“I believe that everyone can write a book.”
As a collaborator and writer, I work closely with my clients to bring their vision to life. I listen to their stories and reflect on their experience. By facilitating the writing process, I apply my expertise in idea creation and development to an author’s unique experience or approach. I help cultivate their distinct voice, point of view, and style and guide authors to create a book that is uniquely their own.
Services
Ghostwriting and Collaborating
Each collaboration entails adapting my process to the author’s situation and needs. Depending on an author’s schedule, availability, preferences, and the nature of their work, we determine the most efficient, authentic way for the author to communicate their ideas and goals to me, ensuring the best possible outcome.
Brand and Platform Development
My work with authors can also include help guiding and building an author’s brand. I work closely with digital marketing and publicity efforts to create consistency across author platforms, including schemas for podcast production, Ted Talks, and other amplifications of author content.
Book Proposals
Collaborations with authors typically begin when I am engaged by the author and their agent to develop and draft a book proposal. My proposals are known to be deep-level documents that not only outline the book’s structure, point of view, and story or unique value proposition but also how and why the author is positioned to market his/her/their book. As substantive and clarifying marketing tools, my book proposals have been sold to all major publishers and their imprints, including Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan.
Editing and Book Doctoring
At times, clients and publishers come to me with a manuscript already drafted. In these situations, I function more as an editor, working with authors and publishers to develop and finesse ideas, tighten or focus manuscript organization, and line edit prose for consistency of style and voice.
Testimonials
“once again [you] masterfully helped me take all of what was inside of me and put it into the pages of this book” — Chaz Bono
Billie’s “skilled organization made the project . . complete.” —Rebecca Booth, M.D.
“Much . . help came from Billie Fitzpatrick, my collaborator. . . [who was] full of enthusiasm and helpful advice for the project from beginning to end and is a wizard with words.” —Kelly Dorfman, M.S., L.D.N.