• About Gail Doggett

    Hi, I'm Gail, your coach. So pleased you're here!

    I've been working with writers for two decades, from acquiring fiction and non-fiction at a major publishing house, all the way to being in 1:1 critique relationships, and accountability partnerships as a writer myself.

    I bloody love talking about stories, and characters, ideas and I'm also very aware of what it's like to feel stuck and wanting to bang your head on the desk (please don't do that!).

  • Many of my clients are, like me -- and maybe like you? -- late diagnosed neurodivergent women writers, and have come to a turning point in their lives where neurodivergence, peri/menopause, work demands and caring responsibilities are all colliding with each other. I offer a safe space to create and maintain your creative practice, with gentle and practical advice on tap.

    I help you to start/write/finish your work, through what I call "BookDoubling". That's my own version of body doubling with extra editorial feedback as needed, using my background as a commissioning editor. It’s a mixture of whatever you need (accountability, cajoling, gentle arse-kicking, encouragement, validation) to get you where you need to be.


  • Originally from Ireland, I've now lived in London longer than anywhere else so it’s home as much as where I grew up. We live in east London, 'we' being me, my two boys, and Mr D. And our black cat, Sparkle, who's an absolute madam but we love her.

    My reading mojo disappeared during COVID -- around when I was diagnosed as neurodivergent and went through menopause, that was fun -- but it’s back with a vengeance. I especially love finding a new-to-me author with a backlist that I can binge-read. I read a lot of fantasy! Old faves, beloved authors and recent reads include:

    Ruth Ozeki, Ben Arronovitch, Leigh Bardugo, Jodi Taylor, Alix E. Harrow, Natasha Pulley, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jonathan Stroud, Mick Herron, P. Djèli Clark, V. E. Schwab, Kate Griffin, Frances Hardinge, Katherine May, Amy Liptrot, Erin Morgenstern, Maggie O’Farrell.

    I’m also a maker and crafter and live in a house filled with yarn, paper, Lego, notebooks, haberdashery, baking equipment, DnD dice, fountain pen and inks, fabric and books.

    Naturally I'm working on my own writing projects too, I've been writing since I was six years old, and my whole world makes sense only when I'm journalling, and writing fiction and non-fiction. Although I have now admitted that pretty as they are, new planners aren't going to fix everything. That won't stop me buying them.

    Get in touch, and let's see what we can do together!

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