Hello Author Friends,

You've worked hard all year. Writing. Book marketing. Book selling. Website finessing. Email list growing. Event hawking. Pushing yourself to your creative limits.

We'd like to reward you with some year-end author bonuses that will keep you on track, solidify and grow your author business in 2026 and beyond.

LEARN & PRACTICE

First, read this and prepare to implement:

• ​Schedule These Seven Moves Soon to Start or Re-Energize Your Author Business for 2026: One baby step at a time will transform your year ahead​

EVENTS

And, speaking of that author business. Are you set up as you'd like to be? Should be? Could be? Not sure?

Join Conspire Creative for our next free Zoom call for all authors...

Monday, Dec 15, 2025, 6PM – 7PM CT

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83857657701

Wrap Up 2025 Right: Author Business Foundations for 2026: Set Up Smart, Stay Protected, Get Paid

Business Know-How + Author Community Support

Keep your holidays merry by putting your author business on solid footing for the new year

• Sharon Woodhouse does a 10-minute dive into business structures, EINs, accounts, Profit First, taxes, accounting, and protecting yourself.

Community Q&A

Normalizing authors asking, answering, and thinking about business questions!

• Newbies, pros, and everyone in between: Bring your foundational business questions and challenges and let the group help you forward.

Wrap-Up & Next Steps

• Make a commitment to your next steps.
• Year-End Bonuses. We share a few goodies to thank you for joining us.

Our Zoom calls are always private and never recorded.

YEAR-END AUTHOR BONUSES!

Friends, here are some year-end thank yous for being part of our world.

• HOLIDAYS25. This coupon code gets you 25% off everything on The Profitable Author website―all products, services, and bundles―through January 7, 2026.
• Give yourself the gift of profitability. We'll mail a free paperback copy of The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books to your home when you buy a year-long subscription to The Profitable Author / An Author Business You Love Substack.

1. Buy a year-long subscription at the link above between now and January 7, 2026.
2. We’ll contact you for your mailing address.
3. That’s it!

• Accelerate Your Business. Take an additional 10% off our next Author's Business Accelerator cohort that begins in February, 2026, when you pay in full on the following days.

1. Black Friday (Nov. 28)
2. Small Business Saturday (Nov. 29)
3. Cyber Monday (Dec. 1)
4. Boxing Day through New Year's Eve. (Dec. 26 thru Dec. 31)

QUESTIONS?

1. Sign up for a One Hour Call.
2. Buy a packackage of Email Advice on Demand.
3. Buy a month of a Substack subscription and email me directly.
4. FREE: Go to my Substack, search for your topic, and leave your question as a comment at the end of an article.

Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for being here.

All the best,

Sharon

Sharon Woodhouse, owner, Conspire Creative

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