Yes, you want to write a book
It would be great if you could get away without writing a book; but, let’s face it, you can’t. So I’m going to teach you exactly what you need to know to write a powerful book. For you. For your business. For your future.
Here’s what you really want
Clout
Money
Clarity
Confidence
Authority
Gravitas
Impact
Nice biceps
(OK, I just threw that in.)
Here’s what I know about you
You’re Established
You’re a business owner with a signature framework, or a specialist with a body of work that should have been published already, or a service professional who needs to scale without burning out, or an entrepreneur who needs the right gateway into their more exclusive products and services, or a speaker looking for keynote positioning.
You Get Sh*t Done and You Get it Done Right
You’d rather eat glass than self-publish schlock. But right now, you could use a twelve-step program to deal with your perfectionism. Because all of that T-crossing and I-dotting is getting in the way.
You’re Ambitious
You’re willing to put your thoughts and opinions in black and white. If proof is in the pudding; you’re ready to hand your critics a veritable fork. Up until now, vaugery has kept you small and safe. It’s kept you off the stage, out of the limelight. No more.
You’re Tenacious
It’s not like you haven’t tried to write a book before. It’s just that you had no idea you’d produce such drivel. But you’ve got a job to do. You’ve got a brand to build, a message to spread, a business to catalyze, and the right clients to attract.
I’m Ann
I began my practice as a book-writing coach a decade or so ago, not just because I like driving busy people to the finish line in a sustainable way, but also because I know all the excuses for not settling down to write THE book because I invented them. In other words, I know precisely what gets in the way and how to deal with it all.
I’m not a big believer in downloads from the universe. planning, implementing & polishing is more my schtick.
It doesn’t matter that I’ve got an MFA from Harvard; or that I’ve helped dozens of experts write and publish books that changed their business trajectory; or that I’ve written THE book about writing books; or that I’m obsessed with sales and marketing, which sure comes in handy when we’re talking strategy.
It only matters that I keep entrepreneurial types just like you consistently writing and getting their signature work out the door to great acclaim. Because without a good, relevant book to your name, you aren’t going anywhere you want to go.
Haley Joel Osment may see dead people:
But I see content that sells. And I’m going to teach you to do the same.
The way I see it, you’ve pretty much got three choices
Choice 1
WRITE A BOOK ON YOUR OWN
It can be painful to write a book. Particularly when you’ve stepped out of your business and holed up in a cabin like Ernest Hemingway. It’s all or nothing: everyone knows that’s how you get the job done. But now you’ve got carpal tunnel syndrome because you’ve been typing the same three sucky pages over and over again for the last six weeks. Some days they read like a VCR user’s manual; the next, totally random musings. To make matters worse, the heat is out again. Which means you’ve got to drag yourself out the door and go chop wood. Which is sort of a relief, when you think about it, because you can’t write a thing to save your life anyway. You might as well do something useful.
Choice 2
DON’T BOTHER
It’s even worse not to have a book. Because everyone with a pulse and a publication is getting the rewards and recognition you should be getting. That lady who hands out her business card book at every event, the one who doesn’t know half the stuff you do? Well, she just landed the client you’ve been courting at five times your going rate simply because she’s “an author”. And wait! Isn’t that her on TV touting her book? Since when did SHE become the go-to expert?
Choice 3
WORK WITH ME
Let’s fix this nonsense and get you a published book.
See how short that story was?
Give me your hazy vision, your plethora of excuses, your darkest fears.
And I’ll give you my undivided attention, my creative ideas, and the solution to (almost) all of your writing problems. For just one hour(ish). Or throughout the whole daunting book-writing process.