Your story has the power
to disrupt the world.
Let’s begin your path to publishing. With both online & in person, facilitated & self-led programs, Rise courses will guide you through taking your story from fantasy to final product.
Find the program that’s right for you no matter where you are on your writing journey.
The Course to Take You to Published Author
Are you ready to go from emerging writer to published author?
This is the program to finally get you there.
Do you have a story but don’t know where to start? Have you been dreaming of writing a book but aren’t sure what it takes to sell it? Do you have a lot of questions but don’t know who to ask for answers? Author Alchemy is a self-paced deep dive for those who are ready to start their path to publishing.
Because we have all been there. We have had the great idea, the brilliant inspiration, the dream of being a published author. This is a self-guided course with five-taped modules, multiple worksheets, prompts, and resources to help you recommit to your creativity and finally start writing the book you were meant to write. Author Alchemy will get you started on your path to publishing and help you build your life as a professional author and writer.
Whether you’re looking to write fiction, nonfiction, memoir, or poetry, Author Alchemy will give you the map, the path, and the light to see your author dreams come true. Let’s begin your journey today!
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You’ve been thinking about writing a book but haven’t started.
You’ve started but don’t know how to structure it.
You want to take your writing seriously.
You’re ready to build visibility and grow your community.
You’re ready to finally pitch and sell your book.
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✓ Self-guided - Five taped modules to help you develop your content, credentials, and creativity.
✓ Interactive - Resources, worksheets, and prompts.
✓ Strategic - Guides on Substack, AI, and pitching practice.
✓ Insider - Includes query letter samples, chapter trackers, and pitching lists.
Cost: $39.99
Build It Now,
Use It Forever.
2 October 2026
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2 October 2026 •
Book Magic New York is a one-day writers’ retreat that 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 at the Chelsea Hotel building your platform as an author—from building your byline to creating your online community, Book Magic helps you learn to share your writing with your people and the world. Through live Q+As with magazine editors and writers, social media influencers and platform professionals, Book Magic NYC will help you find and craft your path to publishing.
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You've been carrying a story that refuses to let go.
You know you're meant to write a book—you just don't know how to begin.
You're tired of overthinking and ready to finally put words on the page.
You're looking for clarity, craft, and a creative community that believes in your voice.
You want to understand what it actually takes to write, publish, and share a meaningful book.
You're ready to stop calling yourself "someone who wants to write" and start calling yourself an author.
You're ready to make this the year your book begins.
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10:00am - Arrive at The Hotel Chelsea
10:30am-12:00pm - Build Your Byline with Lizz Schumer, Senior Books Editor at People; Hannah Orenstein, Deputy Lifestyle + Wellness Editor at Bustle; and Lauren Puckett-Pope, Senior Editor for Essays + Columns at The Cut and The New Yorker.
12:00pm-2:00pm - Lunch and Live Book Coaching with Kristen McGuiness, Rise Literary CEO + LA times bestselling author, Diana Ventimiglia, Big 5 Editor, Hillary Povar, CCO and EVP of publicity at SMITHHOUSE, and Janea Brachfeld, Director, Client Publisher Services at Simon & Schuster.
2:00-3:30pm - Curate Your Community with Zoë Mahler, the Founder of Book Club for Book Hoes + the woman behind the viral booktok account @nycbookhoe and Mackenzie Newcomb, founder of the popular, nationwide literary community Bad Bitch Book Club™.
3:30pm - Farewell ritual
4:00pm Cash bar at The Lobby Bar in The Hotel Chelsea
Cost: $125 (through September 1)
$199 (starting September 2)
“Working with Rise Literary has been a game changer. They know the business and they know how to bring life-changing books to life. Rise is what authors need.”
— Aycee Brown, author of Embody the Magic (HarperOne)
Starts 12 October 2026
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Five Weeks to Craft Your Book helps you build a creative blueprint to understand the book you want to write - and the author you want to become.
Are you ready to finally figure out your book idea? Have you begun to build a platform but aren’t sure which direction you want your writing career to go? Do you have an idea for a book but need help organizing your content?
Awesome. Five Weeks Craft Your Book is here to lead you through the intimidating process of taking your amazing ideas, story, and energy, and turning it into a book blueprint that you can use to write - and ultimately sell - your story. But this workshop isn’t just about the book, it is about the blueprint for your life as a published author, leading you through the elements of crafting your book:
Genre
Structure
Narrative
Editing
Publishing
Through five weekly Zoom sessions, and taped modules, workbooks, and prompts, we will help you develop, write, and query your story. But most importantly, we will help you to craft your book.
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You have an idea but now it’s time to turn it into a book.
You started the book proposal process but have never achieved your goal of finishing, let alone submitting, it.
You're overwhelmed by the idea of writing and need a map to get you where you want to go.
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Five (5) live weekly Zoom meetings
Access to evergreen course materials, included recorded craft talks, proposal outline, and writing prompts
Feedback on your book throughout the course, working through the five main elements of crafting your book:
Genre - what kind of book do you want to write and how does genre impact storytelling, structure, and marketing
Structure - the who, what, why, when, where, and how of your story and book
Narrative - how you tell your story is as important as what happens in your story, defining voice, tone, and your role as writer and author
Editing - learn the basics of becoming your own best editor, refining your storytelling, development, and connection to readers
Publishing - determining what it looks like to become a published author and the best path to create the career of your dreams
Lifetime access to all materials, including the online course and workshop recordings
Option for two private thirty-minute coaching calls
Cost: $249 for standard program or $499 for enhanced program with private coaching
Don’t let your
story get stuck
as a Memory.
Begin the journey from emerging writer to published author.
Book Magic Los Angeles is a one-day writers’ retreat where you will 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.
Romance yourself, revive your creativity, and fall back in love with your story.
Story Magic is a two-day immersive retreat for writers, artists, and storytellers who feel the quiet ache of something more. More depth. More truth. More pleasure in the act of creating.