Why Bother Writing Another Book?
A conversation with Jennie Nash and Jennifer Louden
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Join Author Accelerator CEO Jennie Nash in conversation with client, colleague and friend Jennifer Louden to celebrate the launch of Jennifer's new book, Why Bother?
Jennie spoke with Jennifer how she found her own bother for this book, how she helps women get over the stories that keep them from starting new things, the importance of curiosity and claiming your own power.
If you are thinking about writing a book, considering hiring a book coach to help you on your way, or thinking about becoming a book coach yourself, this powerhouse duo will give you all kinds of inspiration.
About Jennifer’s Book Why Bother?
The most important question you’ll ever ask yourself.
In Why Bother? personal-growth expert Jennifer Louden challenges you to open your mind, your heart, and your life by following where the question leads. Through reflection and stories from others, Louden shows that asking "why bother?" is natural and inevitable, and can bring you to a place of increased vitality, true satisfaction, and deeper meaning. Louden demonstrates why it’s important to bother after creative faceplants, professional defeats, heartbreak, illness, and loss. She shows why you’re worth prioritizing at any time of your life, even after sidelining your dreams to raise kids, pay the rent, or take care of aging parents. And—crucially—she shows you how tapping into your deepest desires can give you the energy to move forward—even when the world seems in such dire straits.
After all, no one wants the alternative—giving up, shutting down, or phoning it in. It's time to reclaim the dignity and beauty of your desires. It's time to get your bother on.
About Jennie’s Book Read Books All Day and Get Paid for It
There's a new player in the gig economy that's perfect for people who love books.
It's called book coaching, and you really do get to read books all day and get paid for it. A book coach is a strategic professional who guides a writer through the creative process of developing a book – helping them define the project, design the best narrative structure to tell their tale, and build both their confidence and their editorial skills as they write forward. Part project manager, part editor, part cheerleader, being a book coach is intellectually stimulating, soulful, satisfying work that you can do on your own time from the comfort of your own home.
In Read Books All Day and Get Paid For It: The Business of Being a Book Coach, Jennie Nash, a multiple six-figure book coach and the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, shares the nuts and bolts of the book coaching business – touching on everything from pricing and processes to marketing and mindset. Jennie has trained more than 50 book coaches in how to coach fiction and nonfiction writers, and now she is sharing her secrets about how to run a successful side hustle or full-time book coaching business.
About Your Hosts
Jennifer Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped launch the concept of self-care with her first bestselling book The Woman's Comfort Book. Since then, she's written six additional books on well-being and whole living including The Woman's Retreat Book and The Life Organizer, with a million copies of her books in print in nine languages (note: most of these books were sold before electronic tracking). Jennifer has spoken around the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and has written a national magazine column for a Martha Stewart magazine. Plus, she's been profiled or quoted in dozens of major magazines, two of Brené Brown's books Daring Greatly and Dare to Lead, appeared on hundreds of TV, radio shows and podcasts, and even on Oprah.
Jennifer has been teaching women's writing and self-care retreats since 1992 and creating vibrant online communities and innovative learning experiences since 1999. She writes weekly to her email list and hosts an online paid community of over 600 members. She lives near Boulder, Colorado.
Jennie Nash is the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, a company on a mission to help writers write books worth reading. For more than a decade, writers serious about reaching readers have trusted Jennie to coach their projects from inspiration to publication. Her clients have landed top New York agents, national book awards, and deals with houses such as Scribner, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette. Jennie is the author of 9 books in 3 genres. She taught for 13 years in the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program, is an instructor at CreativeLive, and speaks on podcasts and at writing conferences all over the country.