What a Certified Author Assistant is and how they save you time and money.
Many of you may be wondering why we are going into such detail creating our new company. Well, for starters, we are currently in the process of establishing a brand new product and service line geared to help writers, speakers, coaches, and others reach their goal of published author! As you may know, Colleen was awarded the Jan B. King Memorial Scholarship to become a certified author assistant (“CAA”). We’re sure you may be wondering what that means. In basic terms, a certified author assistant has the tools and knowledge to assist writers in meeting their publishing goals – the process starts from before the first word is written to publication and then continued promotion/marketing for months and years after it’s printed.
What is really great about this is that an author assistant can pull it all together for the author and this saves the author time and money. To be properly equipped to serve an author, the CAA must have a trusted team of professionals that specialize in all the different areas of the process. For example, if an author needs a new book jacket for their next edition the CAA can match the author with a graphic designer. What about editing? The CAA helps the author find a skilled editor, copy editor, or proofreader (yes, these duties are different depending on the type of editing an author desires). Then there’s publishing and marketing support. The author assistant can coordinate those tasks too. Authors would have a hard time doing all of this alone without compromising their creativity. The author needs to focus on writing and let the CAA concentrate on the other details.
In summation, a certified author assistant has the skills to work with the author in whatever capacity is warranted. There’s no one size fits all for assisting writers.
Be on the lookout for our new program coming soon, and if you know of anyone who might need an author assistant let us know. Do you have a book inside of you waiting to be told? We’d love to talk with you.
[author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]http://yourliteraryprose.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Pete-sax-2014-4-use.jpg [/author_image] [author_info]Peter, a 2014 graduate of Morehead State University’s Caudill College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music. He strives to express his thoughts and ideas in a creative and professional manner. Peter is our Vice President of Operations and Marketing and a contributing writer on our site. He enjoys writing blogs which provide helpful information to readers as well as general business practices and more![/author_info] [/author]
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