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Write Your Book
Publish Your Book

We are world builders.

We are record keepers.

We are story tellers.

Find Your Path

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Group Courses

From our evergreen course Author Alchemy, to our hybrid class Five Weeks to Find Your Story to finally organize your book, to our small group program Five Months to Write Your book, our classes are the first step on your path to publishing.

We support authors at every stage (and budget) to start write now.

See our self-paced & live online programs

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INSpired Publishing

Rise Literary offers premier publishing packages with sales & distribution with Simon & Schuster.

Our hybrid packages include audiobook production and distribution, publicity and marketing, TV and film development, and more. In addition, we offer an audiobook/ebook package with support through Kickstarter.

Learn More About Inspired Publishing

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LIVE EVENTS & podcast

Rise Literary offers a host of events and resources to help you grow as a writer, creator, and celebrated author.

From our live speakers series to our weekly podcast, Rise Literary believes in building community - helping writers find their path to publishing and their inspiration.

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creativity retreats

Turn your ideas into proposals, concepts to full manuscripts, and find the writer within. We host book coaching events and weekend retreats from Ojai and Amagansett to Paris and New York, creating elevated creative experiences and networking opportunities.

Tell & sell your story with industry expertise in your pocket.

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Book Magic Live
$249.00

This one-day writers’ retreat at the Palihouse in West Hollywood will show you what it takes to go from emerging writer to published author, guided by industry professionals who will give you the insight only experience can offer.

Spend a day charting your book—from developing your story to editing your drafts, from adapting from the page to the screen to producing your own material. Through live Q+As with book editors and coaches, published authors, and producers from film and TV, Book Magic Live will help you find your path to publishing.

*Attendees Can Apply to Win a Free eBook & Audiobook Publishing Package with Rise Literary — including Sales & Distribution via Simon & Schuster

Submit your full manuscript by 2/28 to be considered for a free RiseEA publishing package with eBook distribution with Simon & Schuster and audiobook distribution with Blackstone Publishing. One attendee will be selected for this exclusive opportunity.

“Writing a book can be one of the hardest things you can do, but Rise Literary makes the process gentle, fun, and loving.”


— Jennifer Pastiloff, author of On Being Human and Proof of Life (Dutton)

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Founded by

bestselling author, big-five editor, and renowned publisher Kristen McGuiness, Rise Literary is a book coaching and hybrid publishing company designed to take you from the blank page to global stages. Utilizing her elite industry connections, Kristen has built a publishing house that supports writers from daydreamer to thought leader.

With literary tastes and a commercial palate, Kristen has used her 20+ years in publishing to build bridges that answer your deepest curiosities about writing and the industry - across all genres.

Through sales and distribution with Simon & Schuster, Rise Literary is where your writing fantasy becomes your author reality.

Start your next chapter today.

With simon & schuster

distribution,

rise literary

isn’t your usual hybrid press.

Rise Literary is distributed by Simon & Schuster, offering authors national (and international) distribution of their titles, along with professional production, editorial, design, and publicity & marketing services.

In addition, we include audiobook production and distribution, foreign right and film/TV development, and all marketing and publicity in our hybrid packages – offering authors a premier publishing experience. 

Publish your book and build your career as a celebrate author.

About Rise Books

Build It Now, Use It Forever.

Don’t keep your story inside you.
Don’t put your creativity last.
Don’t silence the truth you’re here to tell.

Write your f*cking book.

Whether you’re looking to write fiction, nonfiction, memoir, or poetry, Author Alchemy is about understanding who you are as a writer, and who you can become as an author.

Details: In this five-module course, you will learn how to find the promise and approach of your story, anchor your writing practice, conjure your story outline and table of contents, develop a platform and pitch strategy, and build your path from emerging writer to published author.

Program comes with prompts, worksheets, and creativity companions to guide you on your path to publishing.

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Christoper Rivas, author of Brown Enough

“Rise Literary helps and allows an author's highest voice to come through. If you are looking for a collaborator - someone brilliant and funny - Kristen is your person and Rise Literary is the place to be! They are book doulas in the highest form.”


— Christopher Rivas, author of Brown Enough (Row House Publishing, 2022)

RISE BOOKSHELF

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  • Book cover titled 'Rewrite the Mother Code' by Dr. Gertrude Lyons, featuring colorful, botanical illustrations with purple, green, and gold accents, and a quote by Perdita Finn at the top.
  • Book cover titled "The 3 Things" by Maggie Boxey. It features abstract watercolor artwork in pastel colors.
  • Book cover titled "Connection" by Rabbi Asher Gottesman, featuring a graphic of interconnected pink spheres with lines connecting them, on a dark background.
  • Book cover for "Fuckboys Are Boring: A Gay Man's Guide to Dating for Everyone" by Ryan Sheldon featuring illustrated men in bright colors—yellow, green, pink, blue, orange—posing on a stylized pathway with palm trees and a bridge in the background.
  • A circular illustration titled "The Astrology of Healing" with zodiac signs around a clock in the center, set against a starry background with clouds at the top. The outer rim features a phrase: "Unlocking our sacred wounds with the wisdom of the stars."
  • Book cover for 'Live Through This' by Kristen McGuiness. The background features abstract fiery orange and yellow brushstrokes, resembling a sunset or explosion. The title is written in large, bold black letters with a distressed texture. A quote at the top in white and pink text, and the author's name at the bottom in white cursive.

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and writers become authors.

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