The Best Advice I’ve Gotten About Writing a Book

In 2020 I started working with a coach. In our work together, she mentioned that three things are crucial to entrepreneurial success.

Patience.

Certainty.

Consistency.

And this is true for book publishing as well. In fact, it’s the best advice I’ve heard for entrepreneurs and experts like you who want to become authors.

In Author Platform Builders, I share a blueprint for achieving the energy, editorial content, and engaged audience that I see in bestselling authors. This blueprint shows the path our members take to “graduate” and work with us on writing a book proposal (which leads to a book deal).

Although the timeline varies a lot from member to member, most Author Platform Builders will spend three to five years building their audience, crafting their content, and establishing themselves as leaders in their niches.

At one time or another, every single Author Platform Builder has complained about that timeline.

Three to five years is a lot of time to spend on a goal that may or may not happen. (Remember, even when I write a kickass book proposal, there’s no guarantee of success because publishing is subjective.) In fact, a lot of people who apply to work with us decide that it’s…