What you say vs what you do


Reading time: 1.10

274 words

​Read this email in your browser.

​

Hey Reader,

Don’t listen too hard to what people say; watch what they do.

I don’t think many people really truly believe they can write a book, even though they’ll say, “I want to write a book.”

Here’s the reality (and honestly it’s a mini tragedy):

Most people will never even start their book. And most of those who start won’t finish and publish.

And that’s really sad, because whenever someone writes a book, someone else is so grateful that they did.

I’ve made a workshop called Kickstart Your Book which does exactly what the title suggests, but actually the kind of transformation it helps people make is it shows them what they are capable of.

It shows people that actually, even though books are magic and writing is magic, the process of writing a book is not magic; it’s just a process.

And you can do it if you’ve got the resources and the help that you need — and you want to do it badly enough.

The transformation I most enjoy is watching people go from “oh no I’m not really that type of person” to “actually, I can be an author — and I’m going to do this.”

It’s really exciting.

I run the workshop live every couple of months but it’s also available as a recording with a workbook.

It’s just £99 for the recording and the workbook (plus a bonus) and you can get it here:

PLUS — I’m fully updating this workshop in December, when the price will go up. When I’ve finished, I’ll send you the updated version free of charge.

TTFN,

Vicky 🫡

p.s. Know someone who might enjoy this email? Please forward it to them and get them to sign up here.

How to work with The MicroBook Magician this month

​

​Kickstart Your Book: Everything you need to finally get started

​Buy My Book: How the hell do you write a book?

​Grab My Templates: These are magic according to my clients

​

​

Learn to Write Like You Mean It

Join 500+ writers, creatives, misfits, and weirdos and learn to write like you mean it in 10 minutes a week. Get ONE practical tip, story, or shenanigan every Tuesday + a creative goodie bag on Friday 🖖🏼

Read more from Learn to Write Like You Mean It

Reading time: 4.42 1,116 words Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, I was on the brink of signing up to yet another thing this morning, despite wanting — NEEDING — to create space to breathe. Why do I do this? It’s interesting, and I think the reason is twofold: I really, truly am interested in and excited by so many things and I want to do them all. I know that’s not possible and I know that’s a fast-track to burnout… I’ve been there before. But GODDAMIT I want to experience as much...

Reading time: 1.44 411 words Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, You there. I see you, sitting at your desk, staring at the blinking cursor. It’s glaring at you, isn’t it? You can see it. Judging you. You should be writing, it sneers. What’s wrong with you? Can’t form a thought? Pfft. You may as well not bother. Why don’t you just open Instagram again and doomscroll until your eyes bleed? That’s good for your mental health, muppet. Yeah, yeah, tell yourself it’s “research” if it...

Reading time: 2.18 545 words Read this email in your browser. Hey Reader, Using AI to write for us is the stupidest way to use it. We have this tool at our disposal that can, on a global scale, help fight climate change, revolutionise medicine, surgery, and diagnostics, leaving doctors free to improve patient care, eliminate poverty. On a more individual level, it can automate boring, time-consuming tasks, reduce admin, transcribe and edit meetings and calls so they make sense… And we’re out...