Book Coach Certification: Fiction

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The Author Accelerator Book Coach Certification: Fiction program offers you a self-paced online course you can access from anywhere. Complete more than 100 hours of training and apply for certification within 9 months. Students will learn editorial and client-management strategies, get hands-on practice working with real clients, receive access to proven tools and resources to help your clients succeed, enjoy written support in our private student community and live training calls with our coach management team.

Check out the course syllabus here for a preview of the material and lessons.

Please review our Course Terms of Use HERE. This document outlines our refund policy and other key terms. You will be required to accept these Terms of Use upon enrollment in the course.


Your Instructor


Jennie Nash
Jennie Nash

Jennie Nash is the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, a company on a mission to lead the emerging book coaching industry. Author Accelerator has trained more than 200 book coaches in both fiction and nonfiction through their Book Coach Certification Program. Jennie’s own book coaching clients have landed top New York agents and six-figure book deals with traditional publishing houses such as Penguin, Scribner, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette, and won dozens of national indie book awards. Client KJ Dell’Antonia’s book, The Chicken Sisters, became an instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick in 2020. In 2021, client Jenn Lim’s book, Beyond Happiness, became a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Jennie is the author of 12 books in 3 genres. The most recent is Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out. Visit her at jennienash.com, bookcoaches.com, and authoraccelerator.com.


Course Curriculum


  Welcome
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  Part 1: The Fundamentals of Book Coaching
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  Part 2: Starting a Story from Scratch: Blueprint for a Book
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  Part 3: Practicum 1
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  Part 4: Meeting Clients Where They Are: Manuscript Evaluation
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  Part 5: Practicum 2
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  Part 6: Understanding the Marketplace: The Agent Pitch
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  Part 7: Practicum 3: The Agent Pitch
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  Part 8: Applying for Certification
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
You will have lifetime access to the course content. From the date of your enrollment, you have nine months to apply for certification. We do offer the opportunity to request a three-month extension under certain circumstances (for example but not limited to long-term and/or disruptive illness), but once you pass your deadline, whether nine--or twelve months if extended--you will have to pay for the course again to restart the clock. This is in service to you, so that you can launch or relaunch your book coaching business as a certified book coach within the next year or less.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 14 days and we will give you a full refund, minus a 5% administrative fee, per our Terms and Conditions.