Coaching a student on her book proposal

Let’s get your proposal done!

🔥 In spring 2027, I will be leading an application-only, intimate and intensive live Book Proposal mastermind for 12 ambitious women. (Nonfiction only.)

 

 

 

Query Like a Pro

Limited time sale on my most popular course — Find your literary agent!

I’ll teach you the proven system that has helped my students land literary agents and book deals. I’ll give you all the tools and personalized advice you need to make your query stand out.

The complete library of my video lessons, screenshares and tutorials PLUS 30 pages of tools, including

  • Workbook to help you recognize and impress the right agents for your book

  • Swipe file of easy personalized openings

  • Worksheets to easily distill your entire book into 200 attention-getting words

  • Cheat sheet to write your bio, even if you don't have an MFA, big platform, or publishing experience

  • Book Proposal Template

  • Synopsis worksheet to distill your entire book into a compelling 1-3 pages

  • Customizable submission tracker to stay organized

  • Follow up script that prompts responses

  • 5 questions to ask an agent when they make an offer

  • Example Synopses

  • Sample Query Letters


 

 

“As Seen In” Academy

Build your platform quickly through big media.

In this super accessible, on-demand training, you’ll learn…

• How to find and connect with journalists

• How to give good quotes

• How to structure a compelling essay

• Where, when, and how to pitch your stories and interviews

+ Much more

My students have been seen in places like Harper’s, the Los Angeles Times, Women’s Health, Ms. magazine, Today, and The Atlantic.

Where will you be featured?

 
 

Breakthrough Book Proposal

In 8 weeks, you’ll go from dreaming up ideas to wowing agents and publishers with your kick-ass book proposal. Step-by-step program with recorded lessons on every piece of a proposal and interviews with agents and publishers, plus templates, worksheets, and examples of real proposals that sold.

 
 

The Title Toolkit

A hands-on guide to writing an irresistible title.

I created this when one of my Query Like a Pro students was struggling with her title, and it’s now one of my favorite tools. Inside, I give you my best advice, based on nearly 20 years of publishing experience, and I’ll hand you examples, prompts, exercises, and a step-by-step process to help you finally land on that attention-grabbing title.

  • The 5 elements of a good title

  • 3 things to avoid in a title

  • More than 300 attention-grabbing titles to inspire you (+why they work)

  • 16 formulas for writing powerful titles

  • Simple but effective prompts and exercises to generate ideas you'd never think of

  • A 3-step process to pull it all together and choose your winning title