Story Rebel

I let the call go to voicemail, like I almost always do. Because I’m a millennial, sure. But also, because c’mon. It’s almost always a scam: a fake marketing agency offering to represent my book at Famous International Book Festival, or a trademark lawyer telling me to call them immediately about my Story Rebel filing, or—my fave—the IRS warning me that they’ve put a warrant out for my arrest. Anyway, I was rolling my bike out the door on my way to dinner when my phone began to buzz. I was in...

Hey there! Before I cowrote my first book with a friend, I assumed that writing half the book meant doing half the work. Boy, was I wrong. I had so many misconceptions about what it would actually look like to cowrite a book before my friend Wade Peterson asked me to tackle a sci-fi project together. I'd never done it—and neither had he. Fortunately, we were smart enough to call up a couple of friends who had, and pick their brains about the process. We had so many questions. How do you split...

Don’t touch those $&%#@ brakes! I was fifty feet up a sheer cliff face near Anaconda, Montana, having unwittingly followed my husband up a wall ride at a mountain bike park. The trail so far had been a nice blue square situation (intermediate rider) with some optional black diamond (death wish rider) features mixed in. My husband, Robert, was taking the well-signed black options while I was enjoying myself on the blue route. Until. Near the bottom of the mountain, I was in the groove. I’d...

Happy Friday! I'm currently at Kit's Craft + Commerce conference in Boise, ID, filling my brain with information on business, marketing, sales, and more. So far, it's been amazing—a firehose of ideas and new connections. I'll have a rundown for you next week, once I've had a chance to process my notes. (BTW, if you're a Kit customer, check out the product releases they announced here. I'm particularly delighted to explore the new landing page creator.) As is always the case with these kinds...

Happy Friday! We're almost all set for the No Rules Book Sprint next week—will you be joining us? No matter where you are in the book writing process, this free sprint will help you get clarity on your audience, promise, and structure. PLUS! I just put the finishing touches on the accompanying book organizer workbook, and I'm so proud of how it came together. My goal was to create something to guide you through the process of writing a book without boxing you in with rigid frameworks or...