Free Find Out More 30-minute consultation
Want to explore the options for getting started with your book?
Let’s talk and sort out with option meets you where you are.
I offer:
- one-on-one book coaching to help you develop your project
- group coaching (available certain times of the year)
- book proposal consultation and developmental editing
- manuscript editing
- editorial assessments of book manuscripts
- editorial assessments of book proposals
- 30-minute publication consultations that help you strategize how to get your book to an agent and/or publisher
- 60-minute publication consultations customized to your book that set you up for the best strategy for getting your book to an agent and/or publisher
- one-on-one and group coaching about building the audience for your book through social media, website content, speaking, teaching and coaching
30-minute Publication Consultation ($55)
Baffled about how to begin seeking publication for your book? In this 30-minute consultation, I can help you decide:
- whether you need an agent and how to find one
- how to find agents, editors and publishers who are a good fit for you
- how to start a publishing dashboard and spreadsheet so you can keep track
- how to write a great query letter to an agent
- how to write a great pitch to a magazine editor or media site
- how to submit to contests, awards and fellowships
- the best databases and directories to search for agents, publishers, magazines, contests and more
- whether you need a book proposal (and how that can cut months and months off your search)
- whether you want a hybrid publisher, small press or print-on-demand (self-publishing) services
60-minute customized Publication Consultation ($155)
You need more than general advice. You want someone to review your query letter or brainstorm it with you, tailored to your book. You want someone who can get you set up with a Publishing Dashboard populated with agents, editors and publishers customized to your book, your audience, your style.
In this 60-minute consultation, you send me your materials ahead of time, whether that’s a synopsis or query letter or pitch. I set up some foundational documents for you so you can organize your search and get a good head start on some of the most promising leads on agents, editors or publishers.
This is customized to help you:
- identify the kind of agent you need to find
- implement a publishing dashboard and spreadsheet so you can keep track
- know you have a great query letter to an agent
- know you have a great pitch to a magazine editor or media site
- get organized about submitting to contests, awards and fellowships
- know how to use best databases and directories to search for agents, publishers, magazines, contests and more
- decide how to begin a book proposal