Welcome Authors and Authors-to-Be
You’ve made it to B is for Book Coach—a space for nonfiction non-writers who are writing anyway. Stick around for weekly book-coach-in-your-pocket content while your book idea emerges, or upgrade to get more Momentum in your process.
Whether you’re just now contemplating a book idea or deep in the thick of it, you are welcome here.
I believe writing is a transformative tool—one that helps you shape your perspective in the most generous, impactful way. You don’t have to identify as a “writer” to experience that transformation, and you don’t have to put your life on hold to do any of it.
Here’s how it works.
Free Coaching on the Podcast with Perks
You need a book coach so much sooner than you think you do. (Mostly because you’re so much further along in this process than you realize you are, but we’ll get to that later.)
This space is where you can receive the coaching you want, without the pressure or performance that you might think it requires.
Each podcast episode offers a bite-sized hit of nonfiction insight, encouragement, and strategy drawn directly from my real work with authors.
But this isn’t a “writing podcast” in the usual sense.
I won’t talk you into a book. And I won’t talk you out of one if you don’t check all the boxes that supposedly make someone a “writer.”
And I’m definitely not interested in helping you bust out a calling card book in 90 days or less. Sorry, not sorry.
But if you’re wading through a project that feels like it matters, I’ve got you.
Start here if you’re new:
Feeling the Feel of the Pull to Write - the first exercise I give any author
Introducing: the 5 Minute Outline - a guided, almost meditative approach to outlining books and chapters
Who is “B”?
My name is Brannan. I’ve been working in nonfiction since before Amazon changed the game—websites, social, eBooks, Big Idea books, memoir, editing, ghostwriting, you name it.
Over the last ten years in particular, I’ve helped hundreds of clients unearth the hidden clarity that their work contains, then turn that insight into books that make their corner of the world just a little bit brighter.
Now, I call myself a book development partner and midwife of big ideas, because this work is more than editing and coaching alone. It’s collaborative, intuitive, and transformative—for the reader, the book, and the author.
And because not everyone can or even needs to step into intensive 1:1 containers for that to happen, I started this channel.
I wanted to make sure that any and everyone who wants to make a change through writing has the space and grace to do so.
Since you’re here, that just might be you.
Beyond the Stack: Book Development Partnerships
When a book won’t leave you alone, it doesn’t mean you have to drop everything or become someone new to bring it forward.
It just means something in you wants to be heard.
My favorite work is listening to that something right alongside you, tuning in until we find that place between a calling card and a calling where your signal rings clear. The place where your book has been waiting all along.
When the time is right (and you’ll know when it is), I’d love to partner with you to make that happen.
What You’ll Get at B is for Book Coach
I’m committed to keeping the core content here completely free.
I believe the world changes when we share our perspectives—and I’d coach every one of you through that kind of writing if I could.
This is the next best thing.
All B is for Book Coach Authors get:
Short podcast episodes with transcripts
Weekly coaching emails straight to your inbox
A downloadable workbook with the first questions I ask every client in order to know whether there’s a book inside your idea
Momentum Authors also get:
A discounted One-Hour Clarity call
Two monthly group calls—one where I’ll nudge your work forward and one where you can pop in to name what’s holding it back
Exclusive access to workshops and courses
Traction Authors also get:
Chat access and an expanded free call calendar
Proactive check-ins to make sure you’ve got what you need
A Clear Direction Analysis to match the book in your head to the book on the page, while aligning it all to the work you’re here to do
Or, we can reverse the order: Clear Direction and One Hour Clarity authors also get added to these subscription tiers.
Basically, I refuse to leave you alone with the overwhelm of writing.
Sustainability, Not Secrets
Paid subscriptions make my work more sustainable and your support more personalized.
But I’ve built this space so you can start getting clarity before you’re ready to invest.
You’ll know when it’s time for more.
I’ll be here when it is.
There are faster ways to market. There are easier ways to publish.
But if you’re still here?
I want you to know that this is one of the most generous ways to reach the people you’re here to serve with the message that matters most.
And I’m so glad we’ve found each other in this space.
Let’s see what emerges.
