It was 2014. I lived and traveled across the USA in a minivan that I dubbed my Mobile Domicile. As I approached my 60th birthday, I had an urge to share what I had learned in life. I decided to write a book about what I knew and what I had learned. I figured if I wrote 500 words a day for 30 days, that would add up to 15,000 words which could make a decent sized book. That is exactly what I did. Everyday I sat down in wrote 500 words. Some days it was journaling, other days it was an incident from my life and on a rare occasion I merely reacted what I heard in my environment. That was the easy part. I wrote everything by hand in a composition notebook. A friend of mine helped me type it into a Google document. Another friend of mine, a professional content writer, took my random writings and organized it in a cohesive flowing sequence. I hired someone on Fiverr to format it into a Kindle manuscript. I have a weird sense of humor and a way with words, and that resulted in the title of my book Life: It's A Trip I hired someone else on Fiverr to use a photograph that I had taken to design the cover image. That's how I published my first book on Kindle. It is available on Amazon PS: Writing and Publishing a book is a piece of cake. Selling it to make money, that's a whole new ball game If you want to learn to do it right from the beginning, I recommend that you look into the KDP Publishing Community on Skool. It's free to join right now, but come September 1st it won't be. so hop on over there enjoying while you still can for free. You're welcome!

Ask me how I know? I wrote a book in 2014. It took me 18 months to get it published as an ebook. And another 3 years before I was able to turn it into a paperback and a Kindle version of it. That was in 2019. I told a few copies on Amazon and a few more on my own. I learned the hard way and writing a book. it's just the beginning. Making money with it is a completely different ballgame. Nobody ever told me how to do it or what it takes. Over the years I sold a few copies every now and then and Amazon kept sending me royalty checks. There were nothing to write home about. But they were trickling in. A few months ago I discovered KDP Publishing here on the Skool platform. That was a game changer. I earned more royalties in 60 days than I had in the previous two years combined. 👇 ----------------------------------------------------------- @Krista Brea has earned over $100,000 with her books, and the secret to her success has been knowing how to market it on Amazon effectively. Krista was able to do this because she is a SEO manager in her day job. She applied her professional training and knowledge to create a steady stream of income for herself outside her 9:00 to 5:00. People kept asking her, how do you do it? So she started KDP Publishing community on Skool. In a relatively short amount of time that Community has grown to almost 2,000 members. She has been running it as a free community since the beginning. But she finally realized that if she ever wants to walk away from her day job she's going to have to focus on turning it into a profitable business. So, starting September 1st, it will no longer be a free community. But everyone who is already a part of her community before then, will be able to continue to enjoy being a free member. So if you've ever thought about writing a book, turning your experience or expertise into something tangible that can be used as a calling card, or a means of opening doors to other opportunities to generate additional income, now is the time to jump into KDP Publishing and start taking advantage of all the wonderful knowledge that Krista has been providing for quite some time.

Call me weird, but Essential Oils are some of the best friends I have. They're agreeable, they're there when I call, and they rarely disappoint. I called my one friend Xanthoxylum last night when I couldn't sleep. And of course 'Zee' showed up and showed out!😂 She helped my muscles let go of stress I'd been carrying for a week and made sure any microbes I might have met yesterday stayed away uninvited. Love 'em💗 Just hopped on to share.🥰

Our very own Des Dreckett Is known around the Skool Platform as THE YouTube Guy. And to add another feather to his hat he has just started a new community aptly named YouTube for Skool. He started it less than a week ago. It's a paid community and the charges are ridiculous if you ask me. it's $5 per year. (You read that right) But that is about to change. When he started the community he said he will up the price once he got to 50 members. He is at 66 as of this writing and true to his word he has up the Ante. Starting Monday the price goes up to you $5 per month. If you have a YouTube channel or if you have been thinking about starting one, joining his community is a no-brainer, especially at $5 a year right now. Even if you miss the deadline, it'll still be worth at $5 a month, but why wait?

A couple of days ago I was over at Costco doing some shopping list. when I heard Giggle Therapist. I said yes and turned around while realizing that people don't normally call me that. The man extended his hand and said we met yesterday. I wear a button on my balloon apron that says "Giggle Therapist."