⚠️ I am thinking about locking this group down to PAID because I keep seeing the same kind of scam happen over and over again. People enter the community posing as high profile authors to try to gain your trust and win your business. As you can see 3 different accounts i've had to ban over time from scammers / spammers trying to sneak in and take advantage of this community. How do they get in? Most of the time when they apply to join they have the HIGH RISK flagged to them and I immediately DENY, but they are getting smarter to the spam and catching on. They apply under the name of SOMEONE ELSE then once they get in they update their display name to show whatever author they are trying to impersonate. ➡️ Do you think a paywall would be the right solution to avoid this? ⁉️ What do you think would be a fair rate to access the community for new members? **No changes are happening right now but I've been thinking a lot about this recently to better protect the community and my SANITY. 😆

Sometimes it's hard to explain your book in a sentence... but what if you had to explain it with a GIF? 😆 Drop a GIF in the comments that represents what your book is about (or the book you're currently working on). Examples: ❤️ Relationship book → A couple hugging, arguing, or reconnecting 💰 Personal finance book → Money raining from the sky 🐶 Dog training book → A dog doing something hilarious 🚀 Business book → Someone launching into space 📖 Self-help book → A dramatic transformation GIF No titles. No descriptions. Just the GIF. Let's see if the community can guess what your book is about based on the GIF alone! 👀

I used to give my book awsy as a freebie. I took it down a while back. Someone just joined my group and sent me a PM. How long will it take me to get this done? I need to go over it again and remove copywrite images & just be sure all is as it should be, it’s been over 10 years!!! “I am having a little difficulty printing your book “Finally Organized “. Is there a hard copy available? I have started reading it again. But if my phone dies, I am afraid I will lose it.”

Are we surprised who won the leaderboard this month? I'm not shocked @Gemma Coles won AGAIN! But, the reason she won is that she was taking action, going through the lessons, preparing her book, and actually executing a book launch, so she was showing up every day! What does Gemma WIN?!? Well, since she is already a VIP member with me, I'm going to give her an extra opportunity to cash in on another 7-day PINNED post to help promote her book or future book again in the future. For those of you who would like to promote your own book in the community, I offer: - 24hr Pinned Post for $10 - One Week Pinned Post & Email $50 Also, huge shoutout to our other highly active community members this month @Lara Knutzen @Nick Nebelsky @Pat Terrell @Cristal Vancarson Thank you all for showing up and spending time here, engaging with other members. I truly appreciate all of you in making this community the amazing space that it is. 💖

Let me take some pressure off you real quick… You don’t have to do this the hard way. Here are a few options most people don’t realize they have: 1. You don’t have to write it yourself. You can hire a ghostwriter or collaborate with someone who helps bring your ideas to life. Your role becomes the visionary, not the one staring at a blank page. 2. Start simple (seriously) Your first book does NOT need to be a 30,000-word masterpiece. You can start with: 📖 Workbooks 📓 Journals 🗓️ Planners ✏️ Coloring books This is one of the fastest ways to learn the KDP process without getting stuck in overthinking. 3. Repurpose what you already know. You probably already have content sitting somewhere: • Past posts • Emails • Trainings • Voice notes That can all be turned into a book way faster than starting from scratch. 4. Use AI as your assistant (not your replacement)AI can help you: • Outline your book • Expand ideas • Reword sections • Speed up your workflow You’re still the creator—it just helps you move faster. 5. Validate BEFORE you write. This is where most people go wrong. Before you spend weeks creating something, make sure people are actually searching for it. A simple keyword check can save you from writing a book no one buys. 6. Think of your book as a tool, not just a product. Your book can: 💰Bring in passive income 🌟 Grow your authority 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Send people into your community 🎉 Turn readers into clients It’s bigger than just “selling a book.” If you’ve been putting this off because it feels like too much… this is your sign to simplify it. You don’t need perfect. You just need to start. 💡