Tools, Guidance, and Support to Bring Your Story to Life
Whether you’re outlining your first novel, preparing to publish, or building your author career, the right resources can make all the difference.
This page is your hub for the professional support designed to help you write smarter, finish stronger, and reach your readers.
Conspire Creative by Sharon Woodhouse
Conspire Creative offers strategic collaboration services for post-publishing author rewards: coaching, publishing consulting, project management, and author business development/management. Conspire Creative owner Sharon Woodhouse is a publishing consultant, book project manager, author coach, author, publisher, book business mediator, and multipreneur.
Clients have included all manner of authors, publishers, creatives, business owners, thought leaders, project leaders, consultants, scientists, academics, tradespeople, public figures, corporate dropouts, mid-lifers in transition, students, and retirees.
They have come from the arts, the trades, business, academia, law, government, medicine, engineering, science, nonprofits, museums, fundraising, finance, entertainment, media, journalism, and four different continents.
Sharon’s new book, THE PROFITABLE AUTHOR: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books, draws on over 25 years of experience as a book publisher. It’s a practical framework for building a sustainable and rewarding author life. This isn’t about chasing bestsellers or landing a movie deal (though those are nice when they happen). It’s about understanding the business of being an author and implementing proven strategies (over 1,001!) to generate multiple streams of income from your books, expertise, and experience.
https://www.conspirecreative.com/
Inkwell Writers Publishing Services by Ashley S. Hagen
Inkwell Writers provides a range of services to authors who are preparing a book for publication, ranging from professional editing and proofreading to formatting beautiful book interiors.
Working across genres, Inkwell provides the editorial support to help authors find their place in today’s fast-moving and ever-evolving publishing world.
Ashley Sargeant Hagan is an editor and publishing consultant for fiction and non-fiction books. She is also an author of traditional mysteries with a large dose of romance. She holds a B.A. in English from Belmont University and has two decades of experience as a writing coach and editor. She is the immediate past president of the Middle Tennessee chapter of Sisters in Crime.
There is no charge for an initial consultation.
Funds for Writers by C. Hope Clark
Funds for Writers is an online resource for writers with a focus on finding money to make writing a realistic career.
Other websites provide guidance on how to write, how to query, how to format manuscripts, and so on. FFW gives you direction on the funding streams including markets, competitions, awards, grants, publishers, agents, and jobs.
FFW offers a free weekly newsletter that lists semi-pro or higher paying markets and contests as well as grants, crowdfunding, contests, publishers, agents and employers.
C. Hope Clark is the award-winning South Carolina crime fiction author of the Carolina Slade Mystery Series, the Edisto Island Mystery Series, and the Craven County Mysteries. Her author savvy makes FFW an invaluable resource for today’s writer.
Recognized as A Top 101 Sites for Writers by Writer’s Digest.
Books by Women by Barbara Bos
Since 2011, Books by Women has been a trusted and vibrant platform dedicated to showcasing the work of women writers from around the world.It’s not just a blog but a supportive community.
With over 12,000 monthly readers and a global social media reach of 100K+, it’s a digital home base for a strong, engaged community of writers, readers, and literary enthusiasts.
The site offers monthly sponsorship opportunities, which is a unique way to get your book in front of a large and engaged audience.