You have the expertise to write a book that matters.

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Thousands of experts dream about writing an advice-based book that will transform lives. Few do it. You can with The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide as your road map.

Write smarter and complete your nonfiction manuscript with less stress and more confidence using our proven step-by-step methodology. Insider advice will support you throughout your journey as an author, whether you:

  • have an idea for a nonfiction book or a complete first draft

  • plan to self-publish or write a proposal to pitch to publishers

  • don’t know where to start, or feel stuck or stalled

  • have a first manuscript or a fifth

“Absolute instructional dynamite. So smart, so comprehensive, so assured, so essential that a writer won’t need any other guidance. TCETAG: Where the hell have you been all our lives? No matter, you’ve finally arrived. Read and be utterly illuminated.”

—Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

With solutions that include proprietary tools, 25 interactive exercises, and professional insight, you’ll:

  • crush procrastination

  • fine-tune your book’s premise

  • develop an outline

  • choose a publishing path

  • develop a rock-solid book proposal

  • build an authentic author platform

Take a big leap closer
to becoming a published author today.

Be the author
you were meant to be

With The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide’s start-to-finish process, you’ll accelerate your progress and maintain your momentum during all phases of planning, writing, revising, and publishing your advice-based book. You’ll complete essential foundational work that most aspiring authors—and other writing books—skip, including better understanding your reader’s pain points, clarifying your persuasive argument, shifting your mindset from writing a book about something to writing it for someone.

The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide equips you with the tools to get your message on the page—and into the world.

  • “This is the indispensable authors’ guide to developing a book’s raison d’être; writing sparkling, authoritative content; creating a compelling proposal; and garnering a publishing contract. Everything you need to know is within its cover. Highly recommend.”

    —Matthew McKay, Ph.D., cofounder of New Harbinger Publications and author with sales of five million books

  • “Finally! Here is a clear road map to accomplish what every author wants: to write a book that matters. If you have expert advice or important knowledge to share, The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide provides a step-by-step approach to bringing your book into the world.”

    —Jean Greaves, Ph.D., international bestselling coauthor of Emotional Intelligence 2.0

  • “This book is like having two seasoned editors sitting beside you, gently guiding you from idea to finished manuscript. Marisa Solis and Elizabeth Dougherty don’t just teach writing—they teach clarity, focus, and the mindset of an author.”

    —Susan Albers, Psy.D., New York Times–bestselling author

  • “As a busy agent, I hate when I have to pass on a project simply because the proposal doesn’t yet reflect the depth or potential of the idea. The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide shows prescriptive nonfiction authors how to put their very best work on the page, bridging the gap between ‘a clever idea’ and ‘a publishable book that commands attention.’”

    —Laura Mazer, literary agent

  • “Writing a book is half the battle. The other half is marketing it. Marisa Solis and Elizabeth Dougherty nimbly cover both, with savvy strategies for building a realistic and authentic author platform—even for introverts.”

    —Fauzia Burke, author of Online Book Marketing for Busy Authors

  • “I wish I’d had this absolute treasure of a book before I began writing my book. Filled with commonsense advice built upon decades of expertise and experience, The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide answers questions and offers solutions to things I didn’t even know that I needed to know!”

    —Carla Ondrasik, speaker and author of Stop Trying!
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