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✍️ Tandem Services Editing & Coaching: Holiday marketing plans and AI tools
Empowering you to write the stories of your heart and increasing your impact with a book.
Hello Reader,
Helpful information for your writing career each month
In this issue:
Marketing. The holidays are almost here. Time to maximize book sales.
Update. NaNoWriMo and 20Books Vegas
Craft. AI writing tools
Where you can find me
This month’s book recommendation
Marketing: The holidays are almost here. Time to maximize book sales
Did you know 25% of all books sold in a year are sold in these last…

✍️ Tandem Services Editing & Coaching: Prepping for NaNo & editing webinar this Friday
Empowering you to write the stories of your heart and increasing your impact with a book.
Hello Reader,
Helpful information for your writing career each month
In this issue:
Webinar. Everything you wanted to know about editing but were afraid to ask
Craft. Prepping for National Novel Writing Month
Craft. The Novel Blueprint Signature System
Where you can find me
This month’s book recommendation
Webinar: Everything you wanted to know about editing but were afraid to ask
This has been one of…

✍️ Tandem Services Editing & Coaching: The Venn Diagram of Your Great Book
Empowering you to write the stories of your heart and increasing your impact with a book.
Hello Reader,
Helpful information for your writing career each month
In this issue:
Craft. The Venn/Genius Diagram of your book
The authorpreneur conference you need
Where you can find me
This month’s book…

Why a lot of writing advice is wrong
Writing a book takes a lot of mental energy. Give your creative well time to refill with regular breaks.
Do you have a plan for your writing this year?
There are a lot of sayings around planning. And you hear a lot of them this time of year. There’s definitely some truth to that. But most of us don’t have lives…

Story Structure: what’s the brain got to do with it?
Brain Science: Getting story structure right Part of what makes storytelling so magical is that the brain is a willing and active participant. And this applies to fiction and nonfiction works. And…

When should you put a new cover on your book?
There can be a lot of expenses when you are launching a book, especially at the beginning of your writing career when you don’t have the royalties coming into to cover the…

On the PodCast: You need a book
Such a fun time as Jen and Jenn from the Faith-Filled Entrepreneur talk about why you need a book and how writing a book can open so many doors for consultants, coaches,…
On the Podcast: Why entrepreneurs need to write a book
Jennifer talks with Erik about how writing a book can help entrepreneurs increase their impact and the biggest lessons she’s learned as an entrepreneur. It’s always so fun to be on a…
How to write a good book? Join our Writing workday October 9!
WHAT IS It A half-day Writing Workday where we set the foundation for how to write a good book. We dig in to our WIPs (works in progress), fiction or nonfiction, and…
Nonfiction writers, continued
Story in nonfiction writing To show you how the story journey works in writing nonfiction books, let’s go on a journey with one of your clients. We’ll call her Mia. Mia has…
Nonfiction writing
It’s all about story. Even for nonfiction writing. Wait. What? You might say, “Jen, I think I’m on your wrong list. I’m writing nonfiction. I’ve got clients I’m trying to help. I’ve…
Fiction Writers
Stay tuned. I have good stuff coming for you ASAP.

Hope for the Chronically Disorganized (and the Horizontal Organizer)
Are you a horizontal organizer? There are plenty of articles out there on getting organized. Let’s face it, it’s pretty hard to write if you can’t find your computer, your desk, or…

How to keep writing during difficult times
We are finally moving into cooler weather after record-breaking heat. We’ve also had a record number of fires and fire season is just beginning. While I’d like to think that, because we…