The Author Accelerator Book Coach Certification: Memoir 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 12 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.
Your Instructor
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
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StartWelcome (2:28)
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StartWelcome, Lesson 1: Join the Community! (4:32)
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StartWelcome, Lesson 2: Gather Key Resources (6:14)
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StartWelcome, Lesson 3: Set Yourself Up for Success (10:40)
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StartWelcome, Lesson 4: Guiding Principles (12:32)
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StartWelcome, Lesson 5: How This Course Works (22:30)
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StartWelcome, Lesson 6: Building Your Book Coaching Business Before Certification (6:34)
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StartWelcome, Lesson 7: Criteria for Certification (4:34)
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StartWelcome, Lesson 8: Terms of Use
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StartWelcome, Lesson 9: Getting Technical Support
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StartLesson 1: Why Are You Here? (18:40)
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StartLesson 2: What Is Book Coaching? (7:16)
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StartLesson 3: The 7 Core Principles of Giving Editorial Feedback (54:46)
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StartLesson 4: 6 Ways to Edit More Efficiently (43:00)
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StartLesson 5: The Big 6 Editing Skills, Memoir (55:36)
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StartLesson 6: The 5 Core Principles of Providing Emotional Support (25:24)
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StartLesson 7: How to Design a Project Framework (33:26)
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StartLesson 8: How to Design an Effective Client Intake Process (57:00)
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StartLesson 9: Identifying Red Flag Clients (54:36)
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StartLesson 10: Client Intake Practice (1:26)
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StartBonus: Mini Blueprint (19:36)
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StartBonus: Managing Your Time and Energy (47:10)
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StartBonus: Managing Your Documents (23:32)