Book Cover Consult

Book Cover Consult

My friend and client, Jane Hiatt, is just finishing up a book about hypnosis and trauma called Deep Medicine for Trauma: 5 Powerful Treatments for Healing That Experts Have Overlooked, based on her years of working in that arena. The stories of people coming to terms...
Author Website

Author Website

As clients finish their books and move from writing and editing to thinking about self-publishing and book promotion, the question of whether they need a website usually comes up. The answer is a decisive, “That depends.” If you’re playing around with a novel or a...
How to Check a Book Proof

How to Check a Book Proof

Over the last few months, half a dozen of my writing coach clients have finished their books. After celebrating that accomplishment, we jumped into book cover design consults, reviewed samples of both the cover and the interior pages, asked for tweaks on both and then...
Launching a Book

Launching a Book

As more and more of the writing coach clients I work with get published or opt to self-publish, I find myself increasingly talking about launching a book. So, let’s talk about launching your book. You’ve fretted and sweated to write your book. If you’ve...
Celebrating Fanchon Blake–Again

Celebrating Fanchon Blake–Again

Without ever saying a word, my dad taught me to celebrate every writing-related win. You finished your rough draft? Celebrate! You finished the second draft? Celebrate! Your book sold? Celebrate! Your book just got published? Celebrate! So, yes, I celebrated when Open...