Happy Saturday. Are your weekends an opportunity to dive into your creativity? or a moment to rest and gather energy and perspective for your next creative stint? If you don't have a set rhythm that is ok too... what is THIS weekend for? example. I spent 2 late nights this week on my book ... and I have 90 min right now before my next mom-responsibility ... so I am going to post this (part avoidance/part support) and then I am going to snuggle with my manuscript and see what happens. I think there is a story `or two I need to add.

CLAUDE Cowork is changing how I think about work and run my business. I use it in ideation, strategy and marketing. I can send 3 friends one week FREE to try. I will be happy to share what I am learning and creating... 🖐️Raise your hand 🖐️ if you want to try it, and I will send you an invite code.

📆 Check the calendar 📆 July - Book Thinkers Conference ~ Live in Boston Saturday & Sunday, 11& 12 July - ASK US ANYTHING: Publishing, Unfiltered Friday, July 17th @ 11 am eastern July - LinkedIn is Gold Chris Jordan Wednesday, July 15th @ 12 pm noon eastern August - Podcast Specialist / Jackie Lapin Wednesday, August 19th @ 12 pm noon eastern - She has worked with Joe Vitale, Don Miguel Ruiz and others you will recognize. Story Craft expert Laura Simms (TBD) stay tuned Which ones are you coming to?

NEW EVENT on the community calendar. I am speaking on an industry panel, and you are invited. This is your invitation to join me and three of my lovely colleagues and friends for a candid conversation about the primary publishing models: traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing. Each of us comes with a beautiful mix of experiences in at least two fields. Sierra Melcher is an award-winning author and the founding publisher of Red Thread Publishing. Kacy Wren is the savviest project manager I know and the founding publisher of Wren House Press. And Jessica Taylor is a Young Adult agent with Martin Literary Management and the owner of The Reading Chamber, a Young Adult online bookstore. And Literary Agent Rose Conway of Foreword Lit Bring your questions. Between the four of us, we'll have the answers you seek. Reserve your spot via Eventbrite ✨ See you there! Got publishing questions? We've got answers. One hour. Every publishing pathway. All your questions welcome. This event runs on a Pay What You Can model — because good publishing advice shouldn't have a barrier to entry. REGISTER NOW. 📆 ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR

This weekend is the Summer~Solstice... one of those pinnacle moments... (in the Northern hemisphere) the longest day of the year... the climax of the season... As we always look at the creative cycle and how it is echoed in nature... I want to reflect on the SOLSTICE and how it plays out in my INNER WORK 👇 HOW IS YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS?👇 (asking because I really want to know) 🔥 Is the summer encouraging or conflicting with your creative practice~? 🔥 Do you have a season that supports your writing/creativity more than others? 🔥 What is your favorite part of summer? 👇 Share in the comments.👇 @Sierra Melcher's update. I have rediscovered an old love. I met an old manuscript that I have remembered for years like an old crush, more like a missed connection in the newspaper... we almost got together (this story and I) in 2006, but it didn't work out. We are getting another chance to make sweet magic. Every night last week, I stayed up late with the manuscript, first reading, then rewriting missing bits. I am ~ EXCitified. Excited + Terrified. all the potential. all the emotion. all the anxiousness and all the fear that I am the only one who will ever read it, who will ever love it. I reached out to a friend of mine who is an agent because I want to share this story with her, but so far, I have been too afraid to say more. What if she loves it... scared of that. What if she passes on it? ... Scared of that. I will be heading to BOSTON in July for the BOOK THINKERS Conference... I will give you the Cliff Notes on that next month. RED THREAD BEHIND THE SCENES 5 books in production: 📚 Dr. Selen Turner, Unique Belonging, 📚 @Colin Zhu Empowered Kitchen, 📚 Dr. @Widian Nicola-Jacobo The Heart Truth, 📚 @Summer Jean Align, 📚 @David Jackson & his mom Jill Jackson, Heal Through Food ✍️ Authors drafting manuscripts: @Sabine Quaritsch @Joanie Lawlor (working with me closely)