What is a book coach?

At one of the two conferences I attended last month, one of the questions I got was: what is a book coach? Which is the perfect question for a podcast episode.

In this episode:

- a newly published book by one of my clients!

- the meetup I hosted on authors & publishing at the Alt Summit conference last month

- realizing that I haven’t talked about what a book coach is on this podcast

- certification for book coaches, and why I’m not certified or think it’s necessary

- an overview of my 20+ career history from my first job out of college to starting my business in 2020

- a big part of the way that I work as a book coach & an inside joke for WWJD with my clients

- my take on how coaching is different from editing: not all coaches are editors & not all editors are coaches

- the difference between book coaches, writing coaches, and author coaches

- what exactly a book coach can help you with, and when to engage one

- tune in next week for more on managing health & energy, regardless of what it is you’re doing, whether it’s traveling and attending conferences or your every day creative work

Links mentioned in this episode:

- Order books at bookshop.org to support independent book stores.

- Christina Larocco’s book, Crosshatch: Martha Scofield, the Forgotten Feminist (1839-1916)

- The Alt Summit conference: https://altitudesummit.com/

- Jennie Nash’s Substack, The Art & Business of Book Coaching & the post, “Book Coaching 101, Part 1: What‘s a Book Coach?”

- Jane Friedman’s book The Business of Being a Writer

- Get my list of resources for finding literary agents

- follow me on Instagram @jannamarlies

- follow Under the Gum Tree on Instagram @undergumtree

- Show notes & subscribe to More to the Story Podcast on Substack: https://moretothestorypodcast.substack.com/

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