What are books if not a search for something true?
Hi. I’m Maia Toll, a best-selling & award winning author, editor, manuscript mentor, and book coach. I’m also a deep believer in connecting with the natural and mystical worlds to restore our sense of wholeness.
I’m currently available for developmental editing & book coaching.
AWARD WINNING WRITING
My books invite you to explore the poetry of the natural world as a map for personal transformation. Each book is a journey to alchemize and distill the mysteries that surround us and the mythical worlds within our everyday lives. Translated into multiple languages, and turned into oracle decks, puzzles, and even a collection of temporary tattoos, these books whisper to the magic waiting to be discovered in your own life.
You can find my titles wherever books are sold.
Signed copies are available at my shop, Herbiary.
— ABOUT ME
What’s the wildest, truest thing you’ve ever done?
In my early thirties, I sold my house, left my teaching job, and traipsed off the Ireland to study with a traditional healer. You can read about about how I connected deeply with my inner wisdom so I could find the bravery to chart this new course in my book Letting Magic In.
My time on the Emerald Isle was immensely beautiful but also terribly lonely. That loneliness led me to seek community— and communion—with the natural world.
Twenty years later, I weave the lessons from Ireland with the deep pragmatism that comes with running one’s own business. The mystery and the mundane walk hand in hand.
These days, you can find me in Asheville, North Carolina, drinking too much tea and exploring the woods with my partner and our three ridiculously spoiled dogs.
MANUSCRIPT MENTORING
To help you step into your dreams, I offer developmental editing & coaching for select books in the creative, spiritual, wellness, self-help, and memoir spaces as well as fiction that draws upon these themes.
Let’s clarify your vision, build the structure of your book, and make sure you are communicating in a way that makes your story shine.
My first book was published when I was forty-eight years old. It’s never too late!
WHAT WRITERS ARE SAYING
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Maia's skillful magic gets to the bones of each writers work.
DEB HANSON
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Expansive & laser focused, there is no one I trust more with my pages.
STEPH JAGGER
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Exactly the kind of direct, smart, and succinct support I need.
KIMBERLY KEATING WOHLFORD
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Maia's is intuitive, creative, and helps writers uncover their truth.
PAIGE GILCHRIST
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Honest, loving support to get you motivated and on the right track!
Dr. WendyLeigh White
WRITING RETREATS
Ready to write? These retreats are a time to get words on the page in a nurtured and supported environment. My friend, memoirist and coach Steph Jagger, and I create a small group experience that will fuel your soul and feed your creativity.
This is for those writing and those who want to write. Bring your book manuscripts, poems, Substack, articles… or whatever else you’re currently working on!
You’ll be stunned how your writing evolves and grows over just a few days.
— UPCOMING RETREATS
Our winter Asheville retreats are being rescheduled due to Hurricane Helene. Get in touch to join the waitlist.
When life feels overwhelming, find something true.
Tell Me Something True is my weekly newsletter where I offer bits of writing, and reflections for reconnecting with yourself & the poetry of the natural world.