Writing Is A Team Sport

A newsletter for writers, authors, and those who work with them.

The creative life can be lonely and trying to navigate the current publishing landscape often leads to frustration, overwhelm, and burnout. Here, I come alongside you as your coach or teammate—you decide what role you need me to play on your team—as you develop your own playbook for a winning writing life.

Hi, I'm Morgan Strehlow!

I'm a ghostwriter turned book coach turned literary agent. But before I worked my way into publishing, I had a decade-long career in the sports industry, managing digital media strategy for some of the biggest brands in sports and working as an executive writer and strategist. My masters degree in sport management from Texas A&M University didn't quite prepare me for my second career working with authors, but the longer I am in publishing, the more parallels I find between the two industries. But my former life in sports is not what this newsletter is about—it just inspired its theme.

How does Writing Is A Team Sport work?

Launched in November 2024, Writing Is A Team Sport offers coaching and collaborative content for free and paid subscriber levels. Free subscribers can expect to receive at least two monthly posts, including interviews with publishing professionals and a round-up of curated resources and collaborative opportunities for writers and authors.

In addition to the posts available to all subscribers, paid readers will get access to:

• Authorship development posts

• Access to exclusive coaching and collaboration opportunities

• Quarterly workshops and co-working sessions

Why pay?

Simply put, writers should be paid for their work. As an agent, I always aim to get my author the best advance the market can offer at the time because I want them to be paid well. I am not just an advocate for the author’s books, but I’m a strategist for the author’s publishing career. And I recognize that the more fairly my authors are paid, the more time and energy they can invest in their writing and publishing life. Because, as you may or may not know, most authors have other jobs that make up their primary income. Writing and publishing earnings are, for most authors, secondary incomes. Like writers, many agents and editors must supplement their income in various ways so they can make ends meet while continuing to stay in the publishing career they love, whether through freelance editing on sites like Reedsy, hosting income-producing podcasts or courses, writing books of their own, or publishing a paid newsletter on Substack. (I’ll write more about this at some point.)

No worries if you are unable to pay right now. I will continue to offer high-quality content for free each month.

I’d love to be on your team. Will you be on mine?