Book Alchemy: Turn Your Expertise Into Impact
You have a wealth of knowledge and experience and want to share that with the world. That is what your book is for! This package will help you set the foundations for your book by identifying your purpose and positionality, your ideal reader, your book structure, and the place and impact of your book in the world. – $1650.00. Price includes drafting and one complete revision.
The Book Proposal
Development of the formal proposal for your book, ready for presentation to an agent or publisher – $1650.00. Price includes drafting and one complete revision.
The Sample Chapter
Developmental editing for the structure, coherence, voice and polish of this crucial component of the Book Proposal package. – $500. Price includes two rounds of revision.
The Pitch Package
Identification of likely agents and publishers, development of your query letter for approaching them, and a strategy for pitching your book. – $1875.00.
Developmental Editing of Your Manuscript
Editorial review of the logic, voice, coherence, effectiveness and arc of your manuscript, in regularly scheduled installments. – $4050.00
Editorial review of individual chapters is also available.
Workshops
YOUR BOOK: What Will It Be and Who Will It Be For?
A 3-hour intensive to get you launched on the book you have been imagining. We will do deep, essential work on —
-Imagining the place and impact of your book in the world
-Your why for writing this book
-Your unique positionality for writing this book
-The core message of your book
-Identifying the reader that is hungry for your book
-Articulating the transformative power your book will hold for them
YOUR BOOK: Building Your Reader’s Journey
This 3-hour workshop is for people who are just beginning their books or who are struggling with their book’s direction. Through structured but creative prompts, we will outline the reader’s journey that will shape your book for greatest impact while giving you a clear path for getting your book written.
YOUR BOOK: Getting Your Book Into Your Reader’s Hands
Today’s authors are expected to market as well as write their books. This is a workshop for people at any stage of writing who are just beginning to think about how they will navigate this responsibility. Using a lens of opportunity, we will explore ways to make marketing not just manageable, but a means to a better book.
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The Posner Writers’ Cohort
The Cohort is a space for regular, concentrated and supported writing in a community of writers. We meet on Friday morning from 9AM to 10:30AM (MST) in the beautiful boardroom of the Posner Center for International Development, with Zoom access for writers to participate remotely. $110 for 6-punch digital card; $88 for Posner members.