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Repeat After Me: I’m Worthy of Writing My Book

Read that again and then say it aloud:

I’m worthy of writing my book.

Because, my darling author, you ARE. You are exactly who you need to be, right now, to write the book.

And any place where you feel… less than…

Is lying to you. You’re ready RIGHT NOW, just as you are.

And even better than that:

IF there are any pieces of you that need to grow (that’s a big IF, my darling author) you will grow, expand, and BECOME as you write the book. The process of writing your book will allow you to step INTO your bigger self and become even more worthy.

Don’t let anyone (including yourself) KEEP you from who you’re meant to be.

And YOU are meant to write a book. You don’t have to do it alone. A great way to get support – on your own terms – is through the Finally Write Your Book Course.

In the course, you receive:

  • Kim’s full “Story Path” System ($5000 value) this is the exact same PROVEN system that has helped authors JUST LIKE YOU write their books
  • Students-Only Facebook Community ($3750 value) where you can find your accountability buddy, access the group Q&A call, and have ongoing support
  • Monthly Group Q&A Call ($2000 value) so you have MY brain on your book — and hear from your fellow message-driven authors.
  • How to Take Author Headshots ($400 value) so that your readers can instantly connect with you.
  • About the Author Action Sheet ($500 value) so you can easily write your author bio for the book, your marketing, and speaking gigs!
  • Software Recommendations ($1000 value) so you know exactly what you need to write your book and don’t waste time “shopping” for programs.
  • CTA worksheet ($500 value) — so you can have your readers take actions (buying a course or getting on your list) without having your book read like a long-form sales letter OR leaving the “work with me” to be an afterthought.
  • And more!

In my free virtual training, “5 Proven Steps to Finally Write Your Book”, I go over how to get more writing done (without sacrifice), the #1 Mental Monster™ that keeps you stuck – THIS is the one that is currently tripping you up (and what to do about it), why you shouldn’t use your ‘signature talk’ as your book (and why not!), AND I walk you through my proven steps to writing your book.

Watch It Here

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Myth: I Can’t Write a Book Because I Have ADHD/Dyslexia

Truth: While putting words on paper IS part of writing a book (duh) it actually isn’t THE most important part.

You want to write a book to help people and to share your message.

THAT has nothing to do with any “limitation” you might have, including ADHD, Dyslexia, if English is your second language, or anything ELSE you can throw at why you “can’t” write a book.

The very first step is to uncover your message – and it’s where we start in my proven course, Finally Write Your Book.

Message is the heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul connection to your reader. It’s your reader’s way of knowing that you’ve been where they are – and that you can help them.

Using my Slide Up Sideways Method, you’ll uncover your message (the one that you’re sharing in your book and that is the foundation of your purpose on the planet) so you can ditch the marketing jargon and deeply connect with your reader.

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How Dogs Can Help with Loving Your Writing Process (without Shame)

This is Hank.

  • Hank loves snuggling his girl.
  • Running up and down the fence with the neighbor dogs.
  • Going for family stomps.
  • Standing outside at bedtime and barking – to let the world know he’s here. (Then he sleeps.)

Hank doesn’t think too much about what he loves. He snuggles his girl, every chance he gets. He waits for the neighbor dogs to call him over, then he runs. He waits by the back gate of the 4Runner, then gets in and goes for a stomp. Hank barks after he eats his dinner, not for very long, just so everything within earshot knows he’s a BIG dog and will FIERCELY protect his family, mostly, his girl.

Hank doesn’t feel any shame about the things he loves.

  • Hank really doesn’t care if someone thinks he’s “soft” or “a weenie” when a toddler is using him as a pillow to read her book.
  • Hank doesn’t care that the neighbor dog runs slower than him, he enjoys the air in his face and the dirt under his toes.
  • Hank doesn’t worry that going out on a stomp to sniff new things might expand his knowledge – including that he cannot outrun a deer.
  • Hank isn’t concerned that he MIGHT be bothering the neighborhood when he barks after dinner. He uses his voice to say, “I’m here. I’m the guard dog. It’s dark. I’m HERE.”

Be like Hank.

When you enjoy something (writing) do it without shame. ENJOY it.

When moving your body (hand, wrist, and fingers on the keyboard) is pleasurable, do it without shame. Enjoy the feelings and sounds of writing.

When you need a chance of pace to broaden your horizons, get in the car and GO. Enjoy it. Windows down.

And when it’s time to share your message, share your voice… DO IT. The world needs to know that YOU are here.

After all, your message matters.

P.S. If you’re ready to write your book — with all the pleasure you can — then it’s time to enroll in Finally Write Your Book. This is my PROVEN course that allows you to write at your own pace, with my support, to make this the year you share your message with the world.

Course price goes up in February 1.

Learn more and enroll.

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Mid-Year Reset for Your Writing

It’s nearly July! Which means that 2022 is just about halfway over.

Is that a good thing – or a scary thing? Are you making progress toward your goals for your book this year… or not?

When you just “think” about what you’ve accomplished over the last six months, it’s really easy to fall into the “I didn’t do ANYTHING” trap. (Seriously, I do that too!)

You look back and only see where you “failed.”

(It’s rare, but sometimes you look back and overestimate what you’ve accomplished. MOST people only see a list of their setbacks, disappointments, and where they missed the mark,)

Except…

How do you KNOW what you’ve really accomplished?

By TRACKING it!

And then revaluating. Making a new plan.

All too often, goal setting is limited to January.

Um… that’s ridiculous! You can set a goal at ANY point in the year. There is no magic in January. Just like there’s no magic on Monday, or June 21, or in any other day.

Mid-year is a GREAT time to do a reset. Evaluate your goals. Create evidence of where you’re succeeding – and where you can use improvement. I spent my early morning doing just that: reviewing my goals, changing the ones that no longer fit, looking at what I’ve met (yay), where I’m getting closer, which I’ve forgotten (do I even still want that?), and setting NEW goals for myself.

This is where “The Writer’s Goal Setting Workbook: A Step-By-Step Process to Getting Your Writing Done” comes in.

I created this workbook JUST for you – to help you set goals around your writing. It will walk you through your wins, where you need improvement, and how to set doable goals for the upcoming months.

And no, you don’t ONLY need to start it in January!

It also offers 12 monthly tracking sheets so you can track your progress. No more “I THINK I’m doing it” or “I suck. I don’t do it.” – you’ll be able to see your progress add up.

Here’s some GREAT news:

Amazon has it on a WICKED-GOOD sale of over 60% off. But I don’t control Amazon so I have no clue how long that sale will last.

Get It Here

And let’s make the next six months something amazing!

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Client Success Story: Douglas Gentile

I want to take a moment and brag on my client, Douglas Gentile, for his new book that was published on May 12, 2022.

The book is “Finding the Freedom to Get Unstuck and Be Happier” by Ven. Dr. Douglas Cheolsoeng Gentile.

​Douglas is one of the graduates from the VIP Writing Mentorship and the Finally Write Your Book System. His book was published last week by Penguin (and is available on Amazon.)


 

Douglas came to me after hearing me speak at Sedona Yoga Festival. I was asking the same questions his potential publisher had been asking (and he didn’t know how to answer!) Douglas quickly figured out that I could help him answer those questions – and rewrite the book. (He had written it twice already!)

Through our work together in the VIP Writing Mentorship, Douglas re-wrote the book, this time for a more main-stream audience. While the original publisher who had expressed interested in the book decided to pass on publishing it, Penguin decided it was perfect for what they wanted to bring to market.

Buy The Book

More about Douglas Gentile:

Dr. Douglas Gentile is an award-winning research scientist, educator, author, and is professor of psychology at Iowa State University. His experience includes over 30 years conducting research with children and adults. He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, including studies on the positive and negative effects of mass media on children in several countries, video game addiction, and mindfulness practices for reducing anxiety and increasing happiness. He has written several books on similar topics.

He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. He was honored with the Distinguished Lifetime Contributions Award to Media Psychology and Technology by the American Psychological Association, and he was named one of the Top 300 Professors in the United States by the Princeton Review.

In addition, he is an ordained Zen Buddhist monk and meditation teacher who leads retreats and has written and narrated the best-selling audiobook Buddhism 101: How to Walk Easily over Rough Ground and Meditation: The Busy Person’s Guide to Cultivating Compassion and Positive Mind States.

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What Actions Can You Take Today that Are a Gift to Your Future Self?

I attended a sales event from Jennifer Diepstraten in 2019. One thing she said had REALLY stuck with me:

What actions do you do TODAY are really for your future self, five years from now?

I find that English and verb tenses, especially the future tense, don’t play nicely together. So let’s look at this in hindsight:

What habits or actions do you do today that were set in motion years ago?

Me:

  • Ten years ago in July, I decided I would send a weekly newsletter on Tuesdays. I’ve never missed a week.
  • Ten years ago this August, I said yes to a first date with a guy whose online profile didn’t meet my “minimum requirements”. We’ve been married five years and have two beautiful children.
  • Seven years ago next month, I said yes to an opportunity I HAD been saying no to for the prior three years. I joined the Sassy Mastermind (year-long) and met 100% of my best friends, built a business from scratch, and have touched thousands of lives.
  • Nine months ago, I decided I would get up no later than 6:30 am to work on my business – taking training, writing emails, designing courses – before the house woke up.

Notice in this list, that some were a one-time decision that bred a long-term habit. And some were a one-time decision that changed the trajectory of my life.

So, let me ask you again:

What can you do TODAY that your future self will thank you for?

Here’s one action that you can take – that’s pretty easy, low risk, and can yield HUGE rewards:

Register a virtual ticket to “Brew Your Book – LIVE: Stop ‘Percolating’ on Your Message and FINALLY Write Your Book”.

It happens this weekend – Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

You don’t have to travel.

Heck! You don’t even have to get dressed. Come in your PJs! Let your dog snooze under your chair.

And let me pour into you.

For three days, let me help you uncover your message. Let me help you dive deep into what you want to BE in the world. Together, we’ll dig into story and storytelling – so you can share your message. And we’ll also put together a custom plan for how you’re going to write YOUR book.

Register Here.

Now, you might be thinking:

I can’t just clear three days in my life last minute!!!

Well…

You could if you HAD to. Like if somebody got sick.

And you could if you WANTED to. If you really, REALLY wanted to.

Here’s what I want you to do:

Commit to your future self. Take this action NOW.

And then, if you know you’ll miss some (or all) of the event, I want you to grab the All-Access Pass – the recordings – and commit to watching them.

(BTW: last week was a 2-day virtual retreat for a business training that I’M in. I knew I couldn’t attend much of it live. So I watched what I could and I’ve scheduled the recordings into my plan for the next two weeks. My future self will thank me.)

Here’s what you’ll learn at the event:

  • The steps to uncover your powerful message so you can move your readers – and change their lives.
  • Exactly how to write powerfully and easily – even if you think you’re not a writer or struggle with expressing yourself in written word.
  • What needs to go into the book and what doesn’t so that your reader feels that you understand them – and are here to help.
  • How to deal with procrastination, writer’s block, overwhelm, and lack of motivation so that you’re able to keep going – moving forward and making steady progress – even if your inspiration gets derailed.
  • My proven method to consistently finding the time to write no matter how busy your life is!
  • How to engage your readers – from the first page – so that they keep reading, and so they recommend your book to their friends.
  • How to share your message in a way that your readers will remember – even if they forget the steps of your process, acronym, or system.
  • Why writing a book is the best way to be seen as an expert – and how having a book can open doors to interviews, speaking gigs, and more clients.
  • And more…

PLUS, there will be a ton of time to work on your writing. To practice and get feedback.

COMING to the event is a gift from your current self to your future self. It’s a gift to the sacredness of your Message. It’s a gift to your readers.

Register Your Virtual Ticket

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Truth: You’ll Always Be “Too Busy” to Write Your Book

Do you ever feel like you’re just… waiting?

Waiting for things to get easier? For you to have more time? For the kids to be in school, out of school, graduated? For the business to be making more money? For the remodel to happen? For summer? For fall? After the holidays?

Before you know it… you’ve waiting yourself right out of opportunities.

I bought my first house in October 2008. I sold it in May 2015. And for the six years I lived there, I had always intended to put in a flowerbed in my front yard. I could just SEE it in my mind – tipped so you could see the flowers more from the living room window, rather than the street. That it would be formed from huge volcanic rocks. That it would be a spill and rush of colors, each plant nestled against each other…

I had always intended…

And one of my biggest regrets when I sold the house and moved out… was that flowerbed.

I was always “too busy.”

When I was in college, I thought I was sooooo busy. I took a full course load and lived on campus. So yes, that was lots of homework. And I went to many “social” activities offered by the College of Humanities and the Honors College.

What I didn’t have was a job. Or pets. Or a house. Or a boyfriend (or husband!) Or a business…

Looking back, all that “busy” was a myth.

So here’s some truth for you, my friend: Keep Reading!

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