I wanted to share a quick win ✨ I had the opportunity to speak at my local Chicago Skool IRL event, and it was such a great experience. Connecting with other locals in person always gives me fresh ideas and a boost of momentum. If you’re on Skool and haven’t checked yet, see if there’s a Skool IRL event near your city — they’re 100% worth attending. One thing that really stood out to me was the mix of people in the room. It wasn’t just adults interested in book publishing. I also met people who said their kids had already published books, or had kids who really want to learn how. That honestly inspired me. If you have a child who would be interested in learning how to self-publish their own book, I’d love to support that. Feel free to DM me and I’ll unlock course access so your child can go through the full process of creating their own book. You never know what planting this seed early can turn into 💡

This is no business but more a chance to come up with new ideas. I´ve been a freelance journalist now on the side for almost six years. The classic publisher/editor business is crumbling more and more by the day now. The more I´m happy about this community. It helps so much, because even though I can write it does not mean I can publish online successfully. For those of you who are trying to finde some inspiration, here is my substack page. It´s just a few month old and I rewrote texts I published this year or years ago. Pretty random, not fixed genre. Also some new stuff and some experiments trying to find my way into this substack thing. And by all marketing and money focus, don´t forget to put your soul between the lines. Nobody can steal that and no AI can generate that 😉 👉 So this one here maight be a good one on that: https://bigquestionstinymoments.substack.com/p/the-lost-power-of-a-single-sentence

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