Hi, ,"How’s your book coming along?"All of my WIPs: Me (internally and sometimes externally): 😩Admittedly, I'm not doing much writing right now. If you received my last email that went over my emergency liver transplant, you can understand why. Alth...

Hi, ,Well, I can officially and emphatically say getting a liver transplant was NOT on my 2024 bingo card, and yet here we are, a little over a month post-op. Three words remain on loop about this experience: absurd, bizarre, and surreal. I hadn’t ha...

Hi, ,There was a time when I thought to be a successful author, I had to be a distinct "persona" for my audience, something specially curated. There were all sorts of rules about what I could and couldn't do, what I should and shouldn't talk about, a...

Hi, there, !I hope you're doing well. First and foremost, I want to thank you for being part of the SJF Books newsletter regardless if you've just joined or have been with me for years. Some of you have come here through in-person appearances, becaus...

Hi, ,I've been an author for a while, and one of the things I've realized is being an author means being an influencer. But beyond that, learning influencer skills can help beyond social media or being An Influencer™. These skills can be applied in a...