Big Launch - Solid Platform!

Taking your book from draft to published isn't easy. Throw in all the preliminary marketing and publicity you need to do, and you're ready to run for the hills.

But ... if you want to be a successful author it must be done.

And not only must you have a stellar book that will stand above the madding crowd, you need a professional and impressive presence online.

Your Brand, Your Presence

Most aspiring authors just wing it when it comes to establishing a social media presence, not to mention an actual platform or brand. But to be successful, you need a strategic plan. That involves focusing where your audience is and reaching them with a consistent message. Social media is essentially telling your story on varying platforms, so you need to drill deep into the themes or topic of your book and create a presence based on your passion and expertise.

Over this three-month period of coaching, we will identify your best platforms, your unique brand position, and a workable editorial calendar that fits into your busy life. We'll also look at best ways to integrate your social media presence as an author with the themes or topics of your book.

Your Book

All the marketing and promotion in the world won't get you far if you don't write a terrific book. Whether fiction or nonfiction, it takes work to get a manuscript to a professional, marketable level. To be a successful author, you must study best sellers similar to your book, examining structure, writing style, and voice. Certainly all the elements that make a solid and successful book can't be learned by cramming over three months, but huge strides can be made when you get professional feedback on your writing and book structure, which is what this coaching focuses on.

What Your Package Includes EACH Month:

• A one-hour phone consulation with Catharine about your online presence
• A one-hour phone consultation with Susanne discussing your book's story elements and structure

In addition ... each month you'll have assignments and assistance in these key areas:

Month #1:

You'll consult with Catharine to assess your social media presence. We will audit your outputs and platform effectiveness. Objective: to determine how you show up online and if you are missing on key platforms.

You'll get a full critique of your scene or chapter outline from Susanne. Your objective: to perfect your outline and then make the necessary changes to your manuscript (and/or continue writing your draft to completion). After you've revised your outline, Susanne will assess whether it needs more work, and, if so, in what areas.

Month #2:

You'll focus on crafting your social media story under Catharine's expert direction. Objective: to spread your presence online far and wide in a strong, consistent, and unique style.

In month 2, Susanne will critique of your first fifty pages, giving you numerous comments and suggestions. Objective: to help you improve your skill as a writer. The critique will help you work on your writing and chapter or scene structure. Structure is important, but your writing chops need to be stellar.

Month #3

You'll be setting up your editorial calendar. Objective: to streamline and automate your calendar for greatest impact as well as to fit comfortably into your busy life.

You'll explore tools to help you perform your own self-assessment of your online presence. You can choose to manage your own social media, or we can offer services to do continued media presence on your behalf. Catharine will lay out your next steps going forward so you can build your growing presence online as an author.

In this third month, you'll submit and get a review of your revised opening scenes or chapters with a written summary from Susanne of what you need to work on to bring your book up to a publishable level. At this point you might want to move forward with another three months of coaching or consider a full manuscript critique and/or edit. It's a process!

If you're serious about writing and successfully publishing a high-quality book, then this coaching package is for you!

Here's why this is a great bargain:

If you purchased these services separately, here's what they'd cost:

6 hours of phone consultations: $900

Scene outline critique (average cost): $400

Scene outline revision critique: $300

50-page critique of chapters: $400

50-page critique of revised chapters: $320

Writing assessment: $300

Online presence evaluation: $300

Creation of an online story and presence: $400

Custom detailed editorial calendar: $300

Manage and set up social media accounts and daily strategy: $400