Amy loves to work with people who make a positive impact. Amy is a Book Coach, Founder of Unleash Your Inner Author, and the Author of The Gratitude Connection. She is also an award-winning speaker, teaching business and creative groups about the power of their unique stories to build authentic connections in their personal and professional lives. Amy hosts the Positively Powered podcast, teaches author workshops and helps change makers on their journey to become published authors.

About Amy Collette

Amy loves to work with people who make a positive impact. Amy is a Book Coach, Founder of Unleash Your Inner Author, and the Author of The Gratitude Connection. Amy helps changemakers on their journey to become published authors.

Make a Positive Impact with The Lens of Joy

June 11, 2019 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

Every day, every moment, we make a choice of the lenses we see through. After we read the news or the daily tweetfest we can come away looking through a lens of negativity or even hopelessness. But when we spend time with people who are fired up and changing the world, our lens can be […]

3 Tips for Creating a Compelling Author Bio for Your Book

March 13, 2019 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

3 Tips for Creating a Compelling Author Bio for Your Book This short video shows you how to avoid writing a boring author biography. Create one that will help your ideal readers know that your book is for them! For more in-depth help with your author bio, see: Three steps to writing your bio: […]

What’s the Difference Between A Book Coach and an Editor?

January 3, 2019 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

Knowing the difference between a Book Coach and an Editor can help you decide on what support you need to unleash your inner author and publish your book. Every author should be over-the-moon happy about their book, and professional Book Coaches and Editors pave the path to making that dream come true. A Book Coach gets […]

Last-Minute Book Gifts With Kindle

December 18, 2018 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

It’s not too late to send the books you want to give! I show you how to save the day in this quick video about Kindle’s Buy For Others feature.

How to write a great book description

July 30, 2018 by Amy Collette 1 Comment

How do you write a great book description that connects with your readers and makes them take action to buy it and read it? And do that in 200 words or less? That’s the big question authors grapple with. But wait—there’s more! This description also has to grab the imagination and interest of the influencers […]

Impact Founder with Kristin Darga

February 20, 2018 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

All entrepreneurs struggle, from Elon Musk to the newbie just launching their startup. While the challenges change, they all need support, encouragement, and perspective. Kristin Darga's book and organization, both titled Impact Founder, provide inspirational stories and photos of entrepreneurs who are risking it all to make a difference. Kristin first saw the need for [...]

A love letter to your readers

February 15, 2018 by Amy Collette 2 Comments

Most of you feel compelled to get your message out there. Your book is a way you can help more people, and there comes a point that you can’t hold back any longer. You do the hard work of unleashing your inner author for the chance to teach, to inspire, to encourage someone; to etch your [...]

Transforming worry into peace

February 1, 2018 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

I come from a long line of world-class worriers - you probably do, too. We consider it a natural part of being a human. But what if it could be different? I found a wonderful book about how to worry less. It’s called “Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway” by Susan [...]

Impact founder book launch!

September 19, 2017 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

For entrepreneurs and the people who love them This beautiful book is the brainchild of Kristin Darga, who was inspired to build a community to support entrepreneurs who are changing the world, but feeling like they’re all alone in the struggle. "This is a book about generosity and about boundaries. The generosity to build something [...]

Jalapenos and 1,000 miles

August 18, 2017 by Amy Collette Leave a Comment

I’m excited to announce the “unleashing” of two new authors! Congratulations to Carol Jacobson and John Alexander: Here’s how Carol Jacobson describes her book, Dancing on the Edge: Clearly I have issues "Reading these poems is a lot like eating jalapenos; they all look the same, but some are a lot stronger than others. Your eyes water, [...]