Author Consulting

From Manuscript to Market: Your Strategic Partner

You’ve done the hard work of writing. Now, it’s time to turn your manuscript into a successful career. At Inkwell & Quill, our human professionals provide the one-on-one consulting you need to navigate the publishing industry and move forward with total confidence.

How We Work:

Our consulting provides the accountability and high-level insight you need to stay on track. Every flexible monthly package includes:

Dedicated 1:1 Strategy: Two 90-minute deep-dive sessions per month via Zoom, phone, or in person. Whether you’re finishing your manuscript or uploading to Amazon, in each session, together, we will compile an action list—your necessary next-steps on your publishing journey. Between sessions, you will also have:
Unlimited Human Support: Direct weekly email access for your “in-between” questions and feedback. A real human is available to answer your real question. Guaranteed. We can teach you about AI tools to help your career, but our staff is 100% human.
Total Flexibility: Professional, honest guidance with the freedom to stop at any time. There is no “enrollment” to cancel. We work at your pace, and when you no longer need a coach, you’re free to continue on your own.

Stop Guessing

We will guide you through traditional, self-publishing, and hybrid options to ensure your book reaches its full potential.

Platform & Marketing

Build a recognizable author brand and a high-impact launch plan designed to find and grow your audience.

Author Business

Treat your writing like the business it is with long-term career planning and sustainable growth strategies.

Navigate Self-Publishing with Total Confidence

The world of self-publishing offers incredible freedom and allows you to retain 100% of your publishing rights—but it can also be a maze of technical hurdles and “pay-to-play” traps.

We help you take total control of your creative assets by vetting high-quality vendors to avoid predatory vanity presses, mastering the technical distribution of Amazon KDP and IngramSpark, and maintaining professional quality standards so your book looks and feels indistinguishable from a Big Five traditional release.

Additional Services:

Editing

Developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading. Let us connect you with the right editor.

Cover Design

Everyone judges books by their cover. Get the best original cover for your book.

Formatting

Have a Word or Google Doc and need an ePub file or print-ready interior files? We’ve got you covered.

Book Marketing

It’s not enough to upload a book and be done. Readers must see your book. We can help you not get lost in the search results.

Email is still king of all internet marketing. Before you build your social media list, you must build a newsletter following. We can help.

Websites

We’ve been creating websites even longer than books. We know exactly what website you need.

Ready to publish?

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