Start 2026 on Your Same Path…or Choose to Accelerate Your Author Business?
Imagine Two Futures Come Early February 2026
- Future A — A future in which you have spent the past three months accelerating your author business
- Future B — A future in which you didn’t do anything different in the previous three months than you have been doing
If Future A is looking good to you, I invite you to consider joining my new program:
From Published to Profitable: The Author’s Business Accelerator
- Start 2026 moving from published author to profitable entrepreneur.
- Begin the new year with a business plan, not just a publishing plan.
From Published to Profitable: The Author’s Business Accelerator is an 11-week group coaching program led by me, Sharon Woodhouse, former indie book publisher (25 years); owner of Conspire Creative, an entrepreneurship agency for authors and indie publishers; and author of the award-winning The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books.
The program includes:
- Three (3) individual 30-minute coaching phone calls
- Eight (8) 90-minute group coaching calls on Zoom
- Readings related to each meeting’s topics mailed to you weekly
- Email support throughout
- One (1) copy of The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books
- One (1) one-year full subscription to The Profitable Author / An Author Business You Love Substack author business community
- Small group size (limited to 6–8 participants)
Week 1 — Week of 11/3–11/8, 2025 — Individual 30-minute coaching call
A call to discuss your personal goals and challenges. Where are you now, where do you want to go?
Week 2 — November 13, 2025, 1–2:30pm CT — 90-minute group coaching call online
Business mindset shift: From writer to CEO
Week 3 — November 20, 2025, 1–2:30pm CT — 90-minute group coaching call online
Revenue stream assessment and diversification
Week 4 — December 4, 2025, 1–2:30pm CT — 90-minute group coaching call online
Outreach, sales, and building a business for income-generation (not just visibility)
Week 5 — December 11, 2025, 1–2:30pm CT — 90-minute group coaching call online
Marketing and branding. What are your promising? How are you serving?
Week 6 — Week of 12/15–12/19, 2025 — Individual 30-minute coaching call
A personal mid-stream check-in call. How’s it going? Challenges? Wins? Course corrections?
Week 7 — January 8, 2026, 1–2:30pm CT — 90-minute group coaching call online
Strategic partnerships and collaborations; volume sales
Week 8 — January 15, 2026, 1–2:30pm CT — 90-minute group coaching call online
Pricing strategy, value creation, budgeting, collections
Week 9 — January 22, 2026, 1–2:30pm CT — 90-minute group coaching call online
Systems and processes for growing; hiring help
Week 10 — January 29, 2026, 1–2:30pm CT — 90-minute group coaching call online
90-day implementation plan
Week 11– Week of 2/2–2/6, 2026 — Individual 30-minute coaching call
Your personal plan for going forward in 2026 with your supercharged author business framework
Who is this for?
- Authors with at least one published book
- Authors of all genres (nonfiction, fiction, scholarly, children’s, etc.)
- Authors who are already making a little bit of money on their books and authorship
- Authors who want to formalize, refine, and/or stabilize their business
- Authors who want to increase revenues and profit
- Authors who want to diversify and develop new revenue streams
- Authors who want to add intentionality and a business mindset to their author activities
- Authors who want a sustainable, income-generating author life they love!
But…Why at the holidays?
- The end of the year is the right time to reflect on where you are and where you want to go.
- The end of the year is the right time to envision where you want to go next and strategize about how to get there.
- Start the new year with an intentional plan in the works!
- Start the new year with momentum.
- There is never an ideal time to do big things…there are always competing obligations and priorities.
- Practice running a business in the midst of competing obligations and priorities…with group support.
Are you ready to fast-track your author business?
Click here to see pricing and terms, ask questions, and register!
Sharon Woodhouse is a former indie book publisher and current owner of Conspire Creative, a book business agency that offers coaching, consulting, project management, and business support services for authors and indie publishers. She writes about all aspects of creating holistic, income-generating author businesses you love and finding your place in the vibrant ecosystem of books. Her latest book is The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books.
