How Your Personal Experiences Can Result in a Book Deal

Plutus Awards Podcast

Have you ever watched a talk show or listened to a podcast and thought you had the answers to what was being discussed, but then the host brings out an expert? As the expert gives their expert opinion, you are shouting, THAT’S WHAT I SAID as you shake your head back and forth in agreement with the expert. Have you ever wondered how these people became an expert on that subject? Did they have to go to school to become an expert, or were they able to turn what they know into what they do?

In this episode, Sarah Li Cain had a heartfelt conversation with award-winning personal finance journalist Cameron Huddleston and author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations with Your Parents About Their Finances. Cameron shared how she had a pivotal moment in her personal life in becoming her mother’s caregiver, how writing a book turned her into a subject matter expert, and how she leverages that into other business opportunities.

Episode highlights

• Cameron discusses how she managed writing and taking care of her mother.
• How Cameron expanded her idea on writing her book
• How to turn your life story into a book, including how to create a successful proposal

For more information, visit the show notes at https://plutusfoundation.org/2021/book-deal