Practical Telephone Help for Home-Business or Craft-Business Beginners, Established Business Owners or Web Entrepreneurs, and Authors Interested in Self-Publishing.

"It is such consolation to know there is someone to call," says one of my clients. If you're concerned about something or need a quick answer to a nagging problem, help is as near as your telephone!

What satisfied clients are saying about Barbara's telephone consulting service.

Author-Publisher Contract Consulting Service

If you don't have an agent or attorney familiar with book contracts, you might want to consult with me by phone and "pick my brain" on this topic. I cannot offer legal advice or write contracts for you, but, based on my own publishing experience and familiarity with author/publisher contracts, I will study any contract you have been offered, point out what I feel are its strong or weak points, and suggest clauses you might try to negotiate. I can also offer you perspective on working with trade book publishers vs. self-publishing, and what you'll have to do to make your book a best-seller.

NOTE: Be sure to read the helpful articles for authors in my Writing/Publishing department, which will answer at least some of your questions.

See also my Writing/Editing/Critiquing Services for authors who intend to self-publish.

COULD YOU USE A LITTLE "HAND HOLDING" as you begin a new homebased business? Or would you like to bounce your ideas off me as you prepare to diversify an existing homebased business or move into a new field of endeavor? Do you have questions you can't seem to find answers to? Do you need ongoing help as you grow your business? I can help you with all of the above.

Over my lifetime of professional writing and publishing, I've interviewed hundreds of home-business pros for my books and communicated with thousands of other entrepreneurs at home-business conferences, in my day-long seminars and workshops, and by mail, telephone and e-mail.

Because I've heard countless tales of what has worked, and what hasn't, I can probably give you invaluable insight on your current questions or problems in just a few minutes' time, and at very little cost to you. A short phone consult may quickly confirm that you're on the right track or alert you to some things you may have overlooked and need to investigate further. I may also be able to give you leads to other information you need, or people you ought to contact.