Oh, it's me... Check out our most recent podcast appearance. I go to talk with @Chris Clinard, founder of #books4guys, about why so many people get stuck in the creative process. (Check out the work they are doing and support). We want to help more books get into the world. I think of books as an act of rebellion and one of the deepest human things we do. ... What happens when someone who struggled with reading and dyslexia grows up to publish books and help others become authors? In this episode of Books4Guys, Chris sits down with Sierra Melcher, founder and CEO of Red Thread Publishing, to discuss creativity, writing, personal growth, mental health, journaling, entrepreneurship, and the life-changing power of books. Sierra shares her journey from high school teacher to yoga studio owner to founder of a publishing company that has helped bring more than 76 books into the world. The conversation dives deep into the creative process, overcoming self-doubt, identity transformation through writing, and why so many people hold themselves back from pursuing the stories they are meant to tell. Sierra also shares powerful insights on journaling, burnout, creativity cycles, publishing, and how books can help people better understand themselves and the world around them. Chris and Sierra also discuss: • Why writing a book changes your identity • The connection between creativity and mental health • The importance of reading in today’s distracted world • The balance between discipline and creativity • Why journaling can help unlock ideas and personal growth • Entrepreneurship, mistakes, and learning through failure • Fahrenheit 451 and why everyone should reread it today • How books create human connection and transformation

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This is from a book my grandfather gave me before he died. I used to share this with my high school students when I was a teacher. [Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss] Since we are digging in this week, I wanted to share it here. I love this. What comes up for you when you read these two letters?

I’ll go first. For me, it would be Ernest Hemingway. I’ve read most of his books. I’ve visited his home in Key West. And yes… I’ve even “partied” with fellow fans during Hemingway Days years ago. There’s something about his spare, disciplined prose that fascinates me. So much emotion beneath so few words. The famous iceberg theory, what’s unsaid carrying more weight than what’s written. My question for him would be: "How did you decide what to leave out?" "How did you know when restraint would say more than explanation?" As someone who writes from story, experience, and heart… that balance between what to reveal and what to withhold is endlessly intriguing to me. I tend to overexplain things and sometime it takes me 4 or 5 reads and rewrites to whittle out the 'fluff.' So, if you could sit across the table from any author with no time limits, who would it be… and what would you ask them about how they write? ps. image created with AI ...