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Coaching Services 

The Road Map -- 

For memoir: Write your opening and closing scene and get feedback on the theme, audience, your arc of change and more. Feedback includes in-text comments and at least three 45-minute coaching calls per month and weekly written responses on submissions over 2-3 months. Investment: $2,200.

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For self-help and other nonfiction: Work with me to refine your table of contents and define the reader’s arc of change and more, based on your submissions over 2-3 months. The feedback consists of an editorial letter and 30-minute coaching call after each submission. Investment: $1,800.

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For historical fiction: Write your opening scene and get feedback on the theme, audience, genre specifics, etc. Involves 4 submissions by you and four rounds of feedback over 2-3 months. The feedback consists of an editorial letter and 30-minute coaching call after each submission. Investment: $1,800.

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The Mini Road Map -- To capture your book idea and get early feedback on it, you’ll complete a one-page summary of book-related elements (using an Author Accelerator-designed tool), and return that before our first session. At that 60-minute session, we’ll discuss your work’s theme, your writing goals, and factors such as who your ideal reader is. A 45-minute follow-up session within two weeks will cover remaining questions on the Mini Road Map, and address general marketing or publishing questions. Investment: $199.

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Book Proposal Development -- Over 12 weeks, we work back and forth to define key theme and audiences for your nonfiction book or memoir proposal*, select the most compelling comparable titles to showcase your work’s new offerings, and to develop the five other elements of a book proposal that can increase the chance of representation by literary agents (the gatekeepers for traditional publishing of nonfiction, memoir and other works). With the Proposal Development package, you’ll receive:

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  • Weekly assignments to develop proposal elements

  • At least 3 weekly meetings per month via Zoom for 45 minutes

  • Weekly written feedback on your developing proposal elements

  • A month of input on defining your book focus and readers, considering the marketplace for your work, developing the book’s outline, and discussing big-picture publishing goals; a second month on developing the overview, author summary, starting into two chapters, and comparative book details; and a third month on refining the outline, sample chapter work, and developing the marketing plan.

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Investment for nonfiction: $1,300 per month for three months, or $3,900 total. Proposal development package can be extended with additional coaching packages of a month or more, if factors such as refining the outline and overview could benefit from added time. Pitch package is available as a follow-up to Proposal Development clients seeking guidance on selecting literary agents and developing a query letter.

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Investment for memoir: $1,530 per month for three months, or $4590 total. *Memoir Proposal Development only available to writers who have previously done the Book Map process for memoir. Pitch package is available as a follow-up to Proposal Development clients seeking to develop a query letter and starter list of agents; See below for Manuscript Review service for memoir, as interested agents want to evaluate those too.

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Agent Pitch Package -- Over two or three months, we map out your outreach letter and pitch plan as you prep to share your nonfiction book proposal (and manuscript, if memoir) with these gatekeepers of traditional publishing. With the Pitch Package for previous clients, you'll receive: 

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  • Three rounds of feedback on your Query Letter

  • A starting priority list of 10 agents for you to initiate outreach with

  • A one-hour coaching call to discuss the starting agent list and how you want to prioritize the pitch order, and approaches to handling responses

  • A wrap-up document about your preferred pitch strategy 

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Investment: $1,800. See right-hand column for full proposal and manuscript review options.

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