Branded legal content strategist and seasoned book specialist, leveraging 25+ years of experience to achieve your content and publishing aspirations
Elevating Legal Content & Brands
I partner with law firms, legal info sites, online legal services, financial services, marketing agencies, and legal software/tech. I craft, edit, and refine content with legal accuracy, strategically elevating your brand and engaging audience for measurable results.
* Comprehensive content strategies aligned with brand objectives
* Impactful content, website copy, blogs, articles, white papers, ebooks, and marketing campaigns
* Legal content is accessible, engaging, and tailored to the specific audience needs
* Expert editorial services enhance the quality, tone, and overall effectiveness of your content
* Guiding junior writers to develop their skills and produce high-caliber content
* Strategic enhancement of AI-generated content, injecting voice and accuracy
Clients include Forbes Advisor, Divorce.com, LegalZoom, Thomson Reuters, Thrivent, Willing, Smokeball, Rainmaker Group, Elite Lawyer Management, and more.
Empowering Authors
I am a dedicated book editor, ghostwriter, book proposal developer, and coach passionate about guiding dozens of authors to bring their visions to fruition. With a collaborative and supportive approach, I work with non-fiction, fiction, children’s books, textbooks, and memoir authors on traditional publishing and self-publishing routes.
*Expert Editing: Developmental and copyediting services to ensure your book is polished while powerfully conveying your message and captivating your readers
*Strategic Book Coaching: Ongoing guidance, motivation, and strategic advice, helping authors overcome challenges and realize their unique voice
*Ghostwriting: Close collaboration to skillfully craft your book, honoring your vision and voice
*Book Proposal Development: Expert coaching and creation services for compelling, market-ready proposals to capture the attention of literary agents and acquisitions editors.
Expertise & Creative Vision
My attorney background provides strong research/analysis, which, when partnered with my extensive publishing experience, fuels creative storytelling and the development of engaging content. This unique blend brings a strategic and imaginative perspective to every project, ultimately bringing success for your book or content initiatives.
Education Specialist
I am co-author of a series of college textbooks and have created content for a variety of textbooks involving finance, law, history, and humanities.
Freelancer
My freelance work has appeared in hundreds of publications, including print magazines, newspapers, and websites. I have also created business marketing materials, curricula, and covering law, parenting, finance, business, women’s issues, health, aging, travel, food, AI, and more.
My portfolio www.brettesember.com. Substack: The Book Foundry https://thebookfoundry.substack.com/
Let’s connect and bring your vision to fruition.
Subjects
Law, business, finance, children’s books, education, health, travel, food, family, legal, divorce, humor, essays, memoir, AI, book proposals, book coaching, self-help, nonfiction, fiction, personal finance
Skills
Writing Credits
Brette has written for more than 300 magazines and websites in her career. She has created and edited content for many law firms, legal marketing agencies, legal tech companies, and legal information sites including LegalZoom, Forbes Advisor, Divorce.com, Willing, Thrivent, Thomson Reuters, Findlaw, Avvo Stories, Elite Lawyer Management, Rainmaker Group, Smokeball, and more. She has written more than 40 of her own books and has co-authored, coached, edited, and ghosted hundreds more.
Book Credits
I have authored 40 titles about law, health, travel, food, finance, business, humor, children’s books, and more. She has co-authored, ghosted, edited, anc coached hundreds more in her career.
https://brettesember.com/books/
https://brettesember.com/editing
https://brettesember.com/book-coach
Awards, Honors, Appointments
Ben Franklin Award Finalist
Book clients have won Hay House Workshop contests
As author, unless indicated otherwise.
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