A couple of years later I started The Co-Author Project, to create a more economical entry point for authors to join anthologies, but keeping the key value proposition…
Becoming a Published, Bestselling Author…
without all the other hassles of publishing (cover design and selection, theme, title, subtitle, book description, publishing account setup, interior formatting, editing, marketing, keyword and category selection, ads, ad management, launch coordination).
Those other items are overwhelming, and have nothing to do with your writing skill.
But there is a reason they call it Best Selling Author not Best Writing Author.
Because, unless someone does the marketing properly, the writing won’t matter.
We have now run over 10 Co-Author Projects, all bestsellers, and what we love most is how easy it makes it for our authors.
"What if I have never written a book before?"
I was once asked, “If I join your book, how do I know all the other authors' work is good?”
My response might surprise you.
I have found that the best chapters are turned in by new authors. When you take away all the other distractions (editing, publishing, marketing), and allow authors to just focus on writing, the results can be amazing.
In fact, I had a writer join one time and tell me how he was a professional author. Turns out, his chapter needed the most work.
Being humble allows for great things. In our case, we provide an easy to follow framework for your chapter, all you have to do is let your creative juices flow for 2000 words.
But you don’t have to use our framework either. Just stay on topic, and when it gets to editing, we have our editors share their suggestions with you. No judgment, all private, to make your chapter the best it can be.
The truth is our framework gets you focused on your story, which usually only requires minor editing but little-to-no developmental editing (story structural changes).
Can you share a lesson you have learned or a habit that has made you successful on this topic?