Jerrold Mundis
Author of 
40 books
Book-of-the-Month Club
Literary Guild,
 One Spirit Book Club
Selections, and More

 



  

Get It Written

  Hi, 

I'm Jerrold Mundis. I've published 40 books with publishers such as Bantam, Delacorte, Jove, and New American Library and more than 100 short stories, essays, and features in the New York Times Magazine, American Heritage, Glamour, Harper's Weekly, the Magazine of Fantasy & Science-Fiction, and other publications.

I can help you get your work written.   

“One day I got lucky, and found Jerry Mundis. He is unsurpassed as a teacher." 

                                        - Matt Braun
                                          Golden Spur Award winner
                                          Author of 43 Novels & Nonfiction Books

I'll share a lifetime's worth of professional experience and expertise with you.

“Working with Jerry could very well be the best single investment you could ever make in your career.”

                                        - Judith McNaught

                                          Author of Night Whispers
                                          and Nine Other New York Times  

                                          Bestsellers

We can talk about whatever you'd like: Plot, character, theme. Dialogue, setting, pacing. Research, structure, style.   

“Jerry, the difficulty I was having when I came to see you is definitely over. My novel is almost done. I am grateful to you for giving me the tools that I needed. Thank you again. You are a great teacher, with a gift of clarity and of gentleness and insight.”

                                        - Judy Collins
                                          Grammy Award winner
                                          Singer, Songwriter, Author

We can talk about the writing process, overcoming writer's block, or agents, marketing and publishing. 

“After three dreary months of staring at a blank computer screen, a single afternoon with Jerry Mundis broke down the barriers that were keeping me from starting my novel. He offers a gentle yet disciplined approach to making the words flow productively.”

                                        - Wendy Lowe
                                          Contributor to Esquire, The Atlantic 
                                          and Other Magazines

Or we can just plain chat.

“I often refer to Jerry as my writing therapist.”

                                         - Rick Fields
                                           Author of Chop Wood, Carry Water;
                                           How the Swans Came to the Lake

                                           and Other Books

I'll give you counsel, support, direction, and friendship

“Jerry has the map to the netherworld of a writer's anxieties and doubts. He works as a guide, teaching you how to recognize and cope with the dangers. The result is a reliable professionalism that enables one to work steadily whatever one's emotional landscape may happen to be at the time.

                                         - Suzannah Lessard
                                           Former Staff Writer for the New Yorker
                                           Author of The Architect of Desire

I'll tell you everything you need to know to do your best work, to do it steadily and reliably, and to give it absolutely the best chance of publication.

“If you want to get off your ass and onto the page, Jerry Mundis can make it happen.”

                                         - Lawrence Block
                                           Edgar Award winner
                                           Grand Master Award winner
                                           Mystery Writers of America

I'll put the struggle to write behind you forever.

“If you do what Jerry says—which is easy—you'll finish whatever you want to finish. And you'll stop hating yourself.” 

                                         - Charles M. Young
                                           Contributor to Rolling Stone,
                                           Playboy,
the Atlantic
                                           and Other Magazines

I have counseled and helped writers ranging from a Pulitzer Prize winner to a recipient of the National Book Award. From many-times published novelists to unpublished beginners. From self-help writers, to essayists, short-story and feature writers. From writers who began as public speakers or housewives to writers who began as university professors,  secretaries, psychotherapists, bartenders, and attorneys.

“For thirty years I had struggled with my resistance to writing. Jerry knew every reason why and communicated with me clearly, effectively, and with kindness. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. The first month after meeting Jerry I finished a piece I had been struggling with for over a year. And I enjoyed it! A year and a half later, I finished, and sold, my first book. I have received a new skill, a new career, and a new way of seeing myself.”

                                         - James Michael McMahon, Ph.D.
                                           Psychoanalyst
                                           Author of The Price of Wisdom

My guidance has made the difference for them.

It can make the difference for you.

“My problem with writer's block was so severe that I had come to believe I would have to leave academia because of it. But Jerry demystified both the writing process and my struggle with it, and provided me with a clear path I could follow to achieve my goals. He literally changed my life.

                                        - Ellen Hyman-Browne, J.D., LL.M.
                                          Associate Professor of Law
                                          CUNY Law School at Queens, NY 

 

This Help 
Is Real and Practical

It Is Offered 
by a
 Lifelong Professional Writer 

~

From Reviews

Gerhardt's Children

A superb novelist presents a book difficult to overpraise.
                                                       - Publisher's Weekly

The Dogs

Much better than Jaws and twice as terrifying.
                                                                     - Newsday

How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt
& Live Prosperously

It’s possibly the most helpful self-help book I’ve ever read.
                                                               - Whole Earth

~

My books have been selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club,
 Literary Guild, One Spirit Book Club and other book clubs,
and translated into a dozen foreign languages.

My short stories, essays, and articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, American Heritage,
 Harper's Weekly, New York Magazine,
and the
 Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

I have been a literary agent and am
a former editor
 for The New York Times  

I Can Make A Difference
in Your Writing

in Just One Hour

 


If you have questions, could use help, don't know where to start or how to continue, or would like to talk over anything else related to your writing with a deeply experienced and highly praised writer who is also a compassionate and veteran teacher, make an appointment to speak with me today.

I can help.

I can do more than help: I can make the difference for you.

Just give me—and yourself—one hour.

I'll change your life for you.

“Jerry’s techniques are now intrinsic to my writing routine. I never worry about taking an assignment or signing a book contract anymore.  I know I'll be able to get  the work done." 

                                        - Victoria Moran
                                          Author of Creating a Charmed Life,
                                          Lit from Within, Shelter for the Spirit
                                          and Other Books

“Very simply, I would not be a writer today without Jerry Mundis." 

                                        - Paul Wisenthal
                                          Contributor to The New York Times,
                                          USA Today, Parade, Newsday

                                          and Other Publications 

Free with Your Hour

I will send you as a bonus with your hour my highly praised 4-Hour Audio Album "Break Writer's Block Forever!"—recorded live before an audience of nearly 100 professional and beginning writers at the celebrated annual Maple Woods Writers & Readers Conference in Kansas City, a value of $87. 

About the cost
 of a celebratory night out

ONLY $175! 

(ongoing support is also available)   

You can email me directly by clicking on the button below.