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.
A Complete Guide to Your Publishing Platform.
Are you tired of dreaming of being a writer but are now ready to become one?
Do you wonder about self-publishing, indie-publishing, or even where to begin—let alone what kind of book you want to write? Do you have a lot of questions but aren’t sure where to find the answers? Author Alchemy is a self-paced deep dive for those who are ready to start on the 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, but more than that, it will show you how to fulfill your creative dreams.
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.
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If you have a book idea but don’t know how to write it - yet alone publish it.
If you’ve been working on a book for a while but are unsure of how to get it done and out there.
If you’ve finished your book and are ready to get it published but don’t know what to do next.
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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.
Craft your book blueprint
through through the proposal process.
Five live group Q+As with taped craft talks on how to discover, draft, edit, and query your book proposal to agents and editors. Private sessions with Kristen also available.
Finally start or finish the first draft of your book
even if you don’t know where to begin.
Nine live group classes with craft talks and live group feedback, plus private one-on-one sessions with NYT bestselling editor and book publisher Kristen McGuiness.
A Complete Guide to Your Publishing Platform.
Build It Now, Use It Forever.
An evergreen course to help you recommit to your creativity and finally start your path to publishing. Includes five tapes modules, over ten writing worksheets with prompts, and resources for creativity, accountability, and community.
Don’t let your
story get stuck
as a Memory.
Starts 19 March 2026
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Starts 19 March 2026 •
A gentle approach to sharing your story, Five Months to Write Your Book guides you through the process of writing the first draft of your manuscript.
Over the course of five months, we will go through the craft, the community, the challenges, and the true joy of finally sharing your truths. We will work through developing your themes, tactics, and writing techniques to create a story which not only shares your story but which entertains and inspires your readers. Course includes 9 two-hour group sessions, which are held on Zoom bi-weekly, and 2 private sessions with NY Times bestselling editor and bestselling author Kristen McGuiness.
Five Months to Write Your Book is more than just a retreat or a course, it is about building a relationship with your story, helping you to finally draft and finish the book you were meant to write.
Next workshop begins on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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You've been wanting to write the story of your life but you don't know where to start...
You have always known you wanted to write a book but were afraid to do it...
You know the story you want to tell but don't know how to tell it.
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A total of 9 bi-weekly Zoom sessions and 2 30-minute private sessions with your book coach to help you develop, write, and share your story.
Option to add monthly one-hour private coaching session.
Classes will be held every other week on Thursday, from 10:00am-12:00pm PST/1:00pm-3:00pm EST.
Classes are recorded and private sessions are offered between live workshops.
$1499 for standard private sessions + $2499 for enhanced private coaching
Starting at $249 / month (5 payment)
or save 20% in one full payment of $1,499
“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 1 November 2026
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Five Weeks to Find Your Story uses the book proposal process to help you outline and understand the book you want to write - but also, 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 to Find Your Story 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 retreat isn’t just about the book, it is about the blueprint for your life as a published author.
Through five weekly Zoom sessions, and taped modules, workbooks, and prompts, we will help you develop, write, and query your book. But most importantly, we will help you to find your story.
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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
Option for one private hour-long coaching call
Access to evergreen course materials, included recorded craft talks, proposal outline, and writing prompts
Feedback on your proposal throughout the course, working through the five elements of the book proposal:
Write an overview that grabs the attention of agents and editors
Build a marketing plan that is aspirational but realistic
Create the structure and chapter summaries to sell your book
Choose your sample chapters and organize your content
Write a query letter that lands you an agent
Lifetime access to all materials, including the online course and workshop recordings
Cost: $699 for standard program or $999 for enhanced program with private coaching