Personal Consulting or Mentoring/Coaching
TWO KINDS OF CONSULTING
You can get assistance with particular problems you are facing in one session or get longer-term coaching/mentoring.
1. Consulting About a Particular Writing, Editing, Publishing, or Book Marketing Issue
Eliminate confusion or expensive mistakes. Get trustworthy, expert knowledge about writing, editing, publishing or book marketing.
Get a specific answer to your specific question. I provide time and money-saving options to aid your decision-making process. Don’t trust advice from strangers on Facebook or elsewhere. Get insight from an experienced writing and publishing professional. I am available when you need me in most cases.
A consulting session normally deals with a particular issue or several related issues.
A 45-minute consulting session is $97 payable when the consultation session is booked. Session time is not transferable to later sessions, and payment is not refundable. You may wish to book additional sessions as you move through the writing, editing, publishing, and book promotion process.
We’ll communicate by either email, face-to-face by Zoom, or by telephone in the US. It’s your choice. The time can be used in any way you wish. I will answer any questions, help you define your strategy, and make recommendations about writing, publishing, or book promotion concerns.
I often email additional resources to clients after the session, so you will always get maximum value for your session time.
This is a one-time session that you can repeat as different issues arise. If you would like ongoing support as you write your book, please see my coaching/mentoring program.
Does consulting or coaching ensure your success? Nothing does that. But you can end the self-doubt, get encouragement, and get reliable answers to your questions and have a clear action path. That has tremendous value for first-time authors, and for established authors who get caught in a rut.
Contact me here and tell me briefly about your needs. Let me how you want to communicate and the best times (2 or 3 options, including evenings if you wish), and I’ll get back to you promptly to confirm one of your preferences.
See my credentials here. See what clients have said about my work.
2. Longer-Term Mentoring/Coaching
In the Mentoring/Coaching process, I’m able to guide and encourage you from idea through writing, publishing, and marketing.
Mentoring/Coaching is a mutual commitment between us. I become available to you on an ongoing basis. Limited offer.
What You Receive
Mentoring is done on an ongoing basis in three-month units. The fee for the entire three-month term is $2,799.* Each month includes relevant input and insight in these and other areas:
- Intake conversation about your book and your writing goals.
- Outline or manuscript assessment if you already have a work-in-progress.
- Research and writing strategy plan. We create it together regardless if you are starting fresh or have a work-in-progress.
- Market research for your book topic. I help you discover if your book has sales potential.
- Work-in-Progress manuscript assessments as you write (up to two book portions per month including your revisions). This is the heart of our work together. I provide written assessments/suggestions to help you keep on course.
- Up to three 30-minute in-depth monthly discussions about your work-in-progress, assessments or other book-related matters of your choice.
- Short occasional email exchanges^ (up to three weekly exchanges) when you face immediate needs.
- When I offer ideas or rewrite small portions of your work to demonstrate alternatives, my work product belongs to you. My job as a mentor is to empower you, not take credit for enhancements I may add to your work.
- Templates, videos, and techniques to help you become a more efficient, interesting writer.
- Evaluate your publishing options (self, indie, or traditional) with you.
- Offer proven resources (agents, editors, cover artists, book formatting, etc.).
- Email tips and encouragement. I become your accountability partner.
Get the Ongoing Help and Encouragement You Need to Complete Your Book
This is one of the most comprehensive mentoring programs available. You not only receive mentioning about practical writing and publishing matters, but you also receive encouragement and inspiration based on your particular needs.
Have questions about my mentoring program? Contact me here.
NOTES
* The three-month fee is payable in advance and is subject to our refund policy. Sometimes new authors find reasons to suspend or give up their writing efforts after a month or so, and that goes against the purpose of the mentoring/coaching process. Our mentoring/coaching commitment to each other is regular and ongoing, not “stop and go” over the period longer than three months.
Of course, we all have exceptional life events. If you have a significant one, like a death in the family or a major medical event, you can ask in advance to suspend engagement for up to 45 days once during any three-month term. This is a mutually agreeable postponement we discuss in advance. Going beyond the time limit is deemed a cancellation of service.
Most people can complete their book in three months under my mentorship, but a few extend for a second three-month term. In those cases, I offer a $300 discount from the above fee.
+ All communication is by video Zoom or email internationally. Also, by telephone in the US. Your choice.
^ An email “exchange” is when you write me an email and I respond to it. Each subsequent permutation is another exchange.
All client contact is confidential.
