One thing I enjoy immensely is formatting a book for a client. It right up there with coaching them through the entire publishing process. And the absolute best is celebrating the author when we reach the finish line. And that happened today! OMG. Please join me in celebrating @Lucie Haskins today! The final PDFs for her book, Married Widow, got uploaded to Amazon with a release date of March 12, 2026. As I wrap up this project with Lucie, I thought it might be fun to share my lessons along the way. I learn something new every time I lay out a book in InDesign, even though I've produced a dozen books for clients. 1. Metatron's Code: my first publication in 2019 ... so everything was a learning curve. Biggest challenges to overcome: chapter page layout with the dot leaders, tabs, running heads, and adding a graphic to the running footer. (It's the little things.) 2. Amy and the Angels: kerning and leading. 3. Beyond The Shift: orphans, widows, and runts. (My proofreader, Lucie Haskins, shared about orphans and widows, and I taught her about runts.) 4. Married Widow has 45 images, so it became important to learn how to anchor images to a page. But first, the handy resize tool in Canva made the resizing process super easy. Every book gets easier, but I love the challenge of learning something new that never came up in a previous book. I’m curious where you are in your book journey—idea, draft, editing, or publishing?

A few updates inside the Language Portal today… First, @James Bansbach and I decided to cancel the third writing session in his Journey into the Heart of Healing series, a new development emerged from today's session. However, a Writing Session in the Language Portal is still happening tomorrow at 9:00 am PT, and you’re welcome to join us. Second, James is currently doing next-level hypnosis training to become an Official Trainer of Hypnotists. Wow, he helped me clear two major limiting beliefs preventing financial flow. The full testimonial is inside his LEARN HYPNOSIS community. He’s an incredible guy, and I highly recommend checking it out. And something interesting came out of our conversation today. I realized that I created a journaling practice some time ago, and then never shared it. James immediately said, “You should absolutely share that.” It’s a simple weekly practice, and it’s available for $9/month. The Living Journal: Write From Source A Weekly Ritual for Deep Listening and Letting Words Arrive Inside The Living Journal, you’ll receive a weekly practice for accessing clarity through writing. • prompts that open the Language Portal • rituals that bring coherence to your nervous system • reflections that reveal the deeper intelligence behind your words It’s the perfect entry practice for $9/month. I’d love to support you in a weekly ritual of Writing From Source and creating your own Living Journal. If this speaks to you, take a look here

Life Is Like a Rubik’s Cube By Bear Warrior Gonzales My life has been much like a Rubik’s Cube. At first, everything was mixed up twisted, cracked, and confusing. I struggled to find the right moves to make sense of it all. In the beginning, my life was full of chaos. I was deeply involved in gangs and lived for the fight. If I wasn’t fighting, I didn’t feel alive. The truth is, I was in so much mental emotional and spiritual pain that I needed others to feel pain too. I spent much of my youth in juvenile halls, camps, and prisons. Many of my family members reading this know exactly what I’m talking about. Back then, my life was fueled by anger, hatred, rage, and violence. I lived with a death wish. I was the kind of person who would take a knife to a gunfight just for the thrill of it.But somewhere along the way, people came into my life who made a difference, those who offered uplifting words, encouragement, or even honest criticism spoken with care and respect. They didn’t put me down; they helped me look up.Like solving that Rubik’s Cube, my life took time, patience, and effort to piece together. Slowly, the twisted colors began to align. The day came when the cube of my life finally made sense. The chaos became clarity, the pain became purpose, and I finally felt healed.When I look around, I see many people still struggling with their own “cubes” their lives twisted, mixed up, and ready to be thrown away in frustration. But I want to remind everyone: don’t give up. If you move just one grain of sand, the world will never be the same. Small actions create ripples that change lives.So I challenge each of you reading this: make a difference in one person’s life. Then, challenge them to do the same for someone else. Together, we can create a chain of healing, kindness, and transformation one life, one cube, one move at a time. Message of the Story: This story is about transformation, redemption, and the power of compassion. It reminds us that even the most broken, complicated life can be made whole again with patience, guidance, and love. Like a Rubik’s Cube, life may twist us in every direction, but with perseverance and the influence of those who care we can find alignment, purpose, and peace.

Hi everyone! My name is Michael Teferi, I am a Poet, Writer, and Positive Psychology Coach here on Substack. I am brand new as of this evening to The Language Portal via membership approval by Ms. Lynch. I have been having major problem# with self-publishing my poetry books as a trilogy, starting with my first one. Can people here help me? My problem is that I don’t have a working phone number, so I don’t have specific access to Amazon KDP. I just sent out an email earlier this evening to Barnes & Noble about publishing my poetry books starting with “Transformation” on bn.com and potentially having my debut poetry book in the local Barnes & Noble bookstore in their Manassas, VA location. Please let me know your thoughts and opinions about my potential new poetry book everyone!