ABC for YOU
A Book Coach for YOU
Helping You Get Happy With Your Writing
Helping You Get Happy With Your Writing
Goal: Do you want to find an agent and be published by a major house or small indie press? Or self-publish and distribute through a website and local bookstores? I have roots in all these routes and am happy to share my knowledge.
Good Writing: Whatever your goal, it's the writing that matters. Writing what you are passionate about, what only YOU can write, in a clear and compelling way that keeps us reading. I'd rather you write one powerful page than fifty forgettable ones.
"Woo-hoo -- Good for YOU!": I will be your cheerleader. Every writer has different strengths. I shine a light on what's working well and let the writing bloom from there, or, as Alex Haley, author of Roots, says: "find the good and praise it."
Good Credentials: In just 10 years, 2004 to 2014, I had 18 books published by giant houses including Simon & Schuster, Scholastic Press, and Penguin, and super indies like Free Spirit and Little Pickle Press. Long before this, in 1992, I created my own imprint, Books Worth Writing, to publish Remembering, an heirloom tribute to a loved one's life, distributed through funeral homes internationally. In 2014, I self-published an inspirational memoir, Writing it Right, through Troy Book Makers. In 2016, Roar Like a Girl, the first novel in my new Always Willa series was published by Little Pickle Press. Several new books are forthcoming. A full-time writer and teacher of writing, I hold an M.A. in English, with honors, from Trinity College, Hartford, CT, and a B.A. in English/Minor in Communications, magna cum laude, from The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY. more at www.coleenparatore.com.
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