First Things First and What's YOUR biggest obstacle to a sustainable author enterprise?


Hello Author Friends,

Welcome to all the new subscribers who came this way from the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago a couple weekends back!

First Things First

Here are a few things to know right off (and these apply to those of you long on this list, too).

  • All authors, aspiring or established, are welcome to sign up for a free 30-minute, no-strings, no-pressure strategy call. Pick a time on my calendar here.
  • I invite everyone to subscribe to my Substack: The Profitable Author / An Author Business You Love. There are free and paid options.
  • For a free copy of The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books, in exchange for a review, go here.
  • For our free author resouces page, go here.
  • For our promotions page, go here.

Final Mini-Workshop in Summertime Series

Next Tuesday, September 23, is the final installment in my free 6-part summer series devoted to the top 6 things I write and teach about to boost author income, author businesses, author goals, and author satisfaction.

Please join us! Discover YOUR biggest obstacle to a sustainable living from your writing and author business and some workarounds to that.

The workshop takes place at City Newsstand, 4018 N. Cicero, in Portage Park, Chicago, 6:00pm-7:30pm.

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Third Gold Medal

Check out the Gold Medal winner in the Reader's Favorite book awards in the Non-Fiction - Writing/Publishing category. ๐Ÿ™‚
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Mostly check it out because I think this book can help you in ways you never imagined. Be successful as an author and meet your author goals (big and small, financial and nonfinancial) in part by being successful as a business person.

All the best,

Sharon

Sharon Woodhouse, owner, Conspire Creative

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ABC (Author Business Coaching) Nudge

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