Reach your peak writing
& publishing aspirations
writing coach and mentor
creative mindskill practices
book designs • marketing plans
Coaching Programs & Services for Authors
Writers Intensives & Tutorials
Train privately or in a group setting with an expert to focus your outline and manuscript.
Author & Book Launch Services
Book design, promo & marketing plans, websites, displays … learn more
Guided Writing Program
Monthly coaching, to help you write a book that sells. We will train you in:
- great fiction and non-fiction writing
- knowledge about your voice and audience
- mind skills that empower you
with focus and creativity - a plan to break in and make your mark in the publishing world driven by your inner fire
Executive Writing Track
A boutique service, tailored to the demands of the busy professional … learn more
Manuscript Assessment
We help determine manuscript market readiness … learn more
A published author, David Hazard has helped to launch and develop the careers of over 400 writers during more than 40 years in the publishing field. His success in coaching writers comes from his method of training, which engages the whole person, mind and body.
Meet ASCENT Authors
Winning Awards and Recognition … Shaping our culture with powerful new ideas
Take your first step — Post your aspiration here
The Ascent Adirondack Writing Sojourn
The Sojourn is a very limited-registration event, held annually in the wild beauty and solitude of the Adirondack Mountains. For four days and nights, enjoy intensive, one-on-one coaching, small-group instruction and constructive critiques… also evenings beside a mountain lake under the stars, listening to a crackling bonfire and the call of loons and other nightbirds.
The five-day Adirondack Writing Sojourn is separate from the Writer's Track. Register for the Sojourn here.