Our marquee self-paced video class on marketing. Eight sections broken up into bite-sized videos, with over 50 downloadable handouts that cover every aspect of this intimidating—but important—skill set. 

About the Course

Over six hours of self-paced instruction and over 50 handouts and resources about all facets of writer marketing, book marketing, and author platform. Work your way through this course, and you will generate hundreds of new marketing ideas for your writing career. We can't wait to see you out there!


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Meet Mary Kole


Former literary agent Mary Kole founded Good Story Company as an educational, editorial, and community resource for writers. She provides consulting and developmental editing services to writers of all categories and genres, working on children’s book projects from picture book to young adult, and all kinds of trade market literature, including fantasy, sci-fi, romance, and memoir.


She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and has worked at Chronicle Books, the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, and Movable Type Management. She has been blogging at Kidlit.com since 2009. Her book, Writing Irresistible Kidlit, a writing reference guide for middle grade and young adult writers, is available from Writer's Digest Books.