Monday has officially landed, the slate is clean, and it’s time to check in with each other. Whatever you are planning for the next seven days, we want to hear about it. It doesn’t have to do with food, writing, or cooking—life happens in all directions, and this table is open for all of it. How are you focusing your energy this week? Cast your vote below! Click your focus for the week, and drop a comment letting us know what is on your plate. Let's connect and start the week together! 📊 POLL: What is on your horizon this week?

@Gwynne Conlyn kindly gave me access to the module "The cookbook you're meant to write". I want to go back through it more slowly but it's got some great strategies and ideas. I have some recipes coming out there in the world next year - I write science fiction and fantasy and have a collection of food themes stories with accompanying recipes being published - but never really thought about a whole cookbook. Until now! Lots of ideas are flowing!

Imagine walking up to your mailbox next June, pulling out a heavy package, and slicing it open. Inside is a stack of pristine, beautifully bound books. You pick one up, run your hand across the cover, and see your name printed beneath the title. You open it, smell the fresh ink, and flip through pages filled with your stories and family legacies. A profound wave of pride washes over you. You didn't just dream it. You actually did it. That deep, soul-satisfying realization that your legacy is secure is your true destination. You can find a generic writing checklist anywhere on the internet. But the process isn't what changes your life — the identity shift is. When you step into this circle, you shed the title of "aspiring" writer and step into the reality of a published author. The next 12 months are going to pass anyway. Where do you want to be when they do? Cast your vote below! 👇 Tell us exactly where you want to land, because defining the destination is the first step to arriving there. 📊 POLL: One year from today, what does your breakthrough look like?