Lost your creative spark? Not sure what to do?
Let me help you find greener pastures.
Are you feeling burned out?
Tired of working to keep up with impossible standards?
Today’s publishing paradigm is broken! And it’s hurting authors.
I help authors communicate easier by connecting their creative spirit with practical action. To do this, I use my over two decades as a published author to create services designed to reduce overwhelm and keep authors focused on what matters to them in order to cultivate creative wellness, prevent and overcome burnout, and create their own publishing career so they can thrive as authors.
Discover your strengths and what’s working for you.
Get help with technical things like your website and newsletter to take more OFF your plate.
Learn to love writing again and jump over any obstacles in your way.
The truth is
The current publishing paradigm treats books like “widgets” produced in a factory and authors like assembly line workers.
That’s a recipe designed to create chronic stress and burnout!
And for authors chronic stress causes
Loss of joy and diminished creativity
Feeling like you have to do more with less resources
Imposter syndrome
Health issues
(and yes, burnout!)
You could stay stuck on the write – publish – promote treadmill and get (or remain) burned out OR YOU COULD
craft the publishing path that works for you and keeps you telling the stories you were meant to tell.
Let’s start this transformation by
Take A Publishing Inventory
We start by seeing where you’re at now and where you want to be. Then, we determine your strengths. With those pieces of information, next we can plot a path.
Discover Your Publishing Profile
As part of the inventory process, we’ll take a publishing profile to see which publishing path will unlock your creative genius. This is your key to success along this journey and a can’t miss step.
Create A Journey
Now that we have the key to your creative genius, we’ll craft a journey toward creative wellness. This is no turn-by-turn boring GPS; it’s filled with landmarks and sights you’ll want to see.
Your quest to find greener pastures begins by booking a free call.
From the blog…
How Tumblr/WordPressDOTcom Selling Your Data to AI Changes The Website Game
Note: This blog refers to WordpressDOTCOM which is their free website hosting platform. Wordpress dot org remains free and open source and is not included in this. I'll be blogging more about this, I'm sure, as it's a topic I've been trumpeting for nearly twenty...
The Findaway Voices Rights Grab isn’t Isolated
There's been a lot of talk about the Spotify/Findaway Voices Rights Grab, and Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware wrote an excellent article breaking down the terms both before and after their "reversal" here. However, I'm seeing a lot of authors in groups talk about...
The Downside of Patreon and Membership Alternatives
In this episode I detail the issues that have affected Patreon since roughly Sept 2022 and how these can cause authors to lose income or depending on what they write, affect their ability to be on the platform at all. Additionally, I mention a few alternatives. Links...
Understanding Monotropism and “Negative” Thoughts
There's a belief that "ruts" happen from multiple passes over the same territory, whether they're from repetitive thinking or from tires and the weight of a vehicle, and I'd argue that rather often, that's simply not the case. Simply put, a rut is one experience that...
Authors Should Care About The 2023 Hugo Awards
A report was recently released on File770 and the Genre Grapevine that begins to hint at what happened with eligible works being left off the 2023 Hugo Awards ballot. At best it looks like the committee exercised self-censorship so as not to run afoul of China's laws...
Dealing with Severe Burnout Part 2
In the second part of this two part series, I discuss how to pick up and put the pieces back together after serious burnout. How do you decide which projects to pick up and which to discard? I also talk about the most important consideration for deciding how to move...
