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20:49

The Visibility Spectrum: How Authors Shape...

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/10/05

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. I’m B, midwife of big ideas and book development partner for writers and non-writers alike. Today, we’re making space for choices.I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to be put in a box.The older I get, the more I see and experience, the less I think any of us can fit into simple categories. The same goes for our work or projects.- The Visibility Spectrum (I recommend taking the quiz or grabbing a mini session.)- Approaching a project as an author vs

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19:15

The Visibility Spectrum: How Your Reader Meets Your Idea

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/09/15

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for empathy.Some of the best concepts and tools I’ve ever learned for writing weren’t for writing at all. They were for education, decision-making, personal growth, and the process of change.So when someone asks me a question about a “memoir” or a “business book,” I can’t really answer.Genre alone doesn’t tell us enough about what the book is actually meant to do.Ultimately, the Visibility Spectrum is an empathy tool, giving serious

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11:58

The Visibility Spectrum: How to Shape the Experience...

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2026/09/08

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for experiences.- Industrial categories don’t do a lot for intuitive processes.- We’re creating experiences, not products.- Human experiences don’t fit neatly into boxes, and books are no exception.- The Visibility Spectrum is our constant reminder that books are a point of connection, not a commodity.They are two-way experiences that can’t fully be controlled.They are slow to make, slow to consume, and will almost certainly outlive

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46:58

Creative Safety First—with Novel Atelier

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2026/08/24

What does it actually take to develop a craft? In this conversation with Alice Sudlow and Kim Kessler of Novel Atelier, we’ll dig into the Renaissance workshop model they follow, why psychological safety is a prerequisite for growth, and how we can survive this algorithmic digital dark age together. This is a bit longer than our usual episodes here, and it’s clearly my first run at a video format. I do hope you’ll stick with us, though, because we’re unpacking so much more than the ins and outs of a

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12:54

Purple Books & Writing the World As We See It

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/08/10

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. I’m B, midwife of big ideas and book development partner for writers and non-writers alike. Today, we’re making space for seeing.There is power in sharing our perspective.There is power in being able to choose which perspectives we adopt as part of our own.And that power compounds when we share our perspective with an open hand, knowing that not everyone will choose it.That’s where Purple books come in—the Signature Perspective book type on the Clarity

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13:39

Hadestown and the Epic Hell of Making Art That Matters

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/07/27

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for trying.This past week, my family and I took the opportunity to see the musical Hadestown in movie theaters. If you haven’t spent the last several years obsessing over this musical with me...- The story of Orpheus and Eurydice- The parallels to art and life and love and revolution- The new angle I caught in the movie theater- The real hell of creative work- How Hadestown shows us the wayEnjoying this space? It takes all of us to

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7:30

The Ocean Workbook: The Power of You

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/07/13

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all of my authors.If you want to follow along or jump ahead, pocket-sized copies are available on Amazon, and every Substack subscriber gets a fillable PDF copy as well.Today, we’re reading from: The Power of You.Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or

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15:17

Should I Use AI to Write My Book?

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2026/06/29

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for nuance.I am not anti-AI. I am anti-inefficient-use-of-AI.Some of you will be happy to see this. Some of you will be disappointed. Some of you will have no idea what to think.This is a sticky topic that only seems to be more polarizing as time goes on.So I also want you to know right up front that I do not feel polarized about it.I am not going to judge or think differently about you based on whether or not you use AI.And if you do

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14:27

The Heroism of Writing

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/06/09

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for heroism.We need to talk about writing.We need to talk about what writing really is.We need to talk about the things we have been made to believe writing is.And we need to talk about it frequently, because too many of us are falling into the gaps between those two places.- The Hero's Journey of writing, and the threshold guardians we face along the way- Today's access to writing vs writing in the past- The pressure we put on ourselves

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5:05

The Ocean Workbook: Diving In

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/05/18

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all of my authors.If you want to follow along or jump ahead, pocket-sized copies are available on Amazon, and every Substack subscriber gets a fillable PDF copy as well.Today, we’re reading from: Diving In.Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing

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14:17

Check Your Posture—Prevent Future Book Pain

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2026/05/05

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for posture.All posture is much more complex than it seems—in your body and your book.- The mechanics of physical posture- The parallels in book posture- How to look closer at the posture you hold as an author, your reader holds when arriving to your book, and the space the book holds for you both- The pain that doing this might create (and the pain NOT doing this definitely does) Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it

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5:27

Finding Words that Belong

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2026/04/06

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for words that belong.For the past several months, I’ve been working with the incredible Hussein al-Baiaty over at Rising Authors to get my new website up and running.But the website was just the output. What we were really spending all that time on was what the website should contain.Not should as in “supposed to.” Should as in “belongs.”- The difference between checking the boxes and making it right- Creating the conditions for

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9:34

Magenta Books & Stories that Take Up Space

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2026/03/23

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for connection.You and your experience are worth witnessing.This is a true statement, no matter who you are or what your experience is.You matter.Your story matters.Choosing to share any part of yourself—from ideas to lived experience to insights—is a generous gift that holds intrinsic value whether or not it creates a return.And if you’re writing a Magenta Signature Connection book type, this belief is the cornerstone of your entire

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39:42

The Power of Noticing: An Author's View of His Final...

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2026/03/02

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for noticing.Hear directly from my friend and author about the experience of writing his last book, with clips of a conversation recorded a month into post-publish territory—a month into borrowed time, according to the prognosis he’d been given, and only a few months before he passed away.Before we go any further, I want you to know that it’s okay if this one’s too heavy to sit with. If for any reason you don’t want to continue on, I

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9:06

The Ocean Workbook: Using the Table of Content

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/02/23

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all of my authors.If you want to follow along or jump ahead, pocket-sized copies are available on Amazon, and every Substack subscriber gets a fillable PDF copy as well.Today, we’re reading from: Using the Table of Content.A follow up to this episode:

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7:10

The Mess is Where the Magic Happens

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/02/16

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for the mess.Do you remember the old Reese’s candy campaign, “There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s”?In retrospect, this was probably meant to counter KitKat’s “break me off a piece of that KitKat bar” methodology.KitKat might not be my favorite candy, but their approach makes sense.Simplicity is appealing.So when I talk about simplified templates and processes and systems for writing (and I get a smidge of irritation in my voice), I

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10:00

Why Books Are Worth All...This

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2026/02/09

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for the future.In this month’s subscriber update, I said something that might need a bit more explanation.I said that “community is the future of books.”And I meant it.- Why we're looking tot he future of books- What I mean by community- What books can actually create- How to make that happenEnjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen.First, you

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11:24

The Evolution of Publishing (Isn't What You Think)

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2026/01/27

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for publishing.Humans have always told stories. From campfires to city centers, wherever someone would listen (and occasionally when no one would), someone else was ready to share.This made written language a radical technology, allowing a single person to be heard far beyond and long after they spoke.We carved, we scribed, and eventually we printed—finding ever faster and better mediums to carry our visions to the world.For most of our

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13:43

The Ocean Workbook: The Table of Content

B is for Book Coach ·

2026/01/19

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all of my authors.If you want to follow along or jump ahead, pocket-sized copies are available on Amazon, and every Substack subscriber gets a fillable PDF copy as well.Today, we’re reading from: Table of Content.Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become an ongoing

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9:50

It's OK If 'It's Complicated'

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2026/01/12

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for weirdness.Raise your hand if you’ve heard yourself say any of the following things about your book:I don’t know if it’s the RIGHT way to do it, but…there it is…It’s a little bit of X and a little bit Y…It’s complicated.It’s complex.It’s weird.Can I tell you a secret? All the best books are.- Why we're good with weird- What it really takes to make the weird work- A framework you can use - A reminder you can keepEnjoying this space? It

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