👋 Welcome everyone! We are so glad you made it inside to Skool's one and only bookshop! 🤩 Please say hi, and give a big warm welcome to all these AMAZING Skoolers to the Skool Bookshop! 👋 @Leonora Cordelia - author 👋 @Tamara Reaver - author 👋 @Jimmy Davis - author 👋 @Michelle Ramsey - book buyer 👋 @Anne Pickering - author 👋 @Brittany Brown - author 👉🏻 If you're an author, drop a pic of your book in the comments below - we would LOVE to see it! (no links). Be sure to keep an eye out when you hit level 3 to share one of your book reviews! Or you can fast track if your time pressed and want to promote your book right now by upgrading to Premium for just $9 per month. 👉🏻 If you're a booklover, we'd love to know what you're reading right now. We love a good recommendation! 😍 Plus, if you're interested we're also creating an ARC team here - this is where you get to read advance copies of a book, pre-release, in exchange for an honest review. You'll find the post on that right here. 👏 Find some posts you like everyone and comment on them to Level up to 3 to be in our next WIN A BOOK draw! 🎉 🎁 Big welcome to you all - it's great to have you here!

Welcome readers, authors, writers and booklovers!! 📚🧡 Thank you for being here, we love that you are! Here's what you can do first to level up to be in our monthly WIN A BOOK draw: Step 1. INTRODUCE YOURSELF below. Share a pic of you and your favourite book for fun! No links to buy unless you are Premium. Step 2. TAKE THE POLL below so we know why you're here. Step 3. CLICK HERE to see what you can do next and what perks you receive right now for becoming a member! 🎁 This is a free group for readers. 🤩 Authors wanting to promote their book or learn how - UPGRADE to Premium here to begin promoting straight away. PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP - Be showcased in our Author Spotlight - Feature in The Reading Room - Your book promoted as our Book of the Day - Share Book Reviews - Access to the ARC and Beta Readers Team - Feature in The Reading Room - Author Spotlight - Book of the Day - Inclusion in the Book Directory - Your book in our Shop - and the list to be chosen in our monthly prize draw! If someone choses your book, we buy it and send it to the winning member! and more! - You also get our 30 Post Promotion Strategies to help you position and promote your book here in the Skool Bookshop, and on your socials and other groups. UPGRADE here for just $17 per month Rules: 🌟 Be Encouraging - for some authors this is the first time they have ever written or promoted a book. 🌟 No Promotion - of your book or services unless called upon to do so. Authors wanting to promote their book can upgrade to Premium and promote their book straight away. 🌟 Liking is good, commenting is better, no AI comments please - be human and authentic. 🌟 No Unsolicited Pitching or Farming for Members - no private messaging or pitching your book or services to other members. Respect boundaries. Please advise admin if someone messages you so we can remove the person.

As of right now, you can jump straight into the category 'SHOP' if you want to buy a book and see all featured books, or you can browse our Book Directory, per genre', to find your new favourite read! You can see the Directory in the Classroom. I am super excited to deliver both of these fantastic initiatives born from your fabulous feedback! The SHOP comes to you thanks to a great suggestion from our 30-Day Leaderboard winner. @Julie Burns. The DIRECTORY comes to you from the fabulous @Lisa Drennon's feedback. Thank you so much ladies - you're the best! Everyone, keep on making suggestions. It's super important to me that you are enjoying The Skool Bookshop, it's easy to be here and that you're having fun! Feel free to drop more suggestions below. ⤵️ If you want to promote a book - upgrade to Premium here and begin right away! We'd love to see your book featured in our Book of the Day and the Directory too!. Upgrade here.

1️⃣ A Soft Reset Guide For women tired of fixing themselves and ready for gentler ways to feel good. (Doable 10min self care) 2️⃣ Midlife Stories from the Lounge Chair Real-life tales, laughter, wisdom, and the occasional emotional plot twist. (Funny humorous shorts from my midlife Chronicles' blogs) 3️⃣ Bringing Back Connection How to feel less alone in a distracted, always-on world. (Aka pen paling and letter writing) Honestly asking because sometimes the next chapter starts as a tiny poll on the internet. 👀 Vote below ⬇️📚

Some time back I was able to attend several book signings in and around Houston and Dallas, Texas. There’s something special about walking into a room full of authors—and realizing you belong there too. I had the joy of meeting fellow writers who didn’t just dream about stories… they sat down, did the work, and brought those stories to life. We shared laughs, lessons, publishing journeys, and those quiet moments of understanding that only writers truly get. It felt like being part of a rare and determined circle—people who pushed past doubt, finished what they started, and held their books in their hands. There’s a deep respect in that space, not for talking about writing, but for actually doing it. And that? That’s a feeling I'll always cherish.