Jessica Mudditt on leaving journalism to start her own publishing company

This week Rachel and Lynne have a return guest - Jessica Mudditt. A journalist and author, Jessica has embraced risk and adventure to start her own publishing business, Hembury Books, which provides coaching and ghostwriting services to non-fiction authors. 

Jess talks about what helped her decide to make this career shift, how and why self-publishing is a great option for many authors and some of the challenges of working in today's publishing industry.

We cover:

• What it's like to have your own book in your hand
• Writing her own memoirs
• The publicity machine
• How the ghostwriting process works
• Coaching authors and mentoring them through the publishing process

Jess's first appearance on The Content Byte is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-content-byte/id1478510876?i=1000526237952 

Connect with Jessica at Hembury Books: https://hemburybooks.com.au/ where you can also find her podcast. 

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