You have an idea for a book that you're yearning to put into manuscript form but you don't know how or where to start. The "Building Blocks for a Book" package, which is based on the Author Accelerator Blueprint for a Book method, will help guide you through the earliest stages of transforming your story idea into a book. I will help you clarify your point and purpose, refine your story idea and structure, pinpoint your ideal reader, understand the market for your genre, and practice writing connecting scenes. I’ll provide a template and tools you can use to create a compelling scenes whether you've started writing or not. This package includes instructional coaching sessions tailored to your needs, detailed feedback on your outline, a written summary with next steps, and a final one-hour session to pull it all together.
Let's say you have a whole manuscript and you're wondering if it's ready to be published or needs more work. The "Manuscript Review & Refinement" package offers a developmental edit of your book based on your goals and intentions to publish. This is not a line or copy edit for grammar or punctuation. This is a big-picture assessment designed to strengthen your story structure, voice, and narrative flow. I will evaluate your manuscript in terms of writing style and tone related to genre and provide detailed next steps for moving forward. In addition to detailed written feedback, this package includes a one-hour 1:1 coaching call to help you navigate and prioritize next steps.
You've written several drafts, received feedback from trusted readers, and you've decided your manuscript is complete and ready to be published. You're dreaming about seeing it on bookstore and library shelves. But you're not sure if you want to self-publish, seek a hybrid publishing arrangement, or go the traditional publishing route and submit your story to a literary agent. The "Pitch" package will help you decide by clarifying the publishing marketplace and your options for choosing the right path. If you're seeking an literary agent, you'll get guidance on preparing your story synopsis and query letter. This package includes a targeted list of literary agents or publishers to pitch to that is curated for your book, evaluation and feedback on your synopsis and query letter, and a one-hour 1:1 coaching call to answer your questions and help you develop a comprehensive pitch strategy.
Built into all of the above packages are tips, strategies, and tools to help you stay motivated, move forward, and maintain momentum to achieve your publishing goals. As your book coach, I'll help motivate you to show up and do your best work and encourage you to silence the voices—internal and external—that make you doubt yourself or derail your intentions. Together, we’ll work on what it takes to keep you on your publishing journey. And then, we'll celebrate together!
If you have questions or need help with specific problems about any aspect of your book project, from writing to pitching—you can book a single Zoom + editorial feedback session, or a series of monthly sessions.
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These can typically be scheduled with minimal notice.
Getting Started: Building Blocks for Book: $995 for step-by-step instructions on how to transform your story idea into the book you can be proud of. With focus on fundamentals and story craft, this package includes exercises, supplemental resources, outline review and feedback, and comprehensive one-to-one coaching sessions with prioritized next steps. It is ideal if you're ready to start writing or you're looking to revise an existing manuscript (discounted small-group pricing is available for this package and will vary depending on size of the group).
Manuscript Review & Refinement: Starting at $1,500. Up to 70,000 words, includes written feedback of your finished manuscript with prioritized next steps and a 1:1 comprehensive coaching session.
Prepare to Submit: The Pitch: $1,500 for agent research and a 1:1 comprehensive coaching session to help hone your pitch strategy. If you're seeking an agent, your manuscript is complete and polished, and you want to explore traditional publishing routes, this package is for you.
Single Session: $75 per one-hour Zoom call, includes written summary of session
Series of Sessions: Pricing varies
This is a sentence-level review addressing the quality and style of sentences. It focuses on word choice, sentence structure, and flow of language. It’s for a manuscript that’s complete, well-organized, and effectively structured. Line editors tighten the writing, increase clarity, and ensure that the language communicates the author’s ideas in the most effective and compelling way.
This may overlap with line editing, but it’s chiefly concerned with correcting problems related to grammar and punctuation and with making all elements conform to a particular style guideline.
This is the last stage in the manuscript review process. It is performed on a fully edited, copyedited, designed, formatted, and printed version of a book. The proofreader not only looks for typos and typesetting issues and sometimes fixes problems not caught in copyediting, but also corrects problems in headers, page numbering, and line breaks.
Line Editing/Copyediting/Proofreading: $75 per hour
Synopsis & Query Letter Edit: $150