Introducing the Book Genius
Summer Writing Blockbuster.
A Summer Writing Program specifically designed to break through the blocks to keep you energized, focused, and motivated. Led by one of "Big 5" publishing's bestselling authors Jayne Allen — designed for writers with real lives.
★ June Enrollment Open Now — Early Bird $149 →
You have a book inside you.
And something keeps stopping you from writing it.
You have an idea — maybe a great one — but you haven't started, or you started and stalled, and now the idea just sits there. Heavy. Nagging. Waiting.
Or maybe you've written something — but it didn't sell the way you hoped, and you're not sure what went wrong or whether to keep going.
Life keeps pulling your attention away. The dog. The kids. The job. Everything is loud and competing, and your book never quite rises above the noise.
You're not sure if self-doubt is the block, or structure, or just time — but something keeps you from the page. And you're tired of waiting to figure it out.
"The doubt, the blocks, the days where nothing comes — I feel every single one of those things too. Every working author does."
— Jayne Allen
The difference is that my doubt gets moments — not seasons. Because I have a system that neutralizes the blocks before they become walls. A system that recharges me when my energy runs low and gets me back to the page — within an hour — every time.
That system is repeatable. It is transferable. It works for other people. And this June, I'm putting it to work for you.
Not an MFA. Not a long course.
A blockbuster. A jolt. A system that works.
On May 31st, we spend one focused day together. I will address your mindset, correct the thinking patterns that are clogging your creative pipes, fix the structural fault that's causing your writer's block, and show you — with real numbers — exactly what you're leaving on the table by not finishing your book. Then for all of June, you write inside the accountability system I use myself — daily video from me in the field, daily prompts, a progress tracker, and a community of writers who get it.
Wrong thinking is the number one thing that clogs your creative flow. We identify it, correct it, and build a system to handle it every time it comes back.
Writer's block is almost always a structural fault. A well-crafted story — fiction or nonfiction — has its own energy. It writes itself. We get yours there.
Real numbers. Real examples. Exactly how much opportunity and income you're leaving on the table — and what changes when you stop leaving it there.
Wrapped around all of it: accountability, community, and daily momentum. Because you need a system that brings your writing above the noise of everything else competing for your attention. You need people going through the same thing. You need wins witnessed and hard days held.
"By the end of the summer, you are going to have a book."
Early bird $149 through May 14 · Recordings available if you miss the live masterclass
Jayne Allen —
Writing from the field,
in real time.
Jayne Allen is a HarperCollins–published, New York Times–reviewed bestselling author of the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, The Most Wonderful Time, and co-author of The Best Man: Unfinished Business — winner of the inaugural Astra Book Award for Best Debut Novel.
She has sold 300,000+ copies worldwide, twice earned out a six-figure advance, and is currently writing under contract for four more books. When she teaches this summer, every video comes directly from the experience of being a working author on deadline — right now.
"This is the program I wish had existed when I was trying to finish my first book."
Your Writer's
Blockbuster Summer
Three months. Three masterclasses. Each one designed to permanently break through a specific block that keeps writers from finishing — and getting paid for — their work.
Three masterclasses. Three bonus sessions. Three 30-day immersions.
Three chances to break through — and get your book done — this summer.
End your blocks. For good.
All three months.
One great decision.
June + July + August standard access. Everything you need for a complete writing journey — from first idea to finished manuscript to author platform.
$197 + $227 + $247 = $671 separately
Get the Bundle — Best Price of the Summer2026 Book Genius Summer Writer's Blockbuster
What you get when you show up
Before the month begins, spend four hours with Jayne live. Walk away with a writing framework, a plan, and the energy to execute it — whether you're starting your first page or returning to a manuscript.
Not archived. Not recycled. Every video comes directly from the experience of being a working HarperCollins author writing under contract right now — on deadline, in real life.
Daily writing prompts aligned with each month's focus, paired with a tracker that makes consistency visible. Small consistent moves build manuscripts.
A writer community that sticks around long after the immersion ends. Connect, stay accountable, and keep writing. Included free with every enrollment — a $99 value.
Teaching from the field.
Still writing.
Still under contract.
Still in it with you.
Since stepping away from teaching in 2023, Jayne published two more books and signed contracts for four additional titles — including two new series of her own.
Her co-author won the inaugural Astra Book Award for Best Debut Novel. Her revision mentee won the We Need Diverse Books Adult Fiction competition and is being considered for a contract with Penguin Random House.
She didn't come back to teach from memory. She came back to teach from now.
& contracted
2024–25
Jayne Allen
Jayne Allen is the bestselling HarperCollins author of the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy and The Most Wonderful Time, and co-author of The Best Man: Unfinished Business. She has sold 300,000+ copies worldwide, appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Good Morning America, Essence, People, Oprah Daily, and Entertainment Weekly, and has twice earned out a six-figure advance in royalties.
Before her writing career, she was a Harvard Law School graduate, a Duke University engineer, and an entertainment attorney whose marketing clients included platinum-selling recording artists. She wrote her first commercial book in three weeks and nearly doubled her attorney salary in year one as an author.
She has taught hundreds of writers through Book Genius since 2018. Her teaching philosophy is simple: give writers exactly what they need to know, from someone who has done it at every level.
The Summer Kickstart
is just the beginning.
The full Book Genius curriculum returns this fall — a comprehensive program for writers who are ready to commit to the complete journey from manuscript to published author.
Summer Kickstart participants receive first access and alumni pricing.
Start with June — $149 Early Bird