hello novel dreamer,

this is your novel,
this is your journey...

this is your whole novel life

I believe that...

you are a novel dreamer and imaginer,
you have a voice that needs to be heard,
this is your wild and wise-self being expressed,
you are a creative being,
and novel writing becomes a part of our lives.

Hello, I'm Cecilia Carelse,

I’m a novel navigator for writers who are ready to start their novel.

My methodology ‘a Whole Novel Life idea’ takes a holistic view of novel writing to help you come out of hesitation and into novel writing as a part of your life.

We walk away from our culturally conditioned selves and towards the wild and wise ones we have always been.

Come Novel Dreamer, this is our life.

Collage of images of Cecilia Carelse hold her novel 'The Alien Eve' and images of her writing.

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