Hi Lara! I’m Cristal, a Hollywood photographer from Agoura Hills, California. I love that you’re helping writers get heard. What a beautiful idea! 💛

@Lara Knutzen 🥰

@Lara Knutzen 😍

And since YOU are the audiobook expert, I’m going to learn my lessons from you first! Then someday, when I Escaped Hollywood, Barely is ready, we’re going to turn it into an audiobook. How exciting is that?! ❤️ I don’t even know yet if I’ll narrate it myself or have someone else narrate it—that’s something I’m sure you’re going to teach me. 😂 But I do love what you’re saying about Alex Hormozi. His voice is simply HIS voice. He owns it, trusts his message, and uses it with confidence. That’s such a great reminder for me to stop worrying about sounding “perfect.” So I’m listening, teacher! 😂❤️📚🎙️

@Lara Knutzen Oh Lara, thank you! ❤️ You really are making me look at my voice differently. I LOVE the idea of sharing pieces of my book in my own voice while I’m still writing it. I never even thought about doing that! I Escaped Hollywood, Barely is my actual life, so maybe hearing me tell those stories adds something that another voice couldn’t. Okay, teacher, I’m jumping in! 😂🎙️❤️ I’ll try, experiment, learn from you, and see where this takes us. And now you’ve got me curious… 😂 I’ll be watching for you to come back with that example!

@Lara Knutzen Oh wow, YES! ❤️ Please keep me updated as you create your audiobook chapter by chapter with AI. I would love to see how you do it and what you learn along the way! And I really like your idea about sharing shorter adaptations of my chapters while I’m still writing. I’m already sharing pieces of my story, so thinking of them intentionally as part of the pre-launch makes so much sense. 📖🎙️ You’ve definitely got my wheels turning now! 😂❤️ Thank you for sharing this with me.

@Christine Ross 🫶

@Lillian Hughes For me, it’s remembering WHY I started. ❤️🔥 There are definitely days when the motivation isn’t there, but I’ve learned that I don’t have to feel motivated to keep moving. Sometimes my consistency is a huge productive day, and sometimes it’s simply showing up and doing one thing that moves me forward. What really keeps my flame alive is seeing the results—watching someone light up when they see their photographs, hearing that they finally have an image they’re proud to use, and realizing that something I created is genuinely helping people. 📸❤️ After more than three decades in photography, I’m still excited about what I can create next. That curiosity keeps my flame burning. 🔥✨