Do you use the National Days calendar for inspiration? April has some fun ones that go well for Authors. National Poetry Month Haiku Day Poem in your pocket day Library workers day Library workers week Talk like Shakespeare Day Independent Bookstore Day Great Poetry Reading Day It's great when we can relate some of these to our work but sometimes I just like to pick one to play with. There's a National Day, Week or Month for nearly anything. Always a reason to celebrate. For instance, April 18 is National Animal Crackers Day- who knew! If you liked McDonaldland cookies, the Aldi Animal Crackers taste just like them. In case you needed to know.

While this isn't as in-depth as the one in the classroom, I think this is a good quick review. Feel free to download and if you want to share below, feel free. :)

Wow! What a ride it’s been already. 🤪 The classroom has your member planning resources for the month and quarter. If you got the printed planner, you will notice the quarterly planner sheets as well as a time audit. I suggest you do a quarterly audit to recognize and review where you spend your time. I’m doing mine this week. ⏰🗓️

Let's talk about it so I can help. What are you using now? Do you have a freebie to entice readers? How often are you emailing your list? How often do you WANT to email your list? The most important question... what is STOPPING you from doing this important thing?

Hey everyone. Just wondering if any of you have tried Reedsy. We looked at Draft2Digital and Scrivener last week and talked a little about Ingram too. I have a client that likes Bookbaby and also, another author I talk to that LOVES Reedsy and says the free version is sufficient for almost anyone. Check it out and let me know what you think. I put my 10 Steps Marketing book in there to play with and the free version is pretty impressive, https://editor.reedsy.com/