B is for Book Coach

The Ocean Workbook: Diving In

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/about]. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident [https://www.amazon.com/You-Dont-Get-Ocean-Accident/dp/B0BZFCZKJG/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=]—the workbook version of the early work I do with all of my authors. If you want to follow along or jump ahead, pocket-sized copies are available on Amazon, and every Substack subscriber [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] gets a fillable PDF copy as well. Today, we’re reading from: Diving In. Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time [http://bit.ly/mutual-momentum] or ongoing [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] Momentum Partner, two things happen. First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together. Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started. You can create a one-time boost of Momentum [http://bit.ly/mutual-momentum] or subscribe [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe [https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Check Your Posture—Prevent Future Book Pain

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/about]. Today, we’re making space for posture. All posture is much more complex than it seems—in your body and your book. - The mechanics of physical posture- The parallels in book posture- How to look closer at the posture you hold as an author, your reader holds when arriving to your book, and the space the book holds for you both - The pain that doing this might create (and the pain NOT doing this definitely does) Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time [http://bit.ly/mutual-momentum] or ongoing [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] Momentum Partner, two things happen. First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together. Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started. You can create a one-time boost of Momentum here [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/BHU8RAAJP7LCS], [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/BHU8RAAJP7LCS] or subscribe [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe [https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Finding Words that Belong

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/about]. Today, we’re making space for words that belong. For the past several months, I’ve been working with the incredible Hussein al-Baiaty over at Rising Authors [http://rising-authors.com] to get my new website up and running. But the website was just the output. What we were really spending all that time on was what the website should contain. Not should as in “supposed to.” Should as in “belongs.” - The difference between checking the boxes and making it right- Creating the conditions for connection- Intentional vs incidental outcomes Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! Become a one-time [http://bit.ly/mutual-momentum] or ongoing [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] Momentum Partner, or access a more focused supportive space here [http://developyourbook.com/services]. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe [https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Magenta Books & Stories that Take Up Space

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/about]. Today, we’re making space for connection. You and your experience are worth witnessing. This is a true statement, no matter who you are or what your experience is. You matter. Your story matters. Choosing to share any part of yourself—from ideas to lived experience to insights—is a generous gift that holds intrinsic value whether or not it creates a return. And if you’re writing a Magenta Signature Connection book type, this belief is the cornerstone of your entire project. - Meet the Spectrum - Meet Magenta - Creating the container for connection - Audacious vulnerability - Avoiding overshare - Tips for Magenta authors - Remembering why you're here Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time [http://bit.ly/mutual-momentum] or ongoing [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] Momentum Partner, two things happen. First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together. Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started. Create a one-time boost of Momentum [http://bit.ly/mutual-momentum] or subscribe [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe [https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Power of Noticing: An Author's View of His Final Project

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/about]. Today, we’re making space for noticing. Hear directly from my friend and author about the experience of writing his last book, with clips of a conversation recorded a month into post-publish territory—a month into borrowed time, according to the prognosis he’d been given, and only a few months before he passed away. Before we go any further, I want you to know that it’s okay if this one’s too heavy to sit with. If for any reason you don’t want to continue on, I completely understand. If you’re still with me, I’d like you to meet Will, author of The Power of Noticing [https://www.amazon.com/Power-Noticing-Transformative-Journey-Grace/dp/B0DMSSRRX3]. On Taking His Time ~7 minutes [https://fathom.video/share/h/zTLYCmx6NGHnCs5jhcfzYBQn3hW9s-Ka] On Writing through Chemo ~4 minutes [https://fathom.video/share/h/CszMmm-e6SuL5_DSS6agJRjCaWzE6yQ-] On Books being One Thing ~5 minutes [https://fathom.video/share/h/sqqZJ4-f5kuG_zuaCNasU88xmHpFRVu7] On Going Deep with Experience ~8 minutes [https://fathom.video/share/h/uaXZNfbuVWgBk7mfJbZEwxc14xL1_KML] On Writing with Three Months to Live ~8 minutes [https://fathom.video/share/h/Gcdt3vsdGyns7Fz67p6fRxMZNrbeKLpy] Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time [http://bit.ly/mutual-momentum] or ongoing [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] Momentum Partner, two things happen. First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together. Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started. Create a one-time boost of Momentum [http://bit.ly/mutual-momentum] or subscribe [http://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe] to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe [https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]