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Reading time: 1.33 Hey Reader, You’re the Ellen Ripley of your timeline. The Luke Skywalker. The Regina George. (But Ripley is the coolest) It’s not that everyone else is an NPC (don’t be that person)… But if you’re going to make things happen in your world, for you and the things you care about, you need to harness that main character energy or forever be the sidekick in your own life. Which means taking control of your narrative. Writing it down. Using it to shape your messaging. Because if you don’t tell your story and decide on your angles, someone else will, or — worst of worst — nobody will, because nobody will ever see you. And look, I know it’s uncomfy and we’ve been socialised to shrink and hide and downplay our talents but people have to see you if you want money, security, and the freedom to live the life you want to live. You’re not the sidekick, so stop acting like it. You do your own thing precisely because you didn’t fit into someone else’s plan, right? You’re building your own universe because other people’s are not lighting a fire under your butt. So, tell me: what IS your story? What does it tell me about you and what you do and what you care about? How does it shape your business? Do you know how to tell it in your way and your voice? Cos let me tell you, all those posts and stories and books that fit a formula and a template and all sound exactly the same? They’re not main character energy. They’re not even sidekick energy. They’re season 9, should’ve-ended-3-years-ago-Walking-Dead energy. However. It takes courage to say “screw the template” and have a go at it on your own and we think “on your own” means REALLY on your own but it does not. “On your own” means in your voice and unique to you. And you can do that with me, in MicroBook Magic Season 7. For the next 8 weeks, starting on April 28, I’ll walk you through everything you need to turn your Big Idea into a book only you could write. Find out more and book your spot here.
TTFN, Vicky p.s. It’s an awesome program but don’t take my word for it. Check out these stories: Want to join these amazing people (and many more) in writing your book in 2025? Join here:
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Learn to Write Like You Mean It
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Reading time: 4.34 Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, I beg you not to use AI to outline your book. This isn’t another “I HATE AI IT’S EVIL BLAH BLAH BAN IT” email, I promise. I use AI most days, it’s very useful. But I never, ever, EVEREVEREVER use it to kickstart my creative process. I don’t use it to outline my books or articles. I understand why people do: the blank page is a tough thing to face. It’s hard work to create something from nothing. But here’s a little secret: We’re...
Reading time: 4.28 Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, Someone — I can’t remember who — gifted me a splendid little book. (thank you if it was you) It’s a 62-page, cloth-bound hard-back, beautifully designed, and just 105 x 158 mm. Pocket sized. It’s the content, though, that makes it a true MicroBook. It’s a book on grammar… but that’s far too broad a description. There are many, many books on grammar out there. Many, many of them are deeply boring. And out of date. (because grammar...
Reading time: 2.52 Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, “I didn’t have time to work on my book, I had a huge pile of ironing to do.” I’ve just made up this quote to illustrate the ridiculousness of societal norms and expectations and to bring you this life hack: stop ironing. Seriously. Stop it. (Unless you like ironing, in which case, crack on. My brother, the little weirdo, likes ironing. If it’s a leisure activity, by all means do not let me yuk your yum.) My cat peed on my ironing...