Looking for a guide for your author journey? There are several types available, and many are authors themselves or former employees of major publishing houses.

Book coaches are often experts who help throughout the entire book creation process. And some specialize. Book writing coaches help you stay on track with your writing progress, book marketing coaches ensure your book sells. And many types of book consultants will help you with a focused part of your book project such as writing a book proposal to attract an agent and traditional publisher, building your base of potential buyers long before your book is finished, attracting PR coverage, etc.

Plus some offer online courses about their system or about skills many authors want to learn, or they facilitate mastermind groups of authors writing their book. There are also some unique service offerings among this group, so do your research carefully.

And if you decide to depart from this, or any similarly vetted, list read this post from Writer’s Digest about how to protect yourself from writing coach scams.

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