The Intro Video: You begin by watching a one-hour intro video that guides you through the basics of commercial publishing and sets you up to understand how it’s different from academic publishing—a critical mindset shift

Hands-On Editing: Once we have the voice and the overall concept nailed down, you’ll be matched with an editor from our team of publishing industry professionals, who will work closely with you over several weeks to produce all the key elements of a successful proposal and writing sample. All our editors come with many years of experience at trade presses, including Big 5 New York publishers, and all have worked previously with academics making the transition to trade.

One-Hour Consult with John: At this point, John will read your proposal and writing sample and schedule a one-hour consultation with you, aimed at increasing your chances of success with an agent—as well as assessing whether your project makes sense for the Scholars to Storytellers network of agents.

Agent Introductions on CASE-BY-CASE basis: Unlike most of our packages, the introduction to agents is NOT assumed here. Instead, John will give you an honest assessment of your chances, and will send your proposal out to his network of literary agents ONLY if he believes it has clear potential.

BONUS: Group Coaching: You also receive access to our popular group coaching program for the duration of your contract. This is a brilliant, dynamic group of scholars who meet twice a month with John and exchange tips, tricks, challenges and obstacles along the road to writing for a general audience. This is a subscription plan that costs $127/month but is FREE for private coaching clients!