Five weeks with Coral, about 4 live hours a week. She looks at your own plan and draft as you turn “someday” into a planned series and a first book underway.
$800 USD. Secure checkout by Stripe. Right after you buy, you get a link to book the session times that suit you.
“You’re not slow. You’re learning.”Coral Hart to a Launchpad student, February Launchpad check-in, 20 February 2026
One thing at a time, in order, with daily homework checklists so you always know the next step.
Your goals, your pen name and brand, your genre, niche and tropes, and the newsletter and reader-delivery tools behind them. The blank page stops being the problem.
A series plan, a trope map and outlines you can actually write from, and a first draft of your free first book, with a clear homework list: draft, big-picture edit, polish, cover, back-of-book pages and formatting.
Get it live, then use newsletter swaps and your first promotions to start finding readers.
Plan your next release, set up pre-orders, prepare paperback covers, and shift from writing mode into publishing and marketing mode.
Box sets, paperback, audio, translations, and your plan for the next series.
Your lead magnet: a short first book taken through draft, edit, cover and formatting so you can publish it and start building your reader list.
Your genre, niche and tropes chosen on purpose, then a plan and outlines you can write from.
When each book comes out and how it’s promoted, using newsletters and swaps (trading promotion with other authors) to keep it moving.
Here is what moved between Q1 and Q2 2026, from our own published research on what romance readers talk about (not what sells).
2.7M+
reader demand signals read from reviews, comments and posts, counted 25 October 2026
+34%
protective male main character: share of romance reader conversation, Q1 to Q2 2026
+18%
hurt/comfort: share of reader conversation, Q1 to Q2 2026
+16%
grumpy hero: share of reader conversation, Q1 to Q2 2026
In plain terms: readers are talking more about protective and comforting heroes between Q1 and Q2 2026.
Source: the PlotProse 2026 Romance Demand Report (measured 23 October 2026) and TropeSmith. Shares of reader conversation, not sales.
Free content tells you what to do. Launchpad gives you a fixed order of work, a deadline, daily checklists and a live room where you write alongside others.
The original mentorship, rebuilt and doubled: twice the content, twice the in-class time, plus supervised homework hours where you write with us.
Both. If you’re starting out, you go from a blank page to a series plan, a first short book and a release plan. If you already have books out, or you’re launching a new pen name, stages 3 to 5 (newsletter swaps and promotions, planning your next releases, box sets, paperback, audio and translations) are the useful part.
$800
USD · secure checkout by Stripe
Starts Monday 2 November 2026 (US time).
About 4 live hours a week for five weeks.
Yes. Coral looks at your own plan and draft.
Coral teaches, and her team helps with your questions.
You pick the session slots that suit you. After you buy, you receive a link to book your times.
No. Launchpad is for first-time authors and for experienced authors starting a new pen name.
No. Launchpad gives you a foundation, a plan and live guidance. What you build with it depends on the work you put in.
Pen name: the author name you publish under. Lead magnet: a short free first book you give readers in exchange for their email address. Trope: a story pattern readers love, like enemies-to-lovers. Trope map: a plan of which tropes run through your series. Swaps: trading promotion with other authors, so each of you shows the other’s book to your readers. Pre-order: letting readers buy a book before its release day. Box set: several books sold together as a bundle.
Five weeks. Live with Coral. Starts 2 November.
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