Vital

vi·tal | \ vī-tᵊl \

a: of the utmost importance b: fundamentally concerned with or affecting life or living beings

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Life is too short to leave your vital prose and your passion untapped. As an Author Accelerator-certified book coach, a certified editor, and an award-winning writer, I meet developing authors where their values are while providing empowering guidance for works that help readers step into a more engaged life. I collaborate with mission-driven writers at the book idea and outline stage, proposal development stage, or when ready for structural and voice/style, or full manuscript, feedback.

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Sample Vital Book Projects

Cover of book Planetary Eating that shows a few cow in baked ranchland.

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Authors' Feedback

I felt a bit all over the place with my content before working with Barbra. Her feedback and expectations on ways to refine my book idea were consistently clear, and she listened to my perspective. I developed more clarity on the work’s focus and on organizing the content to meet reader needs, and confidence in my idea. Having an “outside” perspective to guide developing a book proposal for my motherhood topic has also been surprisingly helpful. And I now know how to approach proposal sections and the quality of writing needed.

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About Barbra

Barbra A. Rodriguez is a certified book coach, editor, and ghostwriter who provides clear, in-your-corner feedback to guide developing authors of works that help readers step into a more engaged life, whether through compelling self-help, memoir, or other nonfiction, or historical fiction.

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