Consulting Services - Navigating Your Author Voyage

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Are you writing your first book and wondering, “What's next?”

Have you finished your first book and are asking, “What now?”

Are you a traditionally published author thinking of exploring independent publishing, and wondering, “Should I?”

You might try to answer these questions on your own and end up spending more time trying to understand the environment, the opportunities, and even the terminology than you did creating the work you want to get into the world! You might follow the paths taken by other authors, with the risk they might lead to a different destination than the one you want to reach. Worse, you might find you’ve followed the path of authors who are unclear about their own destination.
Or you can spend an hour with me getting clear about your goals and constructing a plan to reach them. Or, to use the nautical metaphors I love to apply to the writing craft and the publishing voyage, you can spend an hour with me understanding your desired destination and plotting the course that will take you there.

Determine your destination and plot the course for your author career with a 1-hour consult with The Indy Author.

"My meeting with Matty provided insight about where I currently stand and as well as suggestions on how to get to where I want to be. She provided concrete examples from her own career. Professional and friendly, I do not hesitate to recommend her if you need consulting on your author business." —Author Sheryl Hayes
​There are no intrinsically good or bad goals for an author career, but there are goals that are easier or harder to achieve, and courses that are more or less appropriate for achieving those goals. It’s best to understand these before embarking—let me help you sort through them.

Think of me as a pilot who can help you steer clear of the rocky shoals that can founder an author career and help you accommodate and even capitalize on the ever-shifting winds of change in the publishing world.

Simply book a session and complete the downloadable questionnaire below, and send it to me at least 48 hours before our session.
I’ll record our session so that you can focus on the conversation—not on note-taking—and can return to it later for reminders of our discussion, as a checkpoint in time, and as inform and inspire you as you continue to assess and adjust your course.
Topics of discussion might include:
  • What are the pros and cons of indie and traditional?
  • What are the must-do activities before hitting Publish?
  • What does it mean to be “exclusive” or “wide,” and what are the pros and cons of each?
  • Should I start with digital-only and move to multi-media (e.g., print, audio) or offer all formats from the start?
  • How do I establish a brand for my work?
  • How do I find the readers who will love my books?
  • What is the core set of tools that will best support my creative and publishing work?
  • How can I best organize the work that I need to do as part of my author business?
  • How can I capitalize on multiple streams of income in my author business?​​

What can I expect?

Our session will be a conversation about your goals, not a lecture about the truisms of independent publishing.

Our session will be consulting, not coaching--i.e., you will leave our session with clear and actionable plans that you can execute on your own. Of course, you can always book another session if you feel the need for a course correction, but you will get value from a single session.

These sessions are best spent focused on goal-setting and the accompanying strategies and tactics, NOT the mechanics of independent publishing (e.g., how to load interior files to KDP for publishing to Amazon). 
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For those questions related to the details of the mechanics of indie publishing, I highly recommend the YouTube channels of two of my go-to resources:
Michael La Ronn of Author Level Up: https://www.youtube.com/@AuthorLevelUp
M.K. Williams of Author Your Ambition: https://www.youtube.com/@1MKWilliams

Are you ready to chart your course?

Choose the type of session below--either initial (1st) meeting or subsequent (2+) meeting. If you're not sure if a consulting session is right for you, or if you just want to get to know me a little better one-on-one before signing up, you can schedule a FREE 15-minute get acquainted call! 

When you book our meeting, you'll receive a downloadable questionnaire to complete and send to me 24 hours in advance of our meeting. You can check out the questionnaire here.