If you joined hoping for deep-dive book marketing trainings, I want to be transparent. The bad news: I don’t have dedicated classroom lessons on book marketing yet.The good news: It’s officially on my build list and coming soon. Before I put those trainings together, I want to hear from you. 👉 Where are you getting stuck with book marketing right now? - Getting visibility? - Selling consistently? - Ads? - Social media? - Amazon listing optimization? - Drop a comment below. Your answers will directly shape the upcoming trainings.

Big congrats to @Linda Maples for completing the Future Author Energy course, and advancing to the book challenge. She is a huge asset to the community and already is getting clear on the book idea she is ready to move forward with inspired by her grandchild. She has her own Skool community helping parents help their little ones with early reading skills. This is such a great mission that touches my heart because my son is 4 and is on the spectrum so he has some learning delays. He is now taking an interest in learning how to spell simple words and I am helping facilitate making learning spelling fun by letting him learn to type words on the keyboard. Anyhow Congrats Linda for pursuing your goals and continuing to put your book ideas on the front burner for something that not only touches your soul but impacts your family and everyone else who reads it.

This is my book cover, KDP community let me know your thoughts. Since this is a book for moms and their unborn babies (girl or boy) I wanted it to be as neutral as possible.

When I got approved for membership, I was so excited! I started the journey, but didn't introduce myself. I am Linda and have a passion for Literacy and I am writing my first book (a dream I have had for a long time.) I am finally in a community to help direct me to become a published author. Thanks so much! Yes I said first book of many books.....

We’ve all heard stories about the mind being capable of incredible things… but today I watched it happen right in front of me. I’ve been at a conference this week that’s half business development and half woo-woo — and honestly, I’m here for BOTH. They had everyone go on a group meditation, keep in mind there were about 1000 people in attendance, and we each had a spoon. The meditation was an exercise designed to channel energy from within our body down to our fingers, try to focus on the spoon, yet while trying not to see the spoon as an independent object, but as an extension of yourself, and allow yourself to use light pressure to bend the spoon. People around the room began bending their spoons with what looked like barely any effort. Mine? Did. Not. Budge. No matter how light or intentional I tried to be, that spoon held its ground. For a second, I felt frustrated. I wondered why it worked for others but not me. Then I caught myself from this thinking and reframed my thoughts: “My spoon was perfect just the way it was.” And here’s the lesson I took from it — the one I want you to carry into your book publishing journey: 👉 Not everything will “bend” for you the first time you try. Some people will pick up a skill quickly. Others will need repetition. And some things won’t shift until you approach them from a different angle, mindset, or season of life. 👉 Your timing is your timing. Just because someone else is hitting milestones fast doesn’t mean you’re behind. It just means your spoon hasn’t bent yet — and that’s okay. 👉 Progress still counts even when the outcome isn’t instant. Trying, learning, experimenting, and showing up for yourself is the real muscle. So if you’re feeling stuck, slow, or wondering why writing or publishing is taking longer than you thought… remember: ✨ Your book, your journey, your pace. The breakthrough comes at the moment you’re ready — not the moment you compare yourself to someone else.