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About the book

How many people have told you that your dream of being a full-time writer is impossible? They’re wrong.

Whether you are just getting started or are an experienced author, we’re here to help you overcome the obstacles in your path—and make your publishing dreams a reality. 

  • Unsure how to turn your published book(s) into an actual career?  
  • Been knocked around by the publishing industry and feeling disheartened?
  • Overwhelmed by all the options and not sure what to do next to level up? 

Two career authors—one traditional and one indie—with over 50 published books and 30 years of experience between them, team up to provide you with the complete set of puzzle pieces so you can craft your ideal author life. 

If you are looking for a quick fix or magic button this isn’t the book for you. Building a career strong enough to last a lifetime won’t happen overnight.

But if you’re ready to build yourself a personalized roadmap to making enough money from your writing to pay your bills, then you’re in the right place. This book gives you the tools and information you need to clarify your dream and create practical steps to turn that dream into a career that you can build, grow and maintain over time—without sacrificing your health, relationships or happiness along the way. 

Click the buy button now and avoid making costly mistakes as you level up your career and become a full-time author. 

This is the fifth book in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers series. Be sure to check out the rest of the books in this series.

 

Free Resources from Full Time Author by Eileen Cook and Crystal Hunt

What’s included in the resources package? 

Full Time Author “Your Turn” Workbook (Google Doc)
We have collected up ALL the Your Turn exercises from the book and turned it into a 65 page, digital, fillable workbook which we are providing to you for free to help make it easier to answer all the questions, and to work through some of the section content that will help you to fill out your official business plan. You can use this as a Google Doc, or download it / open it with Word or Pages or any other word processing program.

Strategic Authorpreneur Business Plan (Google Sheet)
This is the spreadsheet system (with built in links to the accompanying How To video series, and bonus Launch/Promo planning sheet and video that walks you through your business plan and all the tracking sheets) set up to help you plan and manage your author business this year. 

Writer’s Self Evaluation 
If you’re ready to evaluate where your skills are at and focus in on where you need to level up, and where you “got this” then this is the word doc for you. You can download it, and print it or completed it digitally.

List of questions to ask your agent once you get “The Call” 
This resource is provided in two formats. One is a Word doc that you can download to your computer and use as a template to fill out answers to the questions as you get them. The other format is a spiffed-up colourful infographic that gives you all the questions in a happy-making PDF format.

Eileen’s Writers Resume Example
This is an example of what a writers resume can look like. 

 

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