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!

I just want to encourage anybody who's in this group, put their writing on pause, and needs that encouragement to get writing again. I love how this group is so positive. Every time I would see an accountability post, somebody having a win, or some really cool new tool from Miss @Krista Brea , it was encouraging as opposed to a burden. It didn't feel like I was being naughty by not keeping up. It didn't feel like I was getting more and more behind. It just felt like there was a good place for me to go whenever I was ready. I did some praying and some soul-searching October 1st and came to the conclusion that this book needs to be written this quarter so I'm doing it every morning till it's done, barring 2-3 days of batching emails and posts a month. I'm not marketing to my group. I am not doing other big projects. What I'm doing is writing this book. I've been working between 6 and 8 each morning for 3 days this week and have 19,694 words in my transcript document ready for first level edits. This is more than I did in weeks before. Do I know that these words will probably get cut? Yeah. Will they probably get added to? Absolutely. But I have words on the page that I didn't have before and I have a solid structure and plan for how to get more on the page. I have a rhythm and rhythms can lead to habits. If I keep this up I hope to have enough words on the page to start editing in earnest in the next month or two. That would be AWESOME. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲!

You can spend hundreds of dollars on a professionally designed book cover, and it can STILL be the reason readers aren't buying your book. Here's why: A beautiful cover isn't necessarily a marketable cover. Your book cover needs to do more than look good. It needs to communicate the genre, tone, and expectations of your target audience. Think about it… 📖 If you're writing a cozy mystery, but your cover looks like a psychological thriller, you're attracting the wrong readers. 💕 If you're publishing a romance novel, but your cover looks like a business book, readers may scroll right past it. 🧠 If you've written a nonfiction self-help book, but your cover doesn't clearly communicate the problem you're helping readers solve, you're missing opportunities to connect. Readers make split-second decisions based on covers. They're looking for visual clues that tell them, "This is the kind of book I enjoy reading!" If your cover feels disconnected from your genre, even the most beautiful design can create confusion. And confused readers are less likely to buy. 💡 My advice? Before designing your next book cover, study the bestselling books in your specific niche. Look at their colors, typography, imagery, and overall style. You don't need to copy them, but you DO need to understand what readers in that market expect. Remember: You're not designing a cover just to impress people. You're designing a cover that attracts the RIGHT readers and helps sell your book. 👇 Let's talk! Have you ever seen a beautiful book cover that didn't seem to match the genre? Or have you ever redesigned one of your covers to better appeal to your target audience?

So I have a question for you… 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝘁? At the beginning of 2026, a lot of you set a goal to publish a book this year. Well… we are officially entering the final quarter of the year, and now it’s my job to start holding you accountable. 👀 I’m going to be checking in to see who actually followed through and published their book this year — and who still has some work to do. But here’s the important part: 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. You still have three full months left. Three months is enough time to: Finish that manuscript you keep putting off Get your book edited and formatted Finalize your cover Upload it to KDP Hit 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 You do not need another January 1st to start over. You need to decide that 𝗤𝟰 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. So tell me below: 📚 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲? Put it in the comments. Make it public. Let us hold you accountable. @𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗔𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿 - you set a goal to get a book done by Jan will we be seeing it happen? @Linda Maples - I know you had another book idea you wanted to tackle did you get that project across the finish line? @Liisa Reimann - I'm putting you in the hot seat because at the end of 2025 you wanted to publish an authority building book. @Diana Gamble - Let's not forget about your goal to get a book published in 2026! @Lynsey Wall - I know you were thinking about publishing an updated journal. How's that project progressing? @Nicole Lesley - I know you've been actively working on your book project so I'm eager to hear your updates!

Congratulations to @Kim Job for officially publishing her first book. A message from Kim: After some hard things happened to me as a kid (abuse, foster care, homelessness) I became hyper independent and spent my whole life pushing, proving, and perfecting to be loved. I knew I could achieve anything I set my mind to. What I didn’t know is that achievement would be my deepest story to untangle. 👉 ORDER YOUR COPY HERE That’s what this book is. Not a theory I studied, but the things I lived and the path I walked to find my way out.Untangled gives you a mirror. You will see your own survival strategies and the stories you're still operating inside. And then it gives you a map. It shows you how to dissolve the stories and lead from your True Self. The part that was never tangled. Because no matter what happened to you, you get to CHOOSE what happens next. I'm also holding an 8 week Live Untangled Book Experience where we'll be walking through the book together. I don't want this to be just another book you read. I want it to shift your world. Get all the details about the book and the experience here: https://coachandkim.com/untangled