Three businesses, one founder, and a fairly straightforward purpose.
The FCM Group
The FCM Group is the umbrella that sits over everything I do, which currently runs to three separate businesses depending on what you actually need from me.
Taryn Lee Johnston Integrated Media Consultancy handles marketing strategy, publishing consultancy and ghostwriting, mostly for clients who are excellent at what they do but have neither the hours nor the inclination to write the book themselves. FCM Publishing is the independent house for non-fiction, business and self-help titles, and also offers full publishing services to authors who’d rather keep the rights and still get the result. Chronos Publishing is the traditional house for autobiographies, memoirs, life stories and novels.
Rather than make you remember three different web addresses, I built this page so you can land here once and pick whichever one is relevant.
Online Marketer of the Year 2024 | Independent Publisher of the Year 2024, 2025 & 2026
01. Taryn Lee Johnston integrated media consultancy
Marketing strategy, publishing consultancy, writing partner and author coaching, including a growing body of work and thinking around AI in publishing. This is where I work directly with clients, usually on a one-to-one basis, and usually with people who want the job done properly the first time.
02. FCM Publishing – Non-Fiction Imprint
Independent Publisher of the Year three years running. We publish non-fiction, business and self-help titles, and also offer the full suite of publishing services for authors who want to retain control whilst still working with a professional team that knows what it’s doing.
03. Chronos Publishing – Memoirs & Fiction Imprint
An independent publishing house specialising in autobiographies, memoirs, biographies, life stories and novels. We tell strong stories and have worked with a number of well-known names whose books have earned their place on the shelf.
Features
WHERE TO GO FOR WHAT
Writing Partner
For clients who have the story, the expertise or the legacy, and would rather not spend two years writing it themselves. → Taryn Lee Johnston Consultancy
Publishing
From manuscript to bookshelf, depending on which house your book belongs in. → FCM Publishing or Chronos Publishing
Publishing Services
Editing, formatting, proofreading and cover design, available as standalone services or as part of a wider publishing package. → FCM Publishing
Marketing Strategy
Brand positioning, customer profiling and a marketing plan that actually gets used rather than filed. → Taryn Lee Johnston Consultancy.
Speaking
TEDx talks, lectures and keynote sessions, mostly on publishing, AI in the industry, and what it actually takes to write a book that earns its place. → Get in touch via the form below
Training
We can train your staff to run your online marketing campaigns.
Who we are
A Team Of Professionals
Taryn Lee Johnston
Founder
Publisher, Writing partner, TEDx speaker and occasional voice of reason on what AI is doing to the publishing industry. I run all three businesses under the FCM Group, work directly with clients who value transparency over flannel, and write the kinds of books my clients want to be known for.
James McArthur
Our web guru and general tech genius – just don’t say you’re on a Mac!
Tina Higginson
Publicist
Head Publicist for FCM Media Group
Assistant Editor for V-Land UK
Award-Winning Author of Climate Fiction (under the alias Ray Star).
Get In Touch
Lincoln, United Kingdom
taryn@thefcmgroup.co.uk
+44 (0) 7737143330