Start Your Story
Writing Consultation with Victoria Vanstone
With two successful comedy memoirs under her belt and a one-woman marketing team that could out-hustle a corporate boardroom, Victoria Vanstone knows how to take a messy, brilliant life story and turn it into something people actually want to read.
Whether you’re just starting or ready to share your work with the world, who better to guide you than someone who’s done it all… awkwardly, honestly, and with a laugh-snort in every chapter?
Your story matters. Let’s get it out there.
See below for the 3 x available Packages - One on One Call, 3 hours brainstorm or a 6 x Week Writing Mentorship Now Available
Package 1 - $259 Is it time to tell your story?
Got a story to tell but don’t know where to start?
I get it. Writing, or getting any kind of book out there can feel like standing at the base of a very emotional mountain. That’s why I’m now offering one-on-one writing consultations to help you take that very first step.
In this 60-minute Zoom call, we’ll chat through your ideas, figure out what’s holding you back, and I’ll give you practical tools and tips to help you start shaping your story or just making sense of all the steps that you should take. You’ll get marketing tip, I’ll help you decide which publishing route to take and you’ll also receive a copy of my book Big Words: A No-Pressure Guide to Writing to keep the inspiration flowing after our session.
This is for anyone who’s ready to stop saying “I’ll write it one day” and start actually writing. No pressure. No judgement. Just real talk, encouragement, and a roadmap to get you going.
You’ll also have the option to continue on with my mentorship program if you’re ready to go deeper and get ongoing support.
You will leave feeling ready to dip your toe into the writing and publishing world.
Let’s get your story out of your head and onto the page. $259
Once Purchase is complete - Vic will send you a Calendy link to book your session.
Package 2 - $725 - Book and Marketing 3 x hour Brainstorm Session
So, you’ve got a story. Maybe it’s been simmering in your head for years, or maybe it just punched you in the gut on a quiet Tuesday. Either way — you’re here because you want to write it down and get it out there.
This is not just a writing session. This is a creative storm-in-a-teacup where we untangle your big, brilliant idea, figure out what you want to say, who you want to say it to, and how to build a plan that actually gets it done.
Over the next 3 hours, we’ll map out your story, create a writing plan that fits your life, and design a circular marketing strategy that builds a community around your words not just a book. We’ll talk Instagram, podcasting, blogs, pitching, self-publishing, and more. You’ll leave with a clear roadmap and a confident grin (maybe also some scribbles on your hands).
This session is for anyone who’s ready to stop saying “One day I’ll write a book…”
And actually start doing it.
Let’s get your story moving. Imperfectly. Authentically. Awkwardly.
Package 3 -One on One - 6 Week 'Tell Your Story' Writing, Mentoring & Marketing Package
Ready to write your story but don’t know where to start?
This 6-week one-on-one mentoring program with Victoria Vanstone will guide you through writing, shaping, and sharing your writing — with weekly sessions, personalised support, and practical marketing advice to help you bring your story to life.
Price: $2,750 AUD
What’s included:
1 x 60-minute introductory Zoom session
6 x 60-minute one-on-one mentoring sessions over 6 weeks (one per week)
Personalised writing support: structure, voice, chapter planning
Feedback on up to 15,000 words (approx. 3 chapters)
Guidance on editing, rewriting and finding your narrative thread
Practical marketing advice: building your audience, social media, newsletter setup, content planning
How to pitch to publishers or go indie
Weekly Writing Prompts and tasks
A copy of Big Words: A No-Pressure Guide to Writing Your Sobriety Memoir
This program is for anyone ready to finally write their story and get it out into the world — with support, structure and encouragement every step of the way.
Just head to the store to book Mentorship. https://www.soberawkward.com/store
Vic will then email you a Calendy link to book first session.
OUT NOW!
MUMMING: A Comedy Memoir by Victoria Vanstone
A hilarious and painfully relatable memoir about a mum who sets out to revolutionise herself and her parenting—one failed experiment at a time.
Victoria Vanstone thought she’d be the kind of mum who spent her days ironing names onto school shirts and knew the best chocolate-chip cookie recipe off by heart.
But as the years ticked by, she got the feeling that woman wasn’t going to show up.
Instead, she’s the kind of mum who shouts a lot and throws plastic cups at walls.
So Victoria decides to become the mum she’s always wanted to be. She embarks on a year of parental development—enrolling in a parenting course, implementing an exercise regime, awkwardly trying to make friends as an adult, and even taking a holiday away from her family to reset the dials.
What follows is a year of trying, failing, and trying again.
But as Victoria stumbles from one misadventure to the next, she begins to realise that getting things wrong is actually where the fun begins.
Come for the laughs, stay for the reassurance—Mumming is a heartwarming celebration of the messy, wonderful, imperfect reality of raising kids (and yourself).
‘A Thousand Wasted Sundays’
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Find it worldwide on Audible and Kindle and hard copy available in Australia only.
Victoria Vanstone was trapped in a cycle of binge drinking and hangxiety. In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, she charts her transition from party girl to parent, and how she eventually chose love over liquor.
Victoria grew up in 1980s England in a happy home full of laughter, booze and a disturbing amount of fancy-dress parties. From her youthful days downing cheap wine at the local park to dodging disastrous relationships and a messy run-in with a firework, her reliable mate alcohol was never far from reach.
Eventually, Victoria found herself in Australia with a husband and a child on the way. After sobering up for her first pregnancy, becoming a boring, bottom-wiping, cleaning machine meant she soon returned to her binge-drinking ways, and had to grapple anew with the habits and beliefs that had gone unchecked since childhood.
Can a party girl put down the pint glass for good?
Incredibly funny and highly relatable,
A Thousand Wasted Sundays is for anyone that has ever had a close encounter of the drinking kind.
For fans of Rosie Waterland, Judith Lucy, Dolly Alderton and Adam Kay.
