If you’ve been following Paperback Kingdom for a while, you may have heard of my high level group coaching program called Everything Authorship.
Well, one of my previous clients was kind enought to write up a post about her personal experience during the first round, and I’ve shared it here with her permission. In it, she shares everything (the good AND the bad-because I will admit, I’m not perfect, and I’m always striving to improve my programs).
I truly hope this post helps you make a decision about whether the program is the right fit for you!
If you’d like to learn more about Everything Authorship before diving into this article to gain some context, you can do so by clicking here. Other than that, I’m going to hand over to my client, Jo!
Hey, folks, I’m Jo! You don’t know me but I’m one of Pagan’s clients and I wanted to drop you some truth about one of her programs. There’s a lot of hype around Everything Authorship – and a big investment. But is it really worth it?
As a debut author who had been relying on mostly free resources up until diving into this program, let me tell you what I experienced:
A Group Environment
Having other authors who were going through the same exact thing I was at the same exact time was really helpful. We bounced ideas off of each other, swapped features and worked together on our launches, and even helped each other with our blurbs and whatnot!
This was great because some of us were in waaayyy different time zones… for instance I’m in the United States while Pagan is in Australia. Some of the time I had questions, she would be asleep. I could post in the group and the others would help me to brainstorm until it was morning down under and she could help. She was incredibly involved with all of us. I really enjoyed that we were launching books alongside her—she would share what she was doing that week or month and we could literally just copy it and adapt to our own books. Talk about useful.
Excellent Resources
I was blown away by all the resources we were given for this program! We got access to her program Storyseller Academy, not to mention social media Trello boards, marketing templates, manuscript templates, and courses.
The courses were on tons of things like how to do Facebook Ads, upload our books to different platforms, get books into libraries, do press releases, and plan our launches.
Plus, any questions or advice we had would be resolved in our group calls or through private messenger conversations!
Pagan herself was an excellent resource. I could message her any time and she would answer as soon as possible with detailed information, links, or advice. She even helped me through a ton of tech problems I was having with my email list and my book formatting. This chick formatted my book for print for me and did a really freaking awesome job! It looks so fancy that I’m tempted to pay her to format the rest in the series so they look just as great!
Keeping It Real: Drawbacks
I gotta be honest with you all and share the potential down points of the program as I experienced it. Note that it was the first round of the program and Pagan asked for our feedback at the end. She made adjustments and has actually already revised Everything Authorship based on our suggestions. I was really happy to be able to help make the program better for future members!
One thing I struggled with was that my book really wasn’t ready to be published when I started the program. A few of us were still writing or hadn’t gotten beta readers yet – that has been remedied as future rounds of the program make sure you’re actually ready to publish, first! Despite that, we managed to get it in shape in time for launch.
Another thing I and one other person had issue with was accountability. I don’t know about the other author but for me that was a personal failing. Pagan was a great cheerleader and resource and kept giving us homework assignments and to-do lists… but in the end, it is up to you whether your launch succeeds or fails.
As of writing this article my launch hasn’t happened yet—I’ll be releasing my book into the world in two weeks’ time. But I know that I get exactly the amount of work I put into it, out of it. Pagan did come up with an awesome resource for self-accountability and shared it with us after our feedback—a self-grading worksheet to help you judge your progress, see lists of priorities, and score yourself so you always know where you’re at. I’ll definitely be using that for my next launch.
Okay - Now For The Cost Analysis
What’s included:
- Access to Storyseller Academy ($697)
- 3 months of group coaching from Pagan herself ($1,500 value)
- 3 private coaching calls ($1,050)
- Private Voxer (voice chat) access ($1,050)
- Editing and cover design ($2,000)
This all adds up to over six grand…
And yet the whole program is just under two!
For me, this was really what sold me. To have someone to guide me along the way, unlimited support, friends to network with and help each other out on social media and whatnot, and having access to all these resources?
Fam, the editing alone. I price checked and it would have been $1800 just for my developmental edits. And I got a gorgeous cover along with it?
I mean, look at this!
Yeah - it’s a big chunk of change. But it’s money you would have been spending anyway if you want to do this thing right. She’s got payment plans, or you can save up for a bit and then invest in yourself. Trust me, you won’t regret it.
Anyway, long story short – is Everything Authorship worth it?
Hell to the YES.
Got specific questions? Hit me up. I’m not afraid to be honest!
Jo Narayan’s debut dark fantasy novel, The Wraith’s Bargain, releases 7.28.20.
She can be reached at her website jonarayan.com or on Twitter or Instagram.
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