Do you have a book in you?
A story you long to tell?
Perhaps you've survived a little. Or a lot. And you know there is a story inside you asking to be written.
Then you need to hear this...
Fanen Chiahemen
Author · Memoir Midwife · Guide for Truth-Tellers
Last month, I asked more than two dozen women to join me for 30 days of writing.
They came from all walks of life...
They came with stories they were longing to tell...
They came with different levels of experience...
Different amounts of time...
Different relationships to writing...
And what happened amazed us all...
Who might you become after 30 days of loving devotion to your story?
In 30 days, I watched women write things they didn't know they were capable of writing.
I watched women discover new things about themselves.
I watched women break open stories they had been carrying for years...and write without forcing.
I even watched women write tiny books.
Week after week, I watched extraordinary breakthroughs happen in real time...
What if writing your story felt more like a love affair than a task?
Writing your story was never supposed to feel lonely.
If you've been waiting until you have more confidence...
more certainty...
more time...
or until you finally know where to begin...
I've created something for you.
Because sometimes the thing standing between you and your book isn't talent.
It's the absence of a space where your nervous system feels safe enough to write.
The Tiny Book Challenge
A free 30-day writing sanctuary for women who are ready to bring their untold stories to the page.
For 30 days, we'll gather inside a beautifully held creative container where you'll write from safety instead of survival, discover your natural writing rhythm, and experience what becomes possible when your nervous system no longer has to write alone.
Here's what it looks like:
✨ Weekly 90-min gatherings on Zoom (recordings provided)
We'll meet every Wednesday at 2:00 PM Eastern, beginning Wednesday, September 2nd, and gathering weekly throughout the month, with our final celebration on Wednesday, September 30th.
These live sessions are a place to write, reflect, be witnessed and experience the particular magic that happens when women gather around their stories.
Can't make it live? Every gathering will be recorded, so you won't miss the experience if life gets busy.
✨ Gentle daily prompts
Each day, you'll receive a gentle invitation designed to help you reconnect with your memories, your voice, your curiosity and your natural relationship with the page.
✨ A private Telegram community
Throughout the challenge, we'll gather inside our own private Telegram space to share reflections, celebrate breakthroughs, ask questions, witness one another and remember that you are not writing alone.
✨ Writing tools designed to unlock memory, voice and momentum
We'll experiment with different ways into the work by creating the conditions in which it can begin to reveal itself.
✨ Gentle accountability and encouragement
You'll have a reason to return to the page, and a community of thoughtful, generous women walking alongside you.
Join the Tiny Book Challenge
with author Fanen Chiahemen
Starts September 2026!
Discover what becomes possible when your story is finally given the kind of home it deserves.
Enter your name and email below, and you're in!
What You'll Gain
- Go from “I want to write” → “I am writing.”
- From waiting for permission → choosing your own timeline.
- From solitary writing → communal, held and witnessed writing.
- From demanding a finished form → letting the material reveal what it wants to become.
- From forcing structure → discovering structure through patterns and motifs.
- From trying to write the whole book → working with moments, scenes and fragments.
- From seeing the story as enormous → finding a manageable doorway into it.
- From emotional expression without structure → seeing where expression and storytelling meet.
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This is for you if...
♡You ache every time you hear that quote by Maya Angelou: "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
♡You have lived through something and want to share what you've learned.
You're ready to stop talking about writing it...and actually begin.
♡You don't want to do this alone.
Your memoir midwife.
I’ll never forget the moment I knew it was time to tell my story.
I was deep into a 10-day silent retreat...
when to my shock, on the fifth day, I heard the voice of my inner child break through the silence:
I’m going to tell.
The voice quickly took on the urgency of a child tugging on her mother’s skirt.
I’m going to tell.
In that moment, I knew what I had to do.
Since publishing my memoir, Never Make A Sound, I’ve spoken with countless people who want to write their stories.
And here’s what I’ve learned:
When people keep their untold stories inside them, it's not because they need better craft.
They don’t need more discipline.
They don’t need more time.
What they need is permission.
They need connection and co-regulation.
Safety and structure.
Containment.
That's how the Tiny Book Challenge was born.
What if this is the month you stop being someone who wants to write a book...
...and become someone who does?
This is not a writing class.
This is not a productivity challenge.
This is not “write 500 words a day.”
This is not a room where everyone sits silently typing while a facilitator checks whether you've hit your word count.
It's a contained creative experience for women who know there is a story inside them and are ready to stop circling it.
The Tiny Book Challenge
A free 30-day writing sanctuary for women who are ready to bring their story to the page.
In case you're wondering...
Do I need to be a writer?
How much time will I need to allocate for this?
What if I don't finish my tiny book?
What if I can't attend every session?
Join the Tiny Book Challenge
Enter your name and email below, and you're in!
