If you've started your book more than once, I'd like to offer you a different way to look at it. "I've started this book four times." I hear this a lot, usually with a sigh. It gets said like four failures. 😞 But what I see is that you CAME BACK FOUR TIMES!! 🙌 Think about that for a second. Life got loud, the book sat on the sidelines, and it still didn't leave you. You still didn't let it go. That's persistence, and it's one of the things I love most about the writers I work with. 😃 So, when life gets in the way again (and it will!), try these: 💥 Count the days you showed up, not the words you wrote. 💥 Skip the page-one restart. Open the document and pick up one scene. 💥 Make a plan ahead of time. "If I miss Tuesday, then I write Thursday morning." And every accomplishment NEEDS to be cherished, including opening the document after six months away. 😁 So, tell me! 🗣️ How many times have you come back to your book? 🤔 Let's celebrate that number in the comments. 🥳 If you'd like some help finding your way back, you don't have to figure out the path alone. Book a connection call with me here .

I'm on a train. I'm pregnant with my son. And there's a little dragon in my head who won't stop talking. 🐉 So I write him down, one train ride at a time. That little dragon became my first book, The Lost Little Dragon. Then the editor's feedback arrived. I sat in front of my computer, reading it, and felt my heart drop. 💔 She was the editor, right? She knew more than I did. So I made many of the changes. 😞 A few I couldn't bring myself to make, and I'm so glad I kept those. But with some of the others, I felt gross. 😬 It didn't feel completely like my story anymore. It took me a while to understand what happened. Being guided and giving away your authority are not the same thing. The question I needed first was a simple one: What do I want this story to do? That's why I created Story First™, and it's why I work with writers the way I do. I can point out what I see, ask questions, and show you what's possible. But you stay behind the wheel. Your story. Your choices. 🗺️ Have you ever had someone's opinion change how you felt about your own writing? I'd love to hear about it in the comments. ❤️ And if you'd like a guide who won't take the pen from you, let's talk about your story and book a call.

Today’s challenge is simple. Set a timer for 15 minutes. ⏲️ Write a scene where something small changes. Examples: ⭐️ a character receives unexpected news ⭐️ someone notices something strange ⭐️ a conversation takes an unexpected turn Fifteen minutes. No editing. Just forward motion. Many professional writers use short writing bursts like this to break resistance. Sometimes the scene surprises you. Sometimes it becomes a piece of the book.📕 Either way, you practiced movement. If you want, share your scene below. 👇

Do you ever go to the gym and really push yourself? Maybe you’re lifting weights and you’ve got one more set. Or you’re on the treadmill and there’s half a mile left. There’s a moment where I pause, tighten my resolve, take a breath, and jump back into the exercise. Writing feels a lot like that to me. Last year I wrote four books in one big push. By the end of it, my brain felt completely fried, so the past few months have mostly been recovery. But lately I’ve started to feel that same sensation again. The breath before the next set. Not a frantic sprint. Just that quiet moment where I know it’s time to step back up to the bar. For me, the smaller pieces along the way, essays, posts, conversations, are like the lighter sets that keep the muscles warm between the heavy lifts. So I’m curious where you are right now - where are you in your writing gym? Are you in the middle of a heavy push? Catching your breath between sets? Or taking a recovery day before the next one? Or…are you looking at your running shoes and gym membership and thinking, “Gosh, I need to get back in there”?

What if your book was complete? 🎉 What if you had it published? I want you to describe your finished book in 6 words. Example: “Finished. Published. Finally at peace.” Drop yours below. Let’s share what we come up with and if you really want to shine, add a GIF that fits for the feeling of having a published book.