New year, fresh momentum. 🎉Let’s set the tone for 2026 together. What’s the one thing you want to accomplish in your author journey this year? It could be big or small: Finish your first draft, publish your book, start (or grow) your email list, get more reviews, sell more books, etc. Drop your goal in the comments — and if you know it, share your next step too (even if it’s a small one). Chances are, someone here has the same goal… and we can all help each other stay on track this year. 🤝📚

Current: Manuscript is done (including ideal audience member reviews, and edits) Goals: 1) Book Launch Q1 2026 2) 10,000+ readers, superfans and engaged leads by the end of the year (whom I'll continue to serve with paid courses, coaching programs, communities, etc) Also: I have an existing profitable Skool community for a totally different audience and will be creating one for this audience as well, along with book funnels (ala Russell Brunson) where the PDF-formatted book is a free lead magnet and the physical book is a break-even paid offer to bring people into my world... Note: My niche is alcoholics and addicts in recovery who are sober but stuck and looking to breakthrough to achieve the purpose-driven, self- actualized lives they really want (Yes, based on my own hard-lived experience)! Where I need help: The easiest, fastest way to go from Manuscript to physical book, ebook and audio book Who wants to offer advice (who's already done it)? Thanks in advance for your help 😊 @Julie Broad

I was on BBC Radio London last week talking about my first book. Despite its problems, in the UK, it is hard to best being on the BBC. The recording is on BBC Sounds for 30 days. How can I capitalise on this experience to get sales?

Woo! Peeked at my inbox this morning to see a few emails from Amazon that royalties from various global markets are getting paid out! This is officially my first Amazon KDP Royalty payment for book sales! (They payout 60+ days after the close of a month, so this is for October sales, when Your Business Growth Playbook launched). My goal when publishing my book was for it to become a true Back Catalog book with long tail sales for years to come. The only way you do that is by writing a highly recommendable book that gets into the hands of readers, who love it and then recommend it to others. So far... every month has generated more royalties than the previous month (Dec > Nov > Oct), so the snowball is on track. Which is super exciting! 🤩