About

About Alyssa

Alyssa has been a professional book editor and coach for 3 years and holds a bachelor’s in Creative Writing, History, Classical Fencing, and Literature. Alyssa is a member of The LBGTQ+ Editor’s Association and Author Accelerator, and has a partnership with the LOFT, an LGBTQIA+ Writing Center in Westchester, New York. 

Alyssa started their book coaching journey because they ended up feeling disappointed with the lack of information regarding publishing for first time writers. They seek to provide the clarity, guidance, and detailed commentary necessary to be able to have a shot at publishing for all authors who want to tell a story. 

Alyssa has had multiple success stories from authors and artists alike in their 3 years of coaching, and can’t wait to add you to that list! 

Writing

Alyssa has been writing books since 7th grade, where they filled the whole of a small notebook with a complicated plot that engaged teachers and classmates alike. They loved creating something so important, and bringing others into the same world by sharing it. 

Becoming a Book Coach has made the approach their own writing process in a completely different way, one that has revolutionized their time and energy towards writing and made the process so much easier than what they had learned in college.

Alyssa is in the process of planing 5 novels and writing two. 

Art & Comics

Before Alyssa wrote, they drew, and if there was anything possibly more exciting for them than writing a story, it was seeing it come to life on a page. In their junior year of high school they were accepted into a pre-college cartooning program at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and spent 3 weeks in sleepless bliss working hard on a 10 page comic they loved. Alyssa ended up moving to a different college for long term study, but still continues their journey with comics and comic book development, and has worked extensively to hone skills in both. 

Classical Fencing

Alyssa started their journey with the martial art of fencing in the fall of 2014 at SUNY Purchase where they met their teacher Jared Kirby. While in college they created their own major in Classical Fencing, and have continued their studies with Maestro Kirby and the Martinez Academy of Arms. If you would like to learn more about Classical Fencing, please visit Maestro Jared Kirby and the the Martinez Academy of Arms websites below. 

Jared Kirby
Martinez Academy of Arms

Fun Facts

  • “I’m serious but also a very silly person at heart.”
  • “I’m in a polyamorous relationship. I’m bi and use she/her, they/them pronouns”
  • “My greatest desire is fresh air. I love being  in the mountains, by the beach, traveling to new places, you name it, just let me be explore!” 
  • “My favorite food is whatever ravioli I can get my hands on” 
  • “I’m ambiverted (too extroverted to stay inside, too introverted to stay out all day)”