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Would You Rather?! Author Edition
Okay authors, time for a little fun! Choose your answer for each one — no explaining your way out of it. 1️⃣ Would you rather… ✍️ Write 10 books that sell moderately well OR 🔥 Write ONE book that becomes a bestseller? 2️⃣ Would you rather… 📱 Go viral on TikTok with your book OR 📌 Get 1 million Pinterest views on your book pins? 3️⃣ Would you rather… 📝 Never have to edit another manuscript OR 📣 Never have to market another book? 4️⃣ Would you rather… ⭐ Have 1,000 Amazon reviews OR 💰 Make $1,000/month consistently from one book? 5️⃣ Would you rather… 🏝️ Get a one-week writing retreat completely paid for OR 🎧 Have your next audiobook professionally produced for you? Drop your answers below! And YES… you have to pick. 😆
Would You Rather?! Author Edition
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1️⃣ Write 10 books that sell moderately well 2️⃣ Get 1 million Pinterest views on my book pins 3️⃣ Never have to market another book 4️⃣ Make $1,000/month consistently from one book 5️⃣ Have my next audiobook professionally produced I might have quibbled with #5 if my wife Pam could come along on the writing retreat. :-) Otherwise, apparently I am choosing catalog, visibility, steady income, and fewer opportunities to hear myself narrate.
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@Krista Brea Yes, exactly. Pam is working on a devotional series. So if the retreat included her, I might have been tempted to change my answer. :-) She brings the heart, faith, and devotional voice to the project, and I help with the structure, editing, formatting, and publishing pathway around it. So technically, a writing retreat for both of us could count as book production. Lol.
📌 DAY 14: 100 PINS CHALLENGE
We’re officially two weeks into the challenge! 🎉 If you’ve been following along, look at how much content you’ve already created to help get your books in front of more readers. Today’s goal: CREATE 5 PINS! 📌📌📌📌📌 Don’t overthink them. Create, publish, and keep moving. Remember, every pin is another opportunity for someone new to discover your book. 🔥 5 pins today. Keep the momentum going! Drop a 📌 in the comments when you’ve finished your five!
📌 DAY 14: 100 PINS CHALLENGE
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Monday, Day 14 What I especially like is the mix of entrances: Meet Trevor: A Toad With Big Dreams — character introduction https://www.pinterest.com/pin/701857923221391831/ Before the Pandamonium — curiosity/story hook https://www.pinterest.com/pin/701857923221391949/ Meet Benji — character + emotional positioning https://www.pinterest.com/pin/701857923221391913/ A New Arrival Changes Everything — change/friendship story hook https://www.pinterest.com/pin/701857923221391914/ A Thoughtful Woodland Chapter Book for Ages 8–12 — reader/audience positioning https://www.pinterest.com/pin/701857923221376477/ So even though all five belong to the same overall challenge, they are doing five different marketing jobs.
Free Fortune Cookie!
You know I get random ideas that come to mind, and I have to immediately ACT on them else they will float on by like a CLOUD. So, this idea of giving out author advice popped in my had and I had to share it instead of SAVE it.. 👇 𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗘 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘: Create a photorealistic image featuring a book in the background and an open fortune cookie in the foreground with the fortune slip clearly visible. Based on everything you know about me and my author journey, create a short, personalized fortune about where my publishing journey may be headed next. Make the message inspiring, specific to me, and short enough to realistically appear on a fortune cookie slip. Display the fortune clearly on the paper and keep the overall image polished, warm, creative, and focused on books and authorship.
Free Fortune Cookie!
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@Krista Brea Exactly. That is one of the things I’m trying to think about more deliberately. A book can be a creative work, but it can also become a long-term asset if it has the right pathway around it: visibility, reader connection, useful links, supporting tools, and a reason for people to keep discovering it. That is part of why your Pinterest challenge has been so helpful. It is pushing me to think less about “I published a book” and more about “how does this book continue to find and serve readers over time?” Income matters, of course, but legacy and usefulness matter too. The ideal is when those begin working together.
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@Krista Brea Exactly. That makes a lot of sense. Your avoidant partner example is a good illustration because the reader problem is very clear: “I care about this person, but I don’t understand why the relationship feels so confusing, distant, or inconsistent.” That gives you several natural content angles: - signs of avoidant attachment - what not to take personally - what to do when someone pulls away - how to protect your own emotional health - when patience becomes self-abandonment - what a healthier connection might look like So the book becomes the deeper resource, and each pin, post, video, or short article becomes a doorway into one part of the problem. That feels like the real flywheel: identify the reader’s struggle, create helpful content around it, then give them a clear next step if they want more.
Hold Yourself Accountable
We could all use a little accountability - Including myself ❤️ Read the questions then grab the template at the bottom and make a post 🗒️ 1️⃣ What is **one specific thing** you completed on your book this week? Examples: * Finalized my book topic * Chose my main keyword + category * Wrote 1,200 words * Edited Chapter 1 * Uploaded my manuscript draft 2️⃣ What is the one thing you can commit to finishing by next week? Examples: * Write 2 chapters * Finish book outline * Draft my book description * Collect 10 competitor book screenshots 3️⃣ One blocker - What slowed you down or got in your way this week? This gives you: * Content ideas * Coaching opportunities * Workshop themes * DM conversations for higher-level support 4️⃣ Where are you at right now? 🔥 On track 🟡 Progress but slow 🔴 Stuck 🧠 Overthinking ⏸️ Life happened Drop your update below 👇 (Keep it short — progress > perfection) 1️⃣ **One thing you completed this week:** 2️⃣ **One thing you’re committing to finish next week:** 3️⃣ **Any blocker slowing you down? (optional)** 4️⃣ **Status emoji:** 🔥 🟡 🔴 🧠 ⏸️ I’ll be reviewing these to and helping to move you forward!
Hold Yourself Accountable
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1️⃣ One thing you completed this week: I found a creative way to repurpose my Author Spotlight pins so they can strengthen both my Pinterest activity and my website at the same time. 2️⃣ One thing you’re committing to finish next week: I want to continue the 100 Pin Challenge, add more pins without overposting, and keep improving how I connect books, boards, descriptions, and reader pathways. 3️⃣ Any blocker slowing you down? WooCommerce and platform setup are still taking longer than expected, especially for AuthorsPayAuthors. I also need to balance creating pins with not flooding the feed or my boards too quickly. 4️⃣ Status emoji: 🟡 Progress but slow
📚 LET’S PLAY BOOK BINGO!
Entrepreneurs love a good book recommendation… but how many of these have you actually read? 👀 Here’s how to play: 💕 Look through the Book Bingo card 💕 Count how many books you’ve read 💕 Give yourself the FREE SPACE 💕 Drop your total in the comments! BONUS: If you got an actual BINGO — 5 in a row — yell BINGO! 🎉 And if you’ve read a book on this list that you think EVERY entrepreneur should read, tell us which one. 🏆 Who in this community is going to have the highest score?! I’ll go first: 4 / 25
📚 LET’S PLAY BOOK BINGO!
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Guiding curious readers through worlds of satire, mystery, folklore & speculative fiction—one thought-provoking story at a time.

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