INTRO
If you’re looking for a partnership with someone who can get in the trenches with you—someone who closely looks at what they’re building, share expert advice about it, and help move it to the finish line with focus and intention—this is the service for you! Author Partnership 360 is a six-week intensive sprint where our consultant works directly alongside you, with a structured plan, weekly calls, editorial depth, and consistent accountability. This partner is there through whichever stage of your publishing journey needs the most concentrated attention right now. Be prepared for six weeks of intense momentum and something to show for it in the end.
Application approval required before booking an appointment for this session.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Author Partnership 360 is for nonfiction authors who are ready to do the work. It’s for you if:
- You want more than a single session or a self-paced program — you want six weeks of intensive, hands-on partnership with someone who knows the publishing industry inside and out
- You’re ready to commit to a focused sprint and do the work between calls — not just show up and listen
- You have a book in some stage of development and you need consistent expert involvement to move it forward meaningfully
- You want editorial depth, strategic guidance, accountability, and access to someone who will follow up throughout the week
- You’re an entrepreneur, speaker, influencer, ministry leader, or someone with a need-to-tell story who understands that your book is an asset and you’re ready to treat it like one
Who it is NOT for?
- Someone looking for a done-for-you publishing service — 360 is a working partnership not an execution service “done-with-you”. For services done for you, please refer to our sister company Few Editorial & Creative Suite
- Someone who is not ready to commit to six weeks of focused, intensive work on their book, at this time.
HOW IT WORKS
Author Partnership 360 operates on a sprint model. Each sprint is six weeks of focused, structured, intensive work on one phase of your publishing journey. We build a customized six-week plan around your specific book and goals. Here’s our process to get started:
- You choose your publishing path and your phase. See below.
- If accepted to proceed with our consultant, you’ll receive an email including a link to book a free 30-minute discovery call. During this call, we discuss your sprint plans and ensure the timing and fit are right before your sprint begins.
- After your discovery call, you’ll receive a pre-sprint form outlining exactly what to submit before your first call. Our consultant arrives at your first call with a suggested six-week map already prepared.
Your sprint typically begins the week after your discovery call. Clients choose their Week 1 start date based on their availability and how much time they need to prepare and submit their pre-sprint materials.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Every 6-Week Sprint includes:
- Weekly 60-minute calls via Zoom. Calls may alternate between strategy, working sessions, and advisory, based on where you are in the sprint.
- Developmental editing for up to 7,500 words. Documents such as your manuscript chapters, proposal sections, book plan drafts, or launch materials are reviewed for structure, clarity , argument, voice, positioning, and impact.
- Detailed feedback throughout. It includes as much written and verbal feedback that can be meaningfully delivered within the six-week window.
- Weekday Slack and/or email access. Direct access to our consultant throughout the weeks. For questions, quick feedback, work-in-progress check-ins, and real-time support. Response is typically within 1-2 business days.
- Sprint Summary. At the end of your six weeks, we deliver a written sprint summary. It includes what was covered, what was accomplished, what was decided, and your recommended next steps.
- Access to Author Partner template library.
- Access to vetted creative referrals.
What this does NOT include? This does not include a ghostwriting service, not a done-for-you service, not a course or program, not line editing or proofreading, and not legal advice.
YOUR COST
The total cost for a 6-week sprint is $6,000. A 1/3 deposit is due upon booking your Week 1 call. Afterward, the remaining balance is split into two payments, charged to your card on file every two weeks following your Week 1 call. Currently, space is limited to 3 clients at a time to ensure the attention necessary for this package.
CHOOSE YOUR PATH
Author Partnership 360 is organized around your publishing path. Choose the path that fits your publishing direction and then select the phase that matches where you are right now. If you are currently unsure of your publishing direction, feel free to join our upcoming free office hour, held most Monday mornings.
SELF-PUBLISHING PATH
Each Phase is a 6-Week Sprint · Application Required
You do not have to complete phases in order if you’re entering at a later stage. Many authors begin at Phase B or Phase C because they already have their book plan, proposal, or manuscript in place.
PHASE A— BOOK PLAN DEVELOPMENT
For self-publishing authors who need a complete, detailed book plan. This is six weeks of building every section of your book plan together. We’ll be refining your positioning, validating your market, establishing your production roadmap, and developing a launch framework that gives your book the best possible chance of reaching your readers and generating long-term sales.
In the end, this plan becomes one of the most valuable assets for your book that gives your publishing investment the structure and direction it deserves.
What we build over six weeks:
- Book concept and positioning
- Target audience and reader profile
- Competitive landscape analysis
- Manuscript outline, structure and content overview
- Production roadmap (mapping editorial, design, and formatting decisions, etc.)
- Distribution strategy
- Pricing approach
- Pre-launch framework
- A 1-page marketing plan
PHASE B — MANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
For self-publishing authors who have their book plan in place and are ready to write — or who are mid-manuscript and need direction, structure, and sustained momentum.
In the end, you’ll have a manuscript in meaningful, sustained forward motion — with developmental feedback on every chapter submitted and a clear path to a completed, publishable draft.
What we focus on over six weeks:
- Chapter-by-chapter developmental guidance — structure, argument, clarity, and reader experience
- Identifying what to write, rewrite, or cut — and in what order
- Maintaining momentum, voice, and narrative through-line
- Editorial review of submitted pages — up to 7,500 words with detailed feedback. Our consultant is open to editorial review of more pages at their discretion, if time allows.
- Keeping your manuscript aligned with your book plan’s structure and promises
PHASE C — SELF-PUBLISH, LAUNCH & LEVERAGE
For self-publishing nonfiction authors with a finished or near-finished manuscript who are ready to take their book to market, building long-term sales momentum and leverage from it.
In the end, you’ll a published or imminently published book on the path that’s right for you — with a complete launch plan executed, a post-launch momentum strategy in place, and a clear picture of how your book serves your broader business, brand, or ministry long term.
What we focus on over six weeks:
- Production advisory (covers design approach, formatting, budgeting, etc.)
- Distribution Platform setup
- Pre-launch planning (building ARC team, generating reviews, etc.)
- Launch week day-to-day execution (only if your launch day properly falls within the 6-week sprint)
- Post-launch momentum
- Business leverage and brand authority advisory
- Long-term author brand strategy
TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING PATH
Each Phase is a 6-Week Sprint · Application Required
You do not have to complete phases in order if you’re entering at a later stage. Where you start depends on where you are right now.
PHASE A— BOOK PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
For authors who need a complete, polished, agent-ready book proposal. This is six weeks of building, drafting, reviewing, and refining every section of your proposal together — until it represents your book at its absolute best and gives you the strongest possible chance of landing a deal.
In the end, you have a complete (or near complete), polished, submission-ready book proposal package ready to send to agents with confidence
What we build over six weeks:
- Book overview and hook
- Market analysis
- Comparable titles
- Target audience breakdown
- Author platform section
- Chapter-by-chapter summaries
- Marketing and promotion plan
- Query letter
- Literary agent target list
- Submission strategy
PHASE B — MANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
For traditional publishing authors who have completed their proposal and are ready to write — or who are mid-manuscript and need expert guidance, structure, and momentum.
In the end, you’ll have a manuscript in meaningful, sustained forward motion — with developmental feedback on every chapter submitted and a clear path to a completed, publishable draft.
What we focus on over six weeks:
- Chapter-by-chapter developmental guidance — structure, argument, clarity, and reader experience
- Identifying what to write, rewrite, or cut — and in what order
- Maintaining momentum, voice, and narrative through-line
- Editorial review of submitted pages — up to 7,500 words with detailed feedback. Our consultant is open to editorial review of more pages at their discretion, if time allows.
- Keeping your manuscript aligned with your book plan’s structure and promises