Would your ideas, methods, tips, or stories, make a good book or article?

But what if you are not a writer, or don’t have time to write?

Here’s a secret:

You can be an author, even if you’re not a writer!

If you’re in business, a book or article adds to your credibility immediately. It can make you an industry authority.

Perhaps you have invented a new and better way to build a mousetrap, and you want your prospective customers and clients to know about it.

Perhaps you want to give your clients compelling reasons to seek out your product or service, in newsletters, informational pamphlets, articles on the web or in trade magazines, website content, manuals or workbooks.

If your life has taught you wisdom, share it with others!

Perhaps you have discovered some secrets of success to learning, loving or living.

Perhaps you want to preserve the life story of someone extraordinary.

All writing projects are unique and follow their own individual process. But when authoring a book with Primary Sources, here are some things that this process might include:

I offer a free 30-45 minute consultation to discuss your project, answer your questions, and let us “feel each other out.” Then you will be given an individual quote.

We will sign an agreement, detailing who does what and assuring that the credit and profits from your book or article belong to YOU.

You’ll lend me anything that will help me “get inside your head”, which may include applicable marketing materials, research you may have collected, jottings on napkins or notes from your diary, journal entries, letters, proposed outlines, any audio or video recordings that may apply, and so on.

I’ll do some research to prepare questions, and then I’ll conduct and tape interviews with you, as many as necessary.

I’ll help you focus your topic and define your target readers, and come up with a title (or choice of titles), and a preliminary organization and structure.

Then I’ll write the book or article for you, using color, detail, mood, characterization, drama, humor, or whatever is necessary to present the material in the most compelling way.

I’ll provide a first rough draft for you to approve or change, as well as “checkpoints” along the way. (Extensive changes may alter the quoted cost.)

Then I’ll rewrite and finalize the book or article and – you are an author!

For a "mini-abridged" e-book version of You Can Be An Author, Even If You're Not a Writer for just $4.95, please email me.

Types of Work I Have Done