Now is the best time ever to be a writer:
- Your books will be published.
- You have more ways to profit from your work.
- You can reach more readers in more ways and places for free.
- You have more books and authors to use as models for your books and career.
I love helping adult fiction and nonfiction writers as a coach and editor. I can help you:
- See the commercial potential of your idea
- Get feedback on your idea, query letter, proposal, or writing
- Decide what success means to you, so you can set literary and publishing goals
- Create a plan to build a career by aligning your goals with what it takes to achieve them
- Make your work a labor of love
- Help develop a proposal for a non-fiction book
- Understand how to write books your readers will love
- Choose the best publishing option for you and your work
- Develop your platform, your credibility, and your brand
- Learn how to build the communities you need to succeed
- Create a promotion plan for sharing your passion for the value of your work
- Build a business that sells products and services worldwide to help support your writing
- Have a positive but realistic perspective about agents, editors, publishing, and promotion
- See your career as a labor of love, service, and community so you can find joy and harmony on your journey
- Use your 10 superpowers to build a career you love
Why Me?
My experience includes:
- Working in promotion for three New York publishers
- 43 years as a partner in Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents, which sold hundreds of books to more than 100 publishers and imprints
- Coauthoring How to Write a Book Proposal (5th edition), with Jody Rein, and Guerrilla Marketing for Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work (2nd edition)
- Writing How to Get a Literary Agent (3rd edition)
- Being Cofounder, Director, and emcee of the San Francisco Writers Conference and the San Francisco Writing for Change Conference
These experiences help me provide you with the advice, encouragement, mentorship, and perhaps editing, that you need to succeed.
How I Like to Work
You are welcome to email me at larsenpoma@aol.com about your writing. Please include your phone number, so we can have a free ten-minute talk to see if I can help you.
Some things you may want to include in your email:
- A list of topics or questions you would like to discuss.
- If you wish, a Word attachment, with a title page, of work that you would like me to read in standard manuscript format: 25 double-spaced lines on each numbered, double-spaced page in 12-point Times New Roman typeface. Include a title page and your name in the upper left corner.
- How much time you would like me to spend on your work, divided between reading and discussion. If you prefer I don’t have to read your work. Or I can just take a quick look at it for free.
- Your phone number. When I see your email, I can call to arrange a time for us to talk.
Your success will be my success.
Rate
- $30 for each 15-minute block. Monthly payments for continuing projects.
- If you are unable to afford the fee, please email up to 250 words about yourself and the first page of your proposal or manuscript, and we’ll discuss your situation.
- If you are writing a publishable book that will have lasting value for people, communities, or the planet, and you have the ability to promote it, you may be eligible for a free 30-minute consultation.