If you could create one children's book that every child in the world would read, what would you want it to teach? For me, I'd want children to learn that being kind is never a weakness it's one of the greatest strengths they can have. 💛 I'd love to hear your answer in the comments. Your ideas might inspire my next story!

Hello everyone! Excited to be part of this community and connect with fellow authors. I'm looking forward to learning, sharing ideas, exploring how AI can support the writing and publishing journey, and building meaningful connections with everyone here. Looking forward to growing together!

Hey there everyone, I just wanted to pass on a message from Ingramspark. Apparently, we have some scammers impersonating the company. Be hyper vigilant, my friends. "We have recently been made aware of bad actors fraudulently posing as our business through lookalike websites, emails, social media accounts, phone calls, and text messages. These individuals often request that the author pay them or provide sensitive banking information in exchange for publishing their book with IngramSpark. These impersonators are not affiliated with IngramSpark. Visit https://www.ingramspark.com/fraudalert for more information"

If you didn't get that title, that's a joke from the Big Lebowski, a definite Plot Dude principle. Look, we want this whole durn community to be fun, enjoyable, and a safe space for everyone. So we have to set some rules to get started. Refer back to this post from time to time, but we'll try to announce any changes in separate posts. But here's our starting place: 1) Be kind. Don't dis on anyone else for any reason. There are some topics we just won't allow to be discussed here, but no matter what, kindness matters. That golden rule thing: treat others the way you want to be treated. No exceptions. This is the only rule where there won't be a warning: treat someone unkindly, and you'll get removed faster than the Dude can mark a gutterball zero. 2) No selling or self-promotion. Stacey and I are even "light" on this in this community. There are classes, some that will be free, others that are paid, in the classroom section. Most of the time though we will be posting about FREE things we offer, like free webinars, education, and our podcast. If you offer author services and want to be recommended by Print2Pro, contact us. You get one warning for this one. Continued self promo after that? You'll find yourself outside, and unable to look in. 3) No political or religious posts, even related to your current WIP. This is a politics and religion free space, not because we don't care about those things, but because they cause division. We're here to talk about writing craft and business. Stacey and I even differ in our religious and political beliefs, but we won't be having that discussion here. If you are insanely curious, and want to talk about those things, you'll have to book a paid consultation with us one on one, and we might have to charge you double. 4) Don't be annoying or be a jerk. Everyone is at a different stage in their writing career and has different goals. We like to teach gently, not in a condescending or mean way. Take 'er easy, dude. Keep things light and kind.

This episode might ruffle a few feathers. Good. 😏 We're tackling one of the biggest assumptions in publishing: "Anyone can publish. That's the problem." Before you assume we're defending traditional publishing... you're probably going to want to hear the whole conversation. We're talking about standards, reader trust, AI, professional publishing, and why indie authors don't need fewer opportunities; instead, they need higher expectations. I'd love to hear where this community lands on it. Drop your thoughts after you watch the premiere tomorrow. I have a feeling this one's going to spark a great discussion.