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6 Platform-Building Strategies for Nonfiction Authors
For spooky season, we’re tackling one of the most intimidating and crucial steps for nonfiction authors, especially authors who are looking to traditionally publish: building a visible platform to reach their target audience. Publishers often weigh an author’s platform equally
Use Your Story to Change the World
Have you ever wondered how to take your big idea and make it into something that actually moves the world forward? In this week’s video, Amanda speaks with speaker coach Jess Sato about how you can take your ideas, your
Memoir Mistakes that can Derail your Book
Writing any kind book can be a daunting task, but writing a memoir comes with its own set of specific hurdles that fiction, self-help, and academic writers don’t necessarily have face. In helping our coaching clients and Memoir Method group,
How Professionals Beat Writer’s Block
We’re breaking into spooky October (my favorite time of year) with tackling one of writer’s scariest foes: writer’s block. Many authors struggle with this, but like many shadowy monsters, the idea of the beast is worse than the actual creature.
How to Decide Where Your Memoir Ends
One of the common questions we get from our coaching clients and Memoir Method group is how to decide where your memoir ends. After all, in many ways, you’re still living the story. You’re not done learning yet, you have
What Published Authors Know that You Don’t
If you’re working on your first book, it can be intimidating to look at all the successful books out there and wonder how they managed it. If you frequent Facebook or Reddit groups of authors, there’s a new success story
