A Change You Should Know About

Y’all I am exhausted. 

Not by helping people write books, because that’s what I love to do. 

But by explaining over and over and over again what it takes to get a book published.

Mostly for free, and most often to folks who feel disappointed, discouraged, or even angry with me about the reality of book publishing.

Which is this: You must have an audience for your book to be commercially viable.

Note the part about being “commercially viable” — which to me means that a literary agent and traditional publisher will be interested in working with you because they believe your book will sell thousands and thousands of copies. 

Let me be clear: Having a commercially viable book doesn’t happen because you have a great idea. It happens because you have an audience and proven content that gets results for thousands of people … before a book is out in the world.

And I’m happy to help you with that — when you’re ready to take that on. 

In the past year, my team and I have talked directly to over 200 people. 

And that doesn’t count me responding to your emails and DMs, writing (hopefully) helpful emails and blog posts, and sharing what I know on social media.

What I’ve found is that most folks need time to process. 

Learning that traditional publishing requires you to have a large audience (usually more than 100,000 people), be willing to promote yourself constantly to sell 20,000+ books in the first year, and spending a few years becoming visible, testing your content, and growing an engaged audience while also doing everything you’re doing now — 

It’s a lot to take in on a single 30-minute call.

So I’m doing us both a favor. I am no longer offering consultations for folks who don’t have a substantial audience (yet).

Instead, here’s how it’s going to work.

I am going to encourage everybody who gets my emails, reads this blog, follows me on social media, or is interested in working with me to take the quiz. This is my way of saying thank you because by answering eight questions you will get an answer to the #1 question.

How and when will I get my book published?