We have four plans to help you in capturing your unique story. 1. Capturing Story Mentoring; 2. Capturing Story Access; 3. Capturing Story Retreat; and 4. Capturing Story Services. Choose the plan that is best for you!
- Capturing Story Mentoring
$495.00 for six months. This is our best deal!
(Note: Requires offering Needle Rock Press first right to publish your book. There is no charge for this. Needle Rock Press will receive 20% of your book’s online profits while you receive 80%.
Sessions begin twice a year. (Check website for next opening.)
Includes!
- Group Coaching Every Monday Evening at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time (except for one prescheduled free week each month)
- One Hour of Weekly Scheduled Personal Coaching (except for one prescheduled free week each month)
- Recording of Group and Personal Sessions
- Handouts
- A closed Facebook Group
- Access to all online Capturing Story Materials and Training
- Soul Food
- Prayer Support
- Marketing Consultation and Coaching
- Website Listing Through Needle Rock Press
- Promotion Package (see under Capturing Story Services)
- Locked in Price from the Time You Sign Up and for as Long as You Continue Forward.
The goal is to bring your project to completion and includes publication. Our group sessions are designed to encourage one another, pray for one another, share wins and challenges, brainstorm ideas together, and use Capturing Story tools together.
When you look over our charges for individual services, you will see that the Mentoring Class is an incredible deal. That’s why class size is limited.
Most of our Capturing Story Mentoring students will be given the opportunity to publish their printed books through Needle Rock Press, which means their books will have the Needle Rock Press Logo and the authors will not be charged any setup or design fees. Authors receive 80% of their royalties on sales of their print books online. Authors are also able to purchase their books for resale at cost plus twenty percent. Authors are responsible for any taxes and shipping and handling. The only money required up front is in ordering of proof books, which usually comes to less than $50.00. We take care of everything for you (such as ordering of books and replacements when necessary and keeping track of sales). We issue authors a royalty check (if applicable) twice a year (January 15 and July 15)
Email sandy to schedule a phone call to see if you are a good fit for this class. Sandy only takes people she believes will benefit from what she has to offer.
2. Capturing Story Access Coming Soon!
$29/monthly
Access to All Capturing Story Training Online. Includes!
- Video Training and Helps
- Checklists
- Creative Tools
- Editing Helps
- Soul Care
- Marketing Tools
- Writing Tools
- Expert Advice
- Facebook Group with scheduled Live Sessions
- Go-at-your-own pace or as Sandy suggests
- New material as it is weekly posted onsite
3. Capturing Story Four-Day Retreat
(Planning is in session for 2023! Location to be announced.)
$999.00 (Limit 10 students)
Intensive coaching and mentoring on your project that you send to Sandy ahead of time. Set in a beautiful location conducive to creating. This is a time to heal your soul as well as your project and make new friends!
Retreat Features Include!
- Lodging in a shared room (private will cost extra)
- Meals and snacks (we cater to special diets)
- Editing of materials mailed ahead of time
- List of suggestions from mentor
- Heart Check
- Brainstorming with other members at retreat
- Handouts
- Quiet Time with God
- Free Journal
- Prayer Support
4. Capturing Story Services
Please note these services are included in the Capturing Story Mentoring Program and are available to those outside the Capturing Story Mentoring Program only as time allows and if we are a good fit for one another. A good fit is determined through a free one-hour teleconference session. Email sandycathcart@gmail.com to see if she is available.
Personal Coaching
$45/ hour
This coaching time can be about anything you want. Sandy has a degree in Bible, so she is available for soul coaching as well as writing and art. Everything else goes better when you are standing on a firm foundation!
Editing Services
$45/hour
On large projects, Sandy offers one free consultation along with one-hour free editing services (if she believes your project is a good fit) so you can see if Capturing Story Editing Services is a good fit for you.
Please note that editing services vary depending on what you need. Sandy is both a very fast typist and a seasoned editor. The following factors will determine hours:
- If your work is clean and ready to go, it should only take a few hours, depending on number of pages.
- If you need help with plot and structure as well as line editing, it will take more hours.
- If you need Sandy to help with scanning and/or sizing of photos, it will take more hours.
Kindle Setup
In most cases (unless highly formatted) $200 flat fee.
Printed Book Services
Cover Design and layout with final print-ready PDF
We will work with you whether you already have your own artwork and/or photos or whether you have no idea what you want. Sandy is an award-winning artist whose artwork and photos have been featured in magazines throughout the Pacific Northwest. She will help you find the right artist, photographer, or illustrator, or she will do her best to help you turn your own photos and artwork into something wonderful.
$45/hour
Interior Design and layout with final print-ready PDF
You will be asked to give us your ideas and favorites, then we will give you some choices until we find something that will make you proud!
$40/hour
Set-Up on Amazon or Ingram Spark
$45/hour plus any charges Ingram Spark requires up front.
We set everything up for you and then turn it all over for you to continue yourself.
Design of Promotional Materials
$45/hour
After brainstorming with you, we will take your book and turn it into promotional materials and present you with camera-ready material to be submitted to the Commercial Printer of your choice (such as VistaPrint or Costco), or to be printed on your own Printer.
Promotion Package
Needle Rock Press will do their best to help promote the author’s books by helping to create a launch, getting the word out, and placing the book and author bio on the Needle Rock Press site. As Needle Rock Press grows, so will our marketing and promotional abilities.
Publication Through Needle Rock Press
Needle Rock Press is not accepting outside solicitations at this time. If you think you have a story that would be a good fit, then please consider our Capturing Story Mentoring Program.