At Author Accelerator, we're on a mission to elevate the work of book coaches from the underpaid, side-hustle, feast-or-famine freelancer space into a respected and viable career.
We’re teaching people the coaching insights, business strategies, editorial efficiencies, and money mindset they need to take a seat at the table of the new economy. 💰
In our ten years in business, we’ve certified over 300 book coaches. They used to be teachers and professors, librarians and lawyers, copywriters and content producers.
Now they’ve replaced their teacher income. They’ve cracked six figures. They’re doing work they love. ❤️
Sound intriguing?
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Were you that kid who dreamed of a life in books? The one who hid under the covers with a flashlight reading past bedtime? The one who wanted to be Jo from Little Women?
Maybe books saved you from loneliness, boredom, anxiety, or chaos and your passion for them has never dimmed.
Becoming a book coach allows you to work in that powerful space of possibility. That’s because your job as a book coach is to help harness other people’s creative genius.
You teach people who are eager to learn exactly what you have to offer and are grateful for the guidance.
You coach people through a complex intellectual and creative journey, helping them structure their ideas, complete their projects, and overcome their doubts.
You do work that is deeply transformative to your writers (and to you).
You choose exactly what kinds of books to work on so that every project is a passion project.
Come learn how in a new free training from Author Accelerator CEO Jennie Nash. You can watch right now.
The link is in our bio.
Jennie Nash hosts a #amwriting podcast Book Lab with certified book coach Sabrina Estudio Butler of @unpolished.words , who specializes in helping women of color finish projects and works in fiction and nonfiction. They focus on nonfiction and memoir submissions, evaluating whether they’d pick up the book or turn the page.
#booklab #writingcommunity #writersofinsta
Jennie Nash hosts a Write Big session of the #amwriting podcast introducing an “arena” metaphor for writers, inspired by Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly (and Teddy Roosevelt’s “man in the arena” quote), Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering, and Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
Jennie argues that writers, like performers, intentionally gather an audience and should be clear about who they want in the “seats,” what experience they want readers to have, and what energy and feedback they want in return. Using Swift’s deliberate creation of emotionally meaningful, immersive moments and audience delight, Nash urges writers to stop playing safe, claim full creative power, and step into the spotlight with purpose.
She emphasizes that internal satisfaction comes from making what matters first, and that external rewards follow from writing big, not the other way around.
#writersofinsta #writingcommunity #writebig
Andrew returns with his latest blueprint for a gothic mystery, and the coaching quickly zeroes in on what will make it work: a clear, compelling villain and twists that truly land. With help from thriller coach and Thrillerfest executive director @authorsamanthaskal , the discussion unpacks the hidden layer of the story—what the villain is actually doing—and how that contrasts with the protagonist’s assumptions.
As they dig in, it becomes clear that strengthening the mystery means making the murders more personal, introducing a convincing false suspect, and mapping both the visible story and the truth underneath it. By the end, Andrew has a sharper path forward: deepen the villain’s motive, raise the stakes earlier, and build each twist so it feels both surprising and inevitable.
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In this latest Hot Seat Coaching episode where Jennie coaches Andrew Parella, Andrew Lands on a Single POV—and Must Choose an Ending
Jennie Nash coaches podcast producer Andrew Parella through the third “hot seat” session of his Blueprint revision, where he gains clarity that his protagonist should be the sole point-of-view character, with other perspectives delivered through discovered diaries, letters, and papers from her mother Mina and her uncle Van Helsing.
After completing a stronger Inside Outline, Andrew understands that each scene’s “point” must be expressed through his protagonist’s meaning-making, which makes the story feel more alive but reveals key issues: an ending that doesn’t yet pay off and several underused setups.
Jennie urges Andrew to leverage Mina’s influence earlier, make vampires more present in the world, and more. They focus on raising stakes, making the “all is lost” moment harder, and forcing a decisive, morally resonant ending beyond simply solving the murders.
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See you there!
In this first installment of Margin Notes on the #AmWriting podcast—a new series on the big decisions writers face—we explore a question many writers quietly carry:
When life falls apart, do you keep writing… or step away?
Jennie is joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Diana Hill, author of Wise Effort, for a conversation about grief, illness, recovery and the psychology of returning to your work. Dr. Hill will help us explore the emotional and cognitive side of a creative life.
Whether you’re navigating loss or a major life transition, this episode offers a compassionate way back to the page—on your own terms.
#writingcommunity
When you find yourself spiraling over a structural choice—looping between two different plot points or debating a table of contents—it’s easy to treat it as a technical puzzle to be solved with logic. But as book coach Jennie Nash explores in this episode, the hardest writing decisions usually aren’t about craft; they are about courage.
Inspired by a profound "hot seat" moment with writer Andrew Parella, Jennie discusses how the simple question "Why is this so hard for me?" can reveal where you are "playing small." Whether you're deciding the scope of a nonfiction argument or the emotional vulnerability of a memoir, being stuck often means you are hovering between a safe version of your book and the big, ambitious version that actually wants to be written.
This session is a call to align your head with your heart and step into the bigger power your project is asking of you.
#writebig
Producer Andrew Parrella Claims His Own Gothic World
In this follow-up session, Jennie Nash checks in with producer-turned-novelist Andrew Parrella, who returns to the “hot seat” with a major breakthrough. After a week of “staring at the screen and walking the dog,” Andrew realizes he has been “writing small” to keep the project manageable. By leaning too heavily on the existing framework of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, he was inadvertently stifling his own creativity. He decides to “embrace the big,” shifting the story from a cautious tribute into a standalone Historical Gothic Mystery. This evolution includes a high-stakes world-building choice: making vampires a known, though unaccepted, part of the public consciousness in 1920s London, adding a layer of modern resonance and social tension to the atmosphere of dread.
The duo also digs into the “glaring holes” that surface when a writer decides to expand their narrative scope. Andrew identifies a need for deeper research into the Suffragette movement to ensure his protagonist’s familial history feels integrated rather than “tacked on.” By connecting the mystery of the protagonist’s mother to historical activism, Andrew finds a way to ground the supernatural elements in a more 3D reality. As they grapple with the structural puzzle of Point of View—weighing the benefits of including voices from the past versus staying close to the present—Jennie challenges Andrew to choose the perspective that best amplifies the protagonist’s transformation and the secrets hidden within a mysterious Gladstone bag.
After ten years of the #amwriting podcast, KJ, Jess, and Sarina are marking a milestone—and a transition. In this episode, the longtime hosts reflect on what the writing world looked like when the show began and share their best advice for writers trying to do meaningful work. They also pass the microphone to Jennie, who will carry the podcast into its next chapter.
Moving forward, Jennie will keep the show focused on helping writers do their best work and make smart decisions about their writing lives. Expect familiar features and new conversations, including Write Big solo episodes, Book Lab breakdowns of listener submissions, coaching sessions with writers across genres, and Margin Notes exploring the thinking behind creative choices.
Check out this episode of the #AmWriting podcast to hear Jennie coach Andrew's blueprint!
Fresh off completing the Blueprint challenge, Andrew shares his gothic horror premise: a Dracula-inspired story set in 1920s London, where Abriana Harker—the daughter of Mina Harker—faces a string of mysterious deaths unfolding against the backdrop of the suffrage movement.
Jennie and Andrew pressure-test the blueprint together, refining the novel’s central point, exploring how Van Helsing’s legacy shapes the world of the story, and identifying ways to strengthen Abriana’s role so the plot is driven by her choices. Andrew leaves with clear next steps—and this is just the beginning: he’ll return in future episodes as Jennie continues coaching him through the process of developing the novel.
