Join me in my 'Write A Bestseller' Masterclass series to turn your knowledge and ideas into a bestselling book.
BECOMING AN AUTHOR CHANGES EVERYTHING
It brings respect, a flood of new fans & prospects, and new opportunities you probably couldn’t even imagine right now. I know because I’ve experienced it and helped many others do the same. I’d been working in my field for years but was surprised at how with a book suddenly I was more of an expert in the eyes of others and how when I shared my story, people connected with me in a new way.
And now I want to show you how to make it happen for yourself in this small group masterclass series.
I’ll walk you through proven strategies for conceiving and writing a bestselling book based on 30 years experience bookselling, writing, coaching, commissioning, agenting, and publishing.

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BECOMING AN AUTHORPRENEUR
If you start with the right idea your book can not only become a bestseller but also serve as an evergreen marketing tool for you. This is life-changing if you work for yourself, run a business or you’re currently in a job and would like to build your personal brand. If you want to move into a new area or develop a passion or hobby, this works for you too.
A bestselling book will bring followers, fans and clients to you instead of you having to go hunt for them. And even better, they already know, like and trust you because they've read your book.
And a beautiful bonus for the self employed; people will pay a lot more to hire the author of the book they love.

You will also get invited to give keynote speeches, appear on radio, TV and podcasts, give interviews for newspapers and magazines and get invited to all sorts of opportunities you can barely imagine right now.
"The Masterclass has enabled me to write my new book in a way that is going to make it more likely to connect with the reader and be a more interesting and better book – I would not have been able to do this on my own." - Professor Ken Rea, trainer of leading actors, including Ewan McGregor, Lily James, Joseph Fiennes, Dominic West, Damian Lewis, Orlando Bloom, and Daniel Craig.
GET THE RIGHT SORT OF HELP
The rewards of a successful book are numerous but the chances of achieving your goal are lower when you try to do it all on your own. Developing a commercial idea for your book and writing it in a way that positions it for success aren’t things that comes naturally to most of us. The key tasks are to create a great proposal, find an agent, get a book deal and ensure that the book's content markets you in the right way once it’s out. It's a lot to do on your own but you don't have to.
All too often people with great ideas and expertise spent a lot of time and energy writing a book that they don’t love, that they’re not proud of. They feel disappointed and frustrated. And that is a shame when some expert guidance would have produced a completely different result.
The challenge, even if you’re an avid reader of non-fiction, is to think like a publisher. And to do that you need guidance from people on the inside of the book business.

Introducing your guide to the inside world of publishing

Jacq Burns was commissioning editor at Random House & Editorial Director at Harper Collins where she edited classics such as Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus, Who Moved My Cheese,Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Toddler Taming - which have sold millions of copies.

She is the author of Write a Bestseller, published by Hodder, and a bestselling series of successful books for Random House, under a pseudonym. Jacq has also ghostwritten a number of well-known titles and she co-founded The London Writers Club. She is now a literary agent for non-fiction authors.

"I absolutely loved working with you on this, Jacq – firstly and because you have been very encouraging (big thank you!!) - but secondly because this kind of thinking and commentary from a highly experienced viewpoint is not just fantastically valuable feedback, it is highly inspirational." - Alan Sears, The Six Conversations of a Brilliant Manager
Imagine after the Bestseller Masterclass series you will have...
- Your book idea to set the world alight.... NAILED!
- Your irresistible book title & subtitle... NAILED!
- Your book structure planned out so you know what you’re writing each time you sit down to it... NAILED!
- Your deal-winning proposal drafted...READY!
- Been introduced to a leading agent and had expert feedback from them. READY TO SEND OUT YOUR PROPOSAL!

PRICING
How is this masterclass series different? There are a lot of group courses that are run via video. I choose instead to work more closely with new authors in a small group followed by private one-to-one consultations to go deep into your bestseller concept & proposal. There is nothing theoretical about these masterclasses, I get to know your idea in depth and offer you my expertise to make it really work, helping you be ready to pitch to the right people in the industry.
The investment for the Bestseller Masterclass series is £2475 (if you are a UK resident you’ll be charged an additional 20% VAT).
You can pay by card, Transferwise or bank transfer.
If you’d like to be considered for the Bestseller Masterclass series, your first step is to send a quick email to paula@jacqburns.com and tell us a little about your book idea.
Jacq Burns
"Jacq gave me the focus, the motivation and the expertise to complete the job. With her help you increase your chances of winning ten-fold. I was delighted to earn over £20,000 from my book before it was launched!" – Tom Isaacs.