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CORNUCOPIA OF OFFERINGS to Bring Your Book to Print
"Practically skillful and mindfully soulful, she is helpful at every turn and around all the stops and stages in the process of book making. "But mostly, she is the best kind of friend, and that's really what it takes." ~ Prema Nihan Sanchez, author, River's Grace: Navigating the Sacred and Mundane in Motherhood
“Naomi is the bridge between the compassionate and the practical. I appreciate that she holds my need to tell my story and an awareness of what the publisher needs.” —Laurie White
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Bringing Your Treasures into the World . . . Naomi Rose Book Developer
ABOUT BOOK DEVELOPMENT What a Book Developer Does
(and why you might find one helpful) Inside you there is a wish to write something. But what is it that wants to be brought out? How do you find and sustain the courage and confidence to follow the emerging thread? How do you give it form and shape in a way that is creative and satisfying, not scary, lonely, or overwhelming? This is what a Book Developer is for. "Development" suggests a process ~ patience, compassion, trial and error, learning from what doesnt work for you, and becoming more finely attuned to what does.
A "BOOK DEVELOPER" ISN'T QUITE THE SAME AS A "WRITING COACH" People sometimes say to me, "A Book Developer. Thats like a writing coach, right?" Well, not exactly. I'm all in favor of writing coaches ~ they help you fulfill your goals, using action plans, and so on to get you there. It's basically results-oriented. A writing coach is great to use if you want to get the book written. But if you want to be present to yourself as you move into writing the book, and have that relationship heal and inspire what you write, then you have entered the arena of a Book Developer ~ at least, the kind of Book Development I offer. Book development takes place on a different level from the achieving self altogether. You do get to accomplish completing a book, of course. But who you are, in doing that, is just as important as getting the book written. In fact, it's essential to writing from the deeper Self. The treasures inside you ~ dreams, memories, forgotten promises, glints of your own character-gold hidden beneath the dull rock of shame and overly harsh self-criticism ~ cannot be marched out and made to reveal themselves on a list of to-dos. They have to be uncovered gently ~ for it is that shy, vulnerable, gentle Self who first went into hiding. It must be safe to come out now, into the light of your own attention as well as that of your readers to come, later on. Your treasures need to be invited out. Like a brand-new being, they must be welcomed into the world. This is where the book-development process comes in. We see whats there, and respond to that. And as your intention refines itself, we work to bring your writing into
harmony with your intention and the great
beauty of your innermost being.
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