Do you have a book you want to write?
Finding it tough going on your own?
As a two-time New York Times bestselling writer
—as well as an editor of other bestsellers and a writing coach to bestselling writers—
I can help you unearth and share your story and/or your message.
Whether I work with you as a book consultant, writing coach, editor, or writer,
or through my Boost Your Business with a Book e-course,
together we’ll make your content sound like you–only better.
It all starts with a chat and/or some sloppy copy.
Call me for a free 20-minute chemistry and project consultation and I’ll explain.
Or if you’re looking for a simple self-publishing solution,
check out Incubation Press, our sister site.
Getting Your Book In the Library
Want to get your book in the library? I just put together, with the help of my associate Keri Barnum, a mailing that went out to more than seven thousand librarians. The e-blast contained eleven books, each promoted with a book cover, sales copy, and links to the...
Success Story: Sam Simon’s The Actual Dance
"You've got to let readers know this story has a happy ending," line editor Kelly Byrd wrote me in an email after working on my writing coach client Sam Simon's manuscript. As it turns out, Sam's memoir, The Actual Dance, doesn't just have one happy ending, it has...
Writing Lessons From my Dogs: Seize the Moment
I've talked a lot about how writers will never find the time to work on their books. They have to make the time. And I've lived by that. But with my new puppy, I've realized that sometimes you have to seize the moment the second it presents itself. That's pretty much...
Writing Dialogue to Advance Plot & Character
Most writers realize that writing dialogue can be a way to show rather than tell a story. Too often, however, they'll take a long expository passage, put quotes around it and let a character make what amounts to a speech. For starters, that's not how most of us talk....
The Pre-Book
In Judy Blume's MasterClass about writing for younger readers, the mega-bestselling children's book author talks about how she saves news clippings and scribbles ideas for plots, characters and their backstories, snippets of conversation she overhears, and dialogue...























