Share whatever you’re working on or proud of right now. This community is full of creators, authors, and entrepreneurs, and sometimes the best thing we can do is help each other get a little more visibility. 💡 IDEAS ON WHAT YOU COULD SHARE: • Yourself and what you do • Your Skool community • A book you're writing or recently published • A project you're building • A shoutout to another member • A video, post, or resource • Affiliate links (yes, those are allowed) The goal is simple: help our members get seen. Just one request so this stays valuable for everyone. 👉 1 RULE: If you share something, please also leave a thoughtful or helpful comment on someone else’s post. Support goes both ways, and when we all participate, the whole community benefits. Now let’s see what everyone is building 👇

You would think creating a children’s book would be easy because the books are short, right? But honestly, writing the story is usually the easy part. It’s everything that comes AFTER the story that starts getting complicated. 😅 📖 𝟭. 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗦 A spread is when an illustration spans across two facing pages of your book. They can look amazing, but formatting them correctly for print can be a challenge. You have to think about bleed, margins, the gutter, where your characters are positioned, and whether something important is going to disappear into the center of the book. Unless you’re using a program like InDesign or Affinity that can properly handle those layouts, this can become frustrating pretty quickly. 🤯 🎨 𝟮. 𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 You can hire a professional illustrator, but depending on the book, that can easily cost thousands of dollars. 💸 AI has made illustration much more accessible, but it comes with its own problem: 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆. Your character looks perfect on page one, and then five pages later their face changes, their clothes are different, or suddenly they look like an entirely different kid. 😂 🔤 𝟯. 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 Another HUGE issue I see is text getting lost in the illustrations. 👀 I’ve seen so many DIY children’s books where the artwork is beautiful, but the text is sitting on top of a busy part of the image and becomes difficult to read. Or someone generates the text directly into the AI image, which creates another problem because now you can’t easily edit it when AI misspells something or creates those weird AI letters. 😵‍💫 Your text should remain editable and work 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 the illustration — not be permanently baked into it. 📱 𝟰. 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗣𝗨𝗕 And then there’s the ebook. 😬 Sure, you can create a children’s book in Canva and get a PDF that works for print. But what happens when you want to publish the Kindle version? Children’s picture books often need a 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱-𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗘𝗣𝗨𝗕 so the illustrations and text stay exactly where they’re supposed to be. Suddenly, you’ve added another technical formatting project to your plate.

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! 👀🔥

🎉 We did it!! ❤️ Our community is officially #𝟮𝟵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹! This is the closest we’ve EVER gotten to my goal of breaking into the 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟱, and I really think we have a shot at getting there. We’ve been absolutely rocking it over here, and this ranking is because of YOU — posting, commenting, participating, welcoming new members, and keeping this community active. 🔥 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣: 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟮𝟱! Now… there are a few BIG updates you need to know about: 🚨 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝗦𝗧: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬 If you have friends, fellow authors, creators, or entrepreneurs who have been thinking about joining us, 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀. And tomorrow I’m dropping a 𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗-𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 all about publishing AND marketing a book with Amazon KDP. 👉 It’ll only be about 30 minutes 👉 You do NOT have to catch it live 👉 And I’ll give you one little hint… 🎁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱. DO NOT miss this training! 📚 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗦 As our directory continues to grow, I’m putting some new limits in place so we can keep it valuable and organized. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀: You can list up to 𝟯 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁. Additional listings will be $𝟱 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀: You can list up to 𝟭𝟬 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁. Additional listings beyond that will be $𝟱 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸. 💥 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 The Publishing Playbooks sale officially ends at 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝟴/𝟯𝟭. If you’re looking for more clarity around actually publishing a book that has the potential to SELL, this is one of the foundational resources I recommend having. It’s essentially my 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗞 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀. Publishing. Topic clarity. Writing your manuscript. Launching. Scaling. Get it before the sale disappears tonight. 🔥 👉 GET THE PLAYBOOKS NOW

A huge congratulations to @Baba Sam Shelley who just launched his brand-new book, Healing Isn’t Your Job! Baba Sam has been following the guidance, implementing the resources, and putting in the work, and his book has now reached #1 Bestseller status in all three of its categories: 🥇 #1 in Chronic Pain 🥇 #1 in Pain Management 🥇 #1 in New Age Mental & Spiritual Healing In the book, Baba Sam shares his powerful personal story of living with five incurable diagnoses before transforming his life by learning to let go of what he calls the “head trash.” Healing Isn’t Your Job explores how mental noise, chronic overthinking, and the constant pressure to “fix” yourself can keep your nervous system on high alert. It offers practical tools to release that pressure, quiet the mind, and reconnect with your body’s wisdom—without telling readers to ignore their doctors or change their medical care. Even better, the book is currently FREE on Amazon through 🗓️ September 1st! 👉 GO GET THE FREE EBOOK NOW Go download your copy, support a fellow independent author, and help Baba Sam celebrate this incredible launch! 🎉📚