541: My Book Editor Spills Industry Secrets for a Winning Proposal

The Goal Digger Podcast

Jenna Kutcher | Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Marketing

Business, Marketing

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When I finally surrendered to the idea of writing a book, the learning started immediately. Drafts and edits and manuscripts and agents and publishers and editors… All of these new tasks for me and it led me to work with an entirely new team of people who are helping me learn the industry and make my first book a book you can’t wait to read.

Carrie Thornton has been in the world of publishing for 25 years. She’s helped books come to life and worked with authors you might recognize from Gabrielle Union to Jessica Simpson to Amy Poehler and more. Now, she’s working with me and truthfully, I am the luckiest. Carrie and I are chatting through the role of an editor, why her editing process is different, why she wanted to edit my book, and what you need to consider if you want to pitch a book yourself.

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0:00.0	The authors need to understand that the publisher can't do everything, right?
0:04.4	Yeah.
0:05.4	So you have to be a major, major player in not only the writing of the book, but the publication
0:10.2	of the book.
0:11.2	Hey, my name is Jenna Kutcher and I am obsessed with all things business, marketing
0:16.0	numbers and helping you to navigate both the messy and the magical seasons of this thing
0:20.4	called life.
0:21.4	I'm a small town mama who took a $300 camera, grew a successful photo biz and now I work
0:26.3	from home in Rema 7 figure online business.
0:28.8	I teach you the tried and true secrets to building a career you adore shy away from the
0:33.4	real talk.
0:34.4	No way.
0:35.4	Money, hardship, growth, loss and marketing are all topics we discuss here.
0:39.2	Think of this as your one stop shop for happy hour with a gal pal mixed with business school.
0:43.8	Pull up a seat, make sure you're cozy and get ready to be challenged and encouraged
0:47.6	while you learn.
0:48.8	This is the Gold Digger podcast.
0:51.7	Every time you dive into a new endeavor, project or idea, you're guaranteed to learn
0:57.2	a lot along the way.
0:59.2	When I finally surrendered to this idea of writing my first book, well, the learning started
1:04.2	immediately.
1:05.2	Drafts and edits and manuscripts and agents and publishers and editors, all of these
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