What if publishing and marketing your book didn’t require SO much overthinking? 🤯📚 One of the biggest things I see authors struggle with isn’t a lack of ideas—it’s figuring out what to do next. What should my title be? Is my book idea strong enough? What should I put in my Amazon listing? How do I market this thing consistently without spending hours figuring out what to post? That’s exactly why I built the Author Success Kit. 🚀 It’s designed to help take you from “I have no idea what I’m doing next” to having an actual plan. Inside, you can: ✨ Get help developing and strengthening your book idea 📚 Build out your publishing roadmap 🔍 Audit your Amazon listing and get actionable improvements 📱 Generate 50 marketing content ideas specifically for YOUR book 📅 Turn those ideas into an actual content plan so you can stop staring at a blank screen And that’s only part of it. I just recorded a video showing you why I built this, how it works, and how I’m personally using it to make book marketing easier. 👇 Watch the video and see the Author Success Kit in action.

Share Anything Friday — for the romance writers in here. I run The Invisible Pen, a Skool community built for romance fiction authors who want to use AI as a writing partner, not as a ghostwriter that takes the wheel. Okay, listen. We train the process: voice files, drafting without polishing yourself into a stall, editing passes that keep your fingerprints, covers, newsletters, launches, live clinics, and a lot of practical tools you can actually run on your books this week. The fun part is the community — people who are shipping romance and helping each other stay in creative control. If you write romance and you want AI that collaborates with your taste instead of flattening it, come hang out: https://www.skool.com/the-invisible-pen There is a 7-day free look, then it is $25/month. What are you writing this week? 🦋

One thing I wish more self-published authors thought about earlier is this: Your book is not the end of the journey. It can be the beginning of your community. A lot of authors wait until they have a huge audience, multiple books, or a massive following before they think about building a community. I actually think that can be backwards. Starting early gives you time to build real relationships with readers, learn what they care about, see what questions they ask, and understand what they may want from you next. That community can eventually become the place where you share new books, trainings, resources, workshops, events, or even future offers. But more importantly, it gives you something that Amazon alone cannot give you: a direct relationship with your audience. 👉START YOUR OWN SKOOL That is a big reason I built my own Skool community, and today we have grown to more than 2,000 members. I just published a new YouTube video breaking down why I think more self-published authors should consider building a Skool community, how I use mine, and different ways authors in completely different niches could create one around their books or expertise. If you have ever thought, “What would I even make a community about?” this video should give you some ideas. Watch it here 👇

1. Would you rather write a sci-fi book 🚀 or a romance book ❤️? 2. Would you rather write a self-help book 💡 or a children’s book 🧸? 3. Would you rather pay a ghostwriter and have your book finished in 6 weeks or write it yourself and take 6 months? 4. Would you rather write your entire book early in the morning ☀️ or late at night 🌙? 5. Would you rather write a 300-page novel or create a 50-page coloring book? 6. Would you rather have an amazing book title handed to you or an amazing book cover concept handed to you? 7. Would you rather write about something you’re an expert in or something you’re completely fascinated by but still learning? 8. Would you rather write your next book alone in a quiet cabin 🏕️ or at a beach resort 🏖️? 9. Would you rather turn your life story into a memoir or turn parts of your experiences into a fictional story? 10. Would you rather have to write your next book without using AI at all or write it using ONLY AI and your ideas? 👀

𝗪𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗧 #𝟮𝟱! First, I just want to say 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝘂𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲. I truly didn’t expect us to get this far this quickly. In fact, when I decided to close the group to new free members, I thought it might slow things down a little… but you proved me completely wrong. 😂 The group has actually been showing up 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿. Engagement is going up, conversations are growing, and people are continuing to comment, share, support each other, and bring real value into the community. Because of all of that, we just hit another huge milestone: #𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆! 🎉 At this point, I don’t really have a specific reason why we 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 to hit Top 20… but now I’m curious. 😂 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬? Thank you to everyone who has been showing up, commenting, engaging, sharing wins, dropping gems, helping other members, and simply being present here. Every bit of activity helps this community continue to grow, and I appreciate you being part of it. ❤️ Also, a quick reminder that the 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳𝘁𝗵. Right now, you can lock in a 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 $𝟰𝟵 and get access to the 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝘁 included with your membership. ❤️❤️Premium members already have access to the Author Success Kit at no additional cost. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading, now is the time before the founding offer disappears. 👉 𝗨𝗣𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 $𝟰𝟵 Now… 𝗹𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬! 👀🔥