Custom consultations—BYOT(opics)
A customized hour of consultation time with me for any concern, questions, or area of struggle you’d like to explore and discuss (within my fields of expertise).
Some of the topics I can help with:
- Any area of craft, relative to fiction, including specific areas of story you may be struggling with in a particular manuscript
- Editing/revision questions and concerns: How to approach an edit most effectively, how to gain objectivity, how to create an effective revision plan, or any concerns/questions you have in these areas
- Analyzing, processing, and utilizing feedback, including rejections, and assessing your story’s marketability
- Career development and questions (ask me about your particular situation)
- Submission/pitch materials: Query letters, synopses, loglines, etc. (fiction only)
What I can’t help with:
- Social media, platform building, publicity, and other marketing and promotion questions
- Website design, writing software, or other technical questions
- Specific legal or financial advice relative to your business
- Book proposals
- Referrals or introductions to agents or editors
- Book coaching
- Copyediting or proofreading your manuscript
- Memoir, poetry, nonfiction, YA/children’s books and certain other genres
If I can’t help you directly, I may be able to suggest trusted experts who can—ask me.
Cost:
$300
Custom quote provided depending on each author’s specific situation.