish the thing. I'll help you keep moving, even when the writing isn't perfect, life gets busy or your inner critic starts making a convincing case for giving up.
Your book should have a purpose
A business book isn't just a very long business card. It should have something useful to say, a reader it wants to help and a reason for existing. We'll keep that purpose in sight from the beginning.
Your expertise deserves to be heard
You've spent years learning, doing, testing, failing, figuring things out and helping other people. That's valuable. Your book is a chance to take all of that experience and make it available to people beyond the clients sitting in front of you today.