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Monthly Archives: April 2009

The Icarus Complex

A while ago I saw an advert for a parachuting outfit called Icarus. I thought it was rather an unfortunate name for a company. As you know, Icarus, the son of Daedalus (if you care — he built the Labyrinth of the Minotaur at Knossos and seriously upset King Minos), […]

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  • Let me write your legacy story

    If you want to document your entrepreneurial journey or share how you went from employment to building empires, Jacques is your writer.

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    The Process

    • Reach out to me to write your legacy story
    • We have a Zoom or WhatsApp call to see if we click and to get to know each other
    • If we click and decide to do this, I send you guidelines and questionnaire and a questionnaire for you to fill in
    • You complete it and send it back to me
    • We have a second Zoom or WhatsApp call to work out the register, resonance and rapport of the text
    • I write the first draft of your manuscript (two weeks)
    • I send the first draft sent to you for changes and approval
    • I then do a final edit, proofread and revision.
    • You sign off on the manuscript and there you have your legacy story

    What You Get

    • A 25 000-word e-book ready manuscript
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