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What to do if you’re just starting out on your Author Adventure: planning, preparation, and dealing with your Inner Dickhead

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  • Wooden clown

    If we wanna do a thing, we have to make time for it.

    And look: I don’t hold with this idea that we all the same 24 hours in a day.

    We all have 24 hours, for sure—unless you’re reading this on Mars or something in which case HI PLEASE CONTACT ME BECAUSE WE NEED TO TALK.

    But our 24 hours are not the same. I don’t have children or a third job.

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  • You Can’t Edit a Blank Page

    “You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” — Jodi Picoult

    Well yes, Jodi, that’s true of course. I 1,000% agree with you.

    But it’s easier said than done, amiright?

    When I’m sitting there in front of my blank page, head buzzing with static, fighting the urge to clean the bathroom or peel all the skin off my lips, this statement always makes me feel like shit.

    So let’s sort it out.

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  • But WHY are You Writing this Book?

    Why are you writing your book?

    Is your Big Idea for your book setting your heart on fire? Do you feel butterflies when you think about creating it?

    I’m asking because your WHY is important.

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  • Why Am I Not Writing When I Want To Write?

    People worry a lot about writing a boring-ass book.

    And when I say people, I mean me. I worry. About everything, all the time—but specifically, right now, about writing a basic-bitch book.

    Check out these 8 mistakes to avoid…

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  • My Fave Piece of Terrible Writing Advice

    People worry a lot about writing a boring-ass book.

    And when I say people, I mean me. I worry. About everything, all the time—but specifically, right now, about writing a basic-bitch book.

    Check out these 8 mistakes to avoid…

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  • What Does a Book Coach Actually DO Tho?

    People worry a lot about writing a boring-ass book.

    And when I say people, I mean me. I worry. About everything, all the time—but specifically, right now, about writing a basic-bitch book.

    Check out these 8 mistakes to avoid…

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  • Photo by Molly Blackbird on Unsplash

    People worry a lot about writing a boring-ass book.

    And when I say people, I mean me. I worry. About everything, all the time—but specifically, right now, about writing a basic-bitch book.

    Check out these 8 mistakes to avoid…

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  • You’re So Vain, I Bet You Published Your Book Yourself

    “You’re an author? That’s *so cool*!”

    “I self-published it, it’s not in Waterstones or anything,” I said.

    This was a conversation I had—paraphrased, natch—a few years ago, just after I wrote my first book. I felt uncomfortable with the praise, like publishing my book myself was pure vanity. I’d forgotten about this conversation.

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  • Bestseller Badge Balls

    In a world of hot-takes and kneejerk reactions, how do we introduce a little nuance? How do we reclaim critical thought and—yes—creativity?

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  • Throwing Grammar in the Bin?

    This is a sonnet to laziness, idleness, loafing—a spirited rejection of the Puritan Work Ethic and all it implies. Read on and discover why idleness should be part of YOUR life.

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