Author career and marketing
Marketing Renegade Style
Practical strategies for authors who cannot depend on traditional publishing systems to create visibility.
Speaking and consulting
Experience translated into useful direction.
Alan speaks to authors, creative organizations, educators and cultural leaders—and provides practical consulting through the Authors Success Center for people working to build stronger books, careers and author programs.
Keynotes, workshops and conversations
Speaking
Programs can be adapted for conferences, author groups, educational organizations, podcasts, panels and community events.
Publishing decisions
To Publish or Not to Publish?
A candid examination of publishing paths, expectations and the business choices authors must make.
Discoverability
Attractive Marketing for Authors
How authors can build marketing that earns attention without losing their identity or integrity.
Authorship and technology
Human Creativity in the Age of AI
A forward-looking conversation about verification, ethical assistance and protecting the value of human-created work.
Authors Success Center
Consulting for authors and author organizations
Consulting is practical, candid and tailored to the actual stage of the author, manuscript or organization—so the next step is useful, achievable and connected to a larger plan.
Authors Success Center consulting
Author Career & Publishing Strategy
Practical guidance for clarifying publishing goals, choosing the right path and building a sustainable author career plan.
Book development
Manuscript Mastery Assessment
A structured review that helps an author identify a manuscript’s strengths, weaknesses, readiness and most valuable next steps.
Author platform
Marketing, Branding & Discoverability
Focused consulting on positioning, reader connection, marketing assets and the systems that help an author and their books get noticed.
Creative organizations
Author Program & Organization Development
Experience-based guidance for groups building education, membership, verification, visibility or support programs for authors.
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