The Story Hearth is a writing community that offers mentorship in the craft of writing and guidance in the business of publishing. Led by Deacon Nicholas Kotar, the Hearth is home to novelists, memoirists, essayists, and poets seeking structure and companionship in the writing life.
1. Group Coaching & Community
Enjoy group coaching alongside a welcoming and humble community of writing companions. It's time to find your people!
Membership is $19.99/month (a.k.a. the cost of four lattes). Sign up for our 14-day free trial to see if it's for you!
2. Writing Courses and Office Hours
Learn how to write fiction that sells, understand your publishing options, and get personalized guidance from Dn. Nicholas, all within a supportive writing community.
3. Writing Mentor
Burnt out on DIY writing books and want a real person to be your mentor? Deacon Nicholas will guide you through your project from ideation to writing to revision to publication.
Meet Your Mentor
Deacon Nicholas Kotar is the author of seven award-winning fantasy books, three non-fiction books, a TV script that is being looked at by Netflix, a full-length musical libretto, a video game story, and a soon-to-be-released sci-fi novel. He is also the Dean of the St. Basil Writers' Workshop.
Deacon Nicholas loves connecting and mentoring writers and believes that becoming a skilled storyteller may be the most important thing you do with your life.
What Our Members Say
Group Coaching and Community
"I joined the Story Hearth because I knew that Nicholas Kotar’s webinars... and interviews with working authors would be worth more than the price of admission. What I didn’t know was how invaluable the community would be to my work. I am a more focused and more productive writer today because of the weekly accountability posts, the group writing sessions, and the encouragement that comes from working alongside the writers of the Story Hearth community."
Michael Hudson
Writing Courses and Office Hours
"The Motivating Your Lazy Characters course has healed what I hoped to have healed, which is that I had lost track of what stories existed for.
I feel like I have the tools to write, now, and understand how to propel a character forward honestly, through internal momentum."
Garrett Widner
Writing Mentor
"Dn. Nicholas has helped expand my focus beyond my current project goals to the telos of my whole writing life. This shift gave me a new way of accessing the story I am writing after years away from the draft—relieving the perfectionistic paralysis that stalled me in the first place. Dn. Nicholas reminded me that creativity is play, motivating me to develop and maintain more effective habits to foster it. His coaching has been pivotal in increasing not only my productivity, but also my joy."
Kris Jeffords
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