Who this is for
You have probably been told you should write a book. Maybe a client said it after you told a story in a meeting, or a colleague said it after a keynote, or your children said it over the holidays. Most of the people I work with have heard it for years. They run companies, teach what they know, or have lived a life their family wants on paper.
And they have plenty of material. What stops them is the quiet worry that the finished book won't sound like them.
What you'll get
Every Tuesday I send one essay on how a book actually gets made: how to decide what your book is for, how to get your stories out of your head and onto a recording, how to give it a shape, and how to edit a page until it sounds like the person whose name is on the cover. Once a month, the Your Brand Story essay helps founders tell the story behind their work. A few times a week you'll also find me in Notes.
Who I am
I'm Nikki Edwards, and I write books with people who have a story they've been carrying for years.
Every book I write starts the same way, with hours of recorded conversation, because the best sentence in nearly every book I've written was said out loud before anyone typed it.
When I'm not writing, I'm often traveling. I believe new cultures, new people, new flavors, and new perspectives are part of what makes a storyteller, and it's hard to understand the world by staying in one place. At home, Piper, my editor-in-chief, reviews every chapter from her corner office, which happens to be my lap.
Along the way I've ghostwritten more than 65 books, including seven New York Times best sellers and 47 Amazon best sellers, and earned a Ph.D. and an MBA. If you have a story you've been carrying, I'd love to hear it.
"I doubted anyone could write the way I speak. After 15 interviews, Nikki delivered chapters that read exactly like me. When my wife read the draft, she teared up."
Founder, leadership book
"Since publishing, I have been booked on numerous podcasts and successfully launched my coaching program. The book does the introduction for me, and establishes me as an authority before I ever enter the room."
Female Founders Executive Coach, first book
Start here
Subscribe and I'll send you The Voice Check, the checklist I run on every manuscript. It takes about twenty minutes on your first page.
Curious what working together could look like?
From my desk to yours,
Nikki
