As an agent, you know better than anyone that the publishing world is hit-and-miss. You’ve gotta keep your powder dry and only shoot when you see the marketability in their eyes. I understand that. I also understand that, as a first-time author, I’m unproven. Yet, I’m begging your forbearance. If you like what you see on this page, please give me a closer look. I’ve written one hell of a story, and with the right support, I know it will sell.

I’ve got a primary audience of eleven thousand avid followers online, and while those aren’t Kardashian numbers, they’re a solid jumping-off point from which to attack secondary and tertiary markets. There are millions of English-speaking readers who suffer from Hereditary Hemochromatosis. That is a solid bridge to future sales. While the genetic disorder that nearly killed me is a nightmare for the internal organs, it’s marketing gold for a memoirist: A condition rare enough — and weird enough — to fascinate the public yet common enough to provide a huge affinity market for targeted exploitation.

My frontline audience is also primed for market optimization. Through my social media portal demographic tools, I’ve discovered that nearly 80 percent of my followers are women, and most are over 40 years of age. That is dead-center of the book club market. Such alignment is no fluke. My writing aims at both the heart and the head, mining the richest veins of human experience in a way that leads readers to think, feel, laugh, cry, and, crucially, reach out to their friends in conversation. Those connections, to risk being crass about my own work, can be an enormous asset in our efforts to generate sales through a network of reader-advocates across both national and international markets. As a genetic condition most prevalent in people of Celtic origin, Hereditary Hemochromatosis is most common in the larger English-speaking world, from the United States to Canada to the United Kingdom to Western Europe and even to New Zealand and Australia.

With a bit of hustle (and a sprig or two of luck), we can make Incompatible With Life: A Memoir of Grave Illness, Great Love, and Survival a sleeper hit in 2024. I’ve got the writing chops, the starting point, and one hell of a story, well told. If you’re intrigued, check out one or all of the pitches below, then drop me a line to continue the conversation.