I am fighting amazon for 3 months now. And just booked another little win. I am publishing under the pen name Pen & Puzzle (on Amazon written as Pen and Puzzle) and that was okay for 4 Word Search Puzzle books. But book 1 and 6 got rejected based on the fact that Pen & Puzzle was a confusing contributor name which would prevent customers to make a good buying decision. Not really sure what is confusing about Pen and Puzzle for paperback books that need a pen and are a puzzle ... but he ho. Been chatting with customer service, "meeting" several Amazon employees there who don't understand it either but unfortunately they can't do much more than constantly redirecting me back to the content review team. And unfortunately they never come up with an answer. I even received an email saying they can't give me an explanation, but this is their decision ... So far for professionalism at Amazon KDP, but we have to work with it if we want to keep publishing books. And keeping tweaking, keeping re-publishing, keeping sticking to your game PAYS OFF!! Book 6 is published. Last hurdle to take is getting book 1 published too.

In this no-fluff, tell-it-like-it-is episode of the Author Spotlight Series, we sit down with Zelda Marsh — a healer, speaker, and now multi-book author — whose work is redefining what it means to heal on your own terms. We talk about: - How divorce became the spark for her first book - Why forgiveness isn’t always required for healing - How trauma lives in the body — and how to move it - Publishing books that speak the truth out loud - Using humor, honesty, and healing to help women rise Are you on Spotify? Listen on Spotify - follow, leave a review to support our community https://open.spotify.com/episode/49vvwPVMzy926VtuXMvU9V?si=wZDfjUKRRwO9PaAeDu6Eng Zelda’s message is clear: You don’t need to wait for permission to heal. And your story might just be the medicine someone else needs. 📚 Connect with @Zelda Marsh https://www.instagram.com/zeldaszenden https://www.facebook.com/zeldamarsh.coach/ https://manifestmerriment.com/books-and-journals https://www.amazon.com/stores/Zelda-Marsh/author/B0F92FTB13 Have you published your book in Book Boss? Pick a time for your own interview, let us help you get the word out https://calendly.com/clickbenefit/author-spotlight?month=2025-09

Congratulations to our September Book Boss Collaborators!! 🎉 Here's a selection of some of our Book Boss "WOULD YOU RATHER" Collab Books! I haven't created mockups for them all. ........Aren't these just AWESOME!? Congratulations everyone! This is SOOOO EXCITING! 🎉

Now THIS 👆is my FAVOURITE email to get 📚📚📚💰💰💰 Notification 📧 just arrived in my inbox 🥳 Thanks for the Ass Whooping reminder @Abbie Cornall im on a mission to finish and publish my Halloween wordseach within the next 24 hours! C’mon!!!

📚 Meet Norah Deay: Writing Through the Seasons of Life In this episode of the Author Spotlight Series, we chat with Norah Deay — a wonderfully witty author and Book Boss Academy member who proves it’s never too late to start writing. Watch and subscribe on Youtube: https://youtu.be/pmXQcvUfM_c Listen, follow and give us a review on Spotify https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/abbie-cornall/episodes/When-are-you-too-old-to-become-a-writer-or-author--NEVER-says-Norah-Deay-at-Authors-Spotlight-e383h58 From real estate in New Zealand to cozy mystery word search books, Norah shares her vibrant publishing journey, her love for creativity, and why tech (or age!) should never hold you back from writing your book. She’s published everything from affirmational journals to beginner-friendly AI guides and modern rewrites of classics — and today, she’s here to inspire you to get started with yours. 💡 Key topics: – Writing your first book at any age – Using AI without losing your voice – Cozy mystery + activity book hybrid – How to build passive income as an author – Making writing fun again 🛒 Explore Norah’s Books: https://norahdeay.com/ https://helpfromthecloud.net/ Find out more about The Mystical Muse Alliance we mentioned https://www.writerspen.co/ Follow her on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Norah-Deay/author/B019KZECHC