Nurturing Big Ideas and Old Dog Learning offer our Fully Developed Book Coaching Program for serious writers determined to produce a stellar product to support your business and create a lasting legacy. Producing your next (or first) book is a big task. A big decision. The process can be overwhelming. Serious writers understand that writing a book takes more than sweat and tears - more than a great idea - even more than determination. Writing a book takes a team.... Read more →

This is a brand-new program - designed to bring "ready to get my book done" folks the accountability coaching and support they need. Read more →

Are you Using these 13 Excuses NOT to Write a Book This Year? In this tongue-in-cheek review of the excuses she's heard all too often, Yvonne will show you why and how to stop accepting any of them from yourself! As she explains: "It’s my purpose and passion in life to get more women to write books. Women like you. Women who have stories to share. Women with experience who can become role models for other women." If you're already... Read more →

Electrifying Your Idea! Whether you're writing a fantasy novel, a memoir, history for a popular audience, or a nonfiction business book, your goal should be the same: to "construct something wondrous" in the minds of your readers. How can you ensure your book will achieve that goal? Find your throughline. Find it as early in your writing process as you can. Then, revisit and refine it throughout. This workbook companion to The How to Write a Book Book will show... Read more →

The Ultimate Book Promotion Plan: A Workbook "Book promotion is as much a science as it is a marketing task." So opens this practical and useful workbook, that will help you create and implement marketing tasks to promote your book to your audience. From Yvonne DiVita, co-author of The How to Write a Book Book, this handy tool picks up on the advice given there, “Don’t forget the marketing! Perhaps we should be hammering this on every page? . .... Read more →

Your Step-by-Step Plans for Bringing BIG IDEAS to Life One Page at a Time Praise from our galley readers: "Aspiring authors ... quit planning to write your book. Get this one! Spend a weekend with it, get fired up, and get going!" — Anita Campbell, Founder and CEO of Small Business Trends "I loved the practical, relatable, easy-to-follow advice on writing, publishing, and marketing a first book, in Parts 1 and 2. Then, as a published author myself, I was... Read more →

Handing out your business card is one of the 15 Ways to Take Your Story on the Road. A business card identifies you and your business (we won’t get into the development of the business card, here; we expect that you’ve put thought into all of that and your card has all the right information) and gives people a center to operate from. Many people stop there. They heave that relieved sigh, shake off their nerves, and move forward. Yes,... Read more →

Book as Business Card takes new, aspiring authors through the steps needed to understand and write a book to become a product in your business. The sweat and tears are yours, of course, no one writes a book as easily as a letter to your sweetheart, but the process is easier when you follow these steps. The letter to your sweetheart is a good analogy, however. If you start your book with that love in mind, the idea of creating... Read more →

These 4 essential guidebooks were designed to help every smart, talented woman doing business today to propel her businesses forward. You'll find many resources included, along with actionable advice, and books you should read. By the way, reading isn't merely fundamental - you'll find it's a necessary part of being successful because strong, successful people read. You'll learn how to: Get Started with your special talent; Move Forward by learning to ask for help and more; keep yourself On Track... Read more →

Being an introvert, I am content at home, working on my own. But I knew staying home was not going to grow my business! And once out into the world, I knew I had to untie that worry knot in my stomach that always threatened to derail me. And, my voice! It was little more than a whisper. I kept wondering, “How will anyone hear me in this wild cacophony all around me?” A good friend finally said, “Get BOLD,... Read more →