CALL DEBRIEF & REPLAY here In prep for next week Q&A☎️ -- SATURDAY 10am EST review CALENDAR ☎️ What have you always wanted to know about: Writing Publishing Sierra Living abroad... Anything. Post in comments.... we will address it all

If you are writing a chapter with us... please add this to your calendar. 📆 WEDNESDAY 6pm est 📆 We will go over the author process, deadlines and answer any questions. 👉 review the resources for the CAB ANTHOLOGY PROJECT in the classroom (esp module 2 & 3) 👉 attend ✍️Writing circle⭕ TUESDAY noon eastern MENTORS: @Carol Britton @Dr. Katherine Humphreys @Micheline Foss @Sierra Melcher @Janice Marquardt @Donna Marino @Tracy MacDonald @Tiffany Harris Anna Dravland @Jean Smarto @Diana Frank (replay available for you...) @Michelle McCartney Stephanie Mikulasek Catalina Escobar Corinne Hejin (replay available for you...) Karen Kimsey-Sward

If you’re an author — or becoming one — here’s how to get started on Goodreads ⬇️ 👉 Step 1 — Create a Goodreads account Go to goodreads.com → Sign Up Use the email you’ll actually check. 👉 Step 2 — Search for your book Already published? Search title → open book page → scroll to the author name. Click your name → select “Is this you? Let us know” If your book isn’t published yet — skip to Step 5. 👉 Step 3 — Apply for Author Status You’ll submit: ✔ your name ✔ book link ✔ confirmation you’re the author Goodreads reviews & approves it. 👉 Step 4 — Customize Your Author Profile Add:📸 a warm author photo📝 a meaningful bio🔗 links to website + socials📚 your books🧠 your areas of expertise💛 what you care about This builds trust. 👉 Step 5 — Add Unpublished / Upcoming Books (If Relevant) Yes — you can list works in progress. This helps:✨ early awareness✨ metadata accuracy✨ credibility (We’ll ask Steve the best timing approach!) 👉 Step 6 — OPTIONAL: Sync Your Blog If you write regularly — readers can follow. 👉 Step 7 — Start As A Reader First Add books you loveRate honestly Join conversations gently Stay human, not salesy Because Goodreads is a reader space first. 🎤 We’ll dig deeper into all this when Steve Sarner — former Goodreads VP joins our Impact Mastermind session soon. Jan 21 📆 Mark your calendar Bring your questions 💛

Every need support to actually sit down & get writing done? Are you working on a solo book? or a chapter for an anthology? Join us for a morning of CO_WRITING... ⁉️How does it work? ⁉️ ✅ We get on aa call... ✅ We say what we are working on. ✅ We work on it ✅ Then we report back at the end. Add to your calendar. & check out other upcoming events. 📆 👇Who's Coming?

Goodreads is one of the biggest reader communities in the world — and we’ve got someone from the inside joining our IMPACT MASTERMIND this month to teach us how to use it well 👀 Curious — where are you at with Goodreads right now? Vote + tell us in the comments 💬 👉 FOLLOW @Sierra Melcher on GOODREADS https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20163852.Sierra_Melcher & connect with other Red Thread Authors there too!