Jennie Nash is the founder and chief creative officer of Author Accelerator, a company on a mission to help writers write books worth reading. Since the company’s inception, writers serious about reaching readers have trusted Jennie to coach their projects from inspiration to publication. Her clients have landed top New York agents, national book awards, and deals with houses such as Scribner, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette. Jennie is the author of 9 books in 3 genres. She taught for 13 years in the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program, is an instructor at CreativeLive.com and speaks on podcasts and at writing conferences all over the country.
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Find out more about Jennie:
https://bookcoaches.com/abc
https://www.authoraccelerator.com/
Links from the show:
Wildviolet Creative
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Seth Godin's "Alt MBA” https://altmba.com/
Simon Sinek's "Start With Why" https://simonsinek.com/commit/start-with-why/
Creativity Inc https://books2read.com/u/3Gdj2a
Lisa Kron’s Story Genius https://books2read.com/u/4NL299
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GWS Press books:
Collaboration for Authors: https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn
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