How I Built My Book Coaching Business

If you’ve wondered exactly what it takes to build a successful book coaching business, now is your chance to get the inside scoop.

Suzette Mullen is a 62-year-old former lawyer, who has built a beautiful book coaching business that suits her lifestyle and serves her clients. Her business is mission-driven, heart-centered, and allows for plenty of time to travel and write. In fact, her first book was published in February by the University of Wisconsin Press.

How did she do it?

Listen to Author Accelerator CEO Jennie Nash walk through the 7 Steps to Building a Book Coaching Business with Suzette illuminating each step in her journey. It’s an hour-long video.

“It’s never too late to say yes to your life. It’s never too late to live out loud. It’s never too late for a new beginning. It’s never too late to write a new story for yourself.”

— Suzette Mullen

The best book coaches are people just like you

Hi I’m Jennie, founder and CEO of Author Accelerator

We are in the business of helping book coaches level up their editorial and entrepreneurial skills so they can give writers a fighting chance in this crazy marketplace. We know the kinds of people who become great book coaches. . .

It’s not necessarily people who have had massive success as writers themselves.*

It’s not necessarily people who have secured agents, book deals, degrees, or awards, or who have ever run a business before**

It’s not necessarily people who know how to engage millions on TikTok with a book-ish dance.***

It’s people who could spend all day talking about books, who get excited by the idea of lifting up other writers, and who are ready to be in charge of their time, their money, and their work life. In other words, it’s people who finally listened to their heart.

Does this sound like work you want to do? Check out our FAQ videos:

* If this is you, you will have an advantage in marketplace intelligence.

** If this is you, you will be able to build on your experience to help other writers succeed.

*** If this is you, you probably don’t need anything we can teach!

“I was an English major who didn’t realize the world valued what I had to offer. An ability to inspire writers to do their best work? To keep them on track so they actually finished their books? To understand the nuances of how to structure a story or a nonfiction narrative and make it sing? When I turned my gifts for helping writers into a multiple-six-figure business, I finally began to believe it. Now my mission is to help other people with these gifts believe it too.”
— Jennie Nash

FAQs

  • Yes! You can learn more about it HERE.

  • It depends on what you bring to the table. Some of our book coaches bring considerable talents from other industries and other careers. Others are starting from scratch. We don’t offer a cookie-cutter system for starting a business; we help you build a business that works for you. We provide training, resources, and support in our membership community after certification.

    You can learn more about the support we offer for starting your business here.

  • Jennie Nash is the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator and a working book coach. Her own coaching clients have landed top New York agents and six-figure book deals with traditional publishing houses such as Penguin, Scribner, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette, and won dozens of national indie book awards. Client KJ Dell’Antonia’s novel, The Chicken Sisters, was an instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Client Jenn Lim’s business book, Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact, was a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Jennie is the author of 11 books in 3 genres, including. Blueprint for a Nonfiction Book: Plan and Pitch Your Idea; Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out; and Read Books All Day and Get Paid For It: The Business of Book Coaching. You can read more about her HERE