Meet Our Coaches

Every bit of Amanda’s life experience contributes to her expertise as a fearless innovator and storyteller. Her background of success in theater, psychology, improv, coaching, writing, event planning, and storytelling has created a unique innovator ready to make your manuscript shine. 

She brings her entire self to the work and encourages others to do the same. Perhaps her love of skydiving isn’t within the job description, but the awareness that the scariest part of any jump is the first step out of the plane helps her bravely take you wherever we need to go. She will help you tell the right story to motivate, energize, and mobilize your readers, then create the partnerships you need to get your book into the hands of readers.

Nancy Canyon is published in True Stories II, Memory into Memoir, A Raven Chronicle Anthology: Take a Stand Art Against Hate, Water~Stone Review, Fourth Genre, Floating Bridge Review, Able Muse, For the Love of Orcas Anthology, and more. With Pacific Lutheran University’s MFA in Creative Writing and University of Washington’s fiction certificate, she teaches writing for Chuckanut Writers and coaches writers at The Narrative Project. Nancy won Chanticleer Review’s Cygnus Award for Paranormal Fiction for the forthcoming novel “Celia’s Heaven.” Her memoir manuscript “Struck” is a finalist in Chanticleer Review’s 2019 Journey Award for Narrative Non-fiction. Her story “Holy Spirit Delivers” is a finalist for Scribes Valley 2019 Short Story Contest. Her poetry book “Saltwater” is available at villagebooks.com. Nancy also works as a visual artist in her Morgan Block Artist Studio in Historic Fairhaven. She lives in Bellingham, Washington, with her husband Ron Pattern. More at nancycanyon.com and facebook.com/canyonwriter.

Jeanne Rawdin is a professional storyteller with more than twenty-five years of experience in ghost-writing, copywriting, editing, media coaching, and video producing. She’s worked as a book editor, TV producer and reporter, and freelance writer for most of her career. Her writing projects include manuscripts, blogs, websites, PR materials, newspaper and magazine articles, and social media. She also served as Media Advisor for all student-run publications at University of California San Diego. In addition to being a Writing Coach for The Narrative Project, she creates videos, scripts, bios and marketing materials for entrepreneurs and small business owners as Founder/CEO of Epic Storytelling (www.epic-storytelling.com).

Jeanne is also a Kriyaban member of the Self-Realization Fellowship based in Encinitas, California, and is currently studying Reiki. She and her pug, Henry, enjoy long walks on the beach. Henry is also the main character in a children’s book Jeanne recently wrote. You can reach her at rawdinjeanne@gmail.com.

Betsy Graziani Fasbinder is a genre-jumping, thrice-published author with a novel (Fire & Water), a memoir (Filling Her Shoes), and a how-to (From Page to Stage: Inspiration, Tools, and Public Speaking Tips for Writers) to her credit. She’s garnered Gold and Bronze IPPY Awards, a Booklist Starred Review, and a collection of other blingy congratulations for her writing.

In addition to her own stories, Betsy delights in helping others write and tell their own lived and imagined stories, both as a writing coach and a speaking coach. She features the stories of others on her weekly podcast, The Morning Glory Project: Stories of Determination.

Sabine Sloley’s winding career path includes chemical engineer, veterinarian, swim mom, writer, and editor, but what she loves most of all is helping people tell their stories better. Since 2012 she has been providing editing and coaching services for writers of all skill levels. She’s worked with writers to refine and polish manuscripts ranging from epic fantasy through memoir to self-help, always keeping the focus on story—the juicy marrow of any writing project. Her short fiction has been published in several anthologies, including the 17^th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection. She’s currently working on a novel-length work of speculative fiction.

She lives in outdoorsy Bellingham, WA where, when she’s not editing or writing, she’s hiking, kayaking, or sailing (or baking plant-based cookies or looking for good stories on Netflix or negotiating for the armchair with Zaney, the psycho-cat). Her latest outdoor love-affair is crewing on a 1924 tall ship, the Schooner Zodiac. She’s inordinately fond of the serial comma, the em-dash, and her hard copy of the Chicago Manual of Style, and she is very excited to be a part of the Narrative Project. (editor.sabinesloley.com)

Colleen Haggerty is an author, coach, speaker, facilitator, and trainer. As a Story Warrior for The Narrative Project, Colleen delights in creating community for and giving support to writers who have committed to writing their books. She brings a discerning eye and a probing, curious mind to the writing process, supporting writers to express what they really want to say. Colleen’s memoir, A Leg to Stand On, An Amputee’s Walk into Motherhood, was published by She Writes Press. She has personal essays published in numerous anthologies. As a Soul Tender, Colleen supports people to access their Soul selves and Soul needs through creative practices and compassionate self-witnessing. You can watch her TEDx talk, access her writings, and check out her events here at colleenhaggety.com.