Warning: you may experience these side effects when you write your book


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Hey Reader,

🌤️ An increased sense of self

đź‘€ A new way of looking at the world

🗝️ Realising the true value you have to offer

✨ Seeing — really seeing — your true skills, knowledge, and talent

(May also cause giddiness, tears, laughter, rage, delight, and a propensity to panic-eat cheese.)

And that’s just the side effects.

Because you also get A BOOK.

A real live book you can hold in your sweaty little hands!

Everyone’s main aim is the book, right? It was definitely my main aim.

But the thing that surprised and delighted me when I wrote my first book (and every book I’ve written since then) wasn’t so much holding it in my hands…

ALTHOUGH THAT WAS AWESOME

…it was all those side-effects above.

And it’s my favourite part of working with clients to help them write their books. Because yes, the book itself is wonderful, but those side effects? They’re ongoing.

Until we commit to creating something like a book, until we go deep and wring out our brain, most of us don’t realise just what we’re capable of.

We don’t realise the true depth of our knowledge, passion, skills, and talent.

And when the reviews come rolling in from people who’ve read our books and loved them, we realise what a profound impact we can have on other humans without ever knowing it.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know: the book itself is just the tip of a very exciting iceberg.

So you should write yours, yeah?

Yeah.

And if you’re like, “Well YES Vicky I’d love to but honestly this book has been stuck in my throat for so damn long I just want to set fire to everything” I have just the thing to get you out of draft purgatory.

MicroBook Magic Season 7 starts tomorrow, and it’s not too late to join us.

  • Tomorrow you’ll get a welcome email and we’ll get you set up.
  • Tuesday we’ll get on the first live group call and create your book’s North Star, so you know exactly what you’ll be writing and how.
  • Wednesday we’ll be clearing your schedule and ringfencing time to write.
  • Thursday we’ll refine your Big Book Idea.
  • Friday we’ll make sure your goals and aims for your book are crystal clear.

And after that: I’ll give you everything you need in tiny nibble-sized chunks and we’ll get your draft written.

Sounds great right?

Join us here:

TTFN,

Vicky 🫡

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