This year's digital conference level-up topic is fandoms and fan bases. So in preparation, I have been reviewing more than 100 books and articles on fandoms and fan base building (#1 Input... who is shocked?). I've talked about a few of the books and articles here, and on my Book Club Substack (which, if you follow that, you've already read a version of what I'm about to post here--this is the free post for May), I just did a book review of one of the best of the academic essay collections. I...
3 months ago • 5 min read
If you want to get Becca to an in-person event, we have a couple of options: You can back the "pop-up" level of the Kickstarter ($700) where you get to pick the date and location (within a few guidelines) of one of our pop-up events. You also get a one-on-one meeting with me as part of this level. This is a lower cost way of bringing the BFA to you, if you live in the US or Canada. You can contact Angela about having me speak at your conference or event. Hit the contact button on our website....
9 months ago • 4 min read
We're doing a live Strengths event in Vegas (one off-strip and one on-strip, but they will be the same event). REGISTER HERE. On-strip will be Monday afternoon (November 3). Off-strip will be Sunday afternoon (November 2). This is a live workshop where we dig more into Strengths. I will be there myself, and then hopefully, you can meet other BFA people who are also in attendance. My hope is that meeting early in the week will allow us to be looking out for each other over the course. After...
9 months ago • 1 min read
Coming soon... Dear Writer, You Still Need to Quit, the Kickstarter. During the pre-launch phase (before October 20th), I'll release the elements of the campaign (we're going to have a collectible, some early-bird tiers, a digital deck, and the option to claim spots at pop-up events in a special way). And also, during the campaign (between October 20 and November 20), we'll have a podcast tour, where you can win stuff just for showing up. More info coming soon. For now, join us by following...
10 months ago • 1 min read
In this year's Digital Conference, we have two sessions I want to tell you about that directly pertain to my hope for the future of publishing. (Actually, I think the whole conference is about hope for the future of publishing, but there are two sessions in particular I want to tell you about.) The first is: Phases and Action Steps for Your Author Business. In this talk, specifically, I'm going to talk about the four phases of an author business, and what action steps to take in each one (and...
about 2 years ago • 2 min read
Since nearly all the Kickstarter fulfillment has taken place (for the card decks... the overwhelm book will be on its way sometime this spring), I'm finally getting a breath. Once we see how the decks are getting used, we can finally do those Live Calls and then the whole project will be fully done. I'm also getting ready to do a pretty aggressive slate of travel in the next eight weeks, starting just after Easter. In addition to private events, I will be at the Idaho Writer's Guild, Florida...
over 2 years ago • 9 min read
If you've heard me speak recently (or attended the Topical Calls on the Patreon), you've heard me tease this, but here's the promised "full" announcement. I'm making some changes to the trajectory of my career (especially in an effort to be more sustainable), and I've announced this on the Patreon as well (which is where the recording of the Topical Call below will be). So here's the link to that post if you want to bookmark it. COURSE LIBRARY We are making an “Author4Life” course library...
over 2 years ago • 7 min read
In case you missed last year's Kickstarter, we have a chance to Add-On the Stuck List cards to the new card deck. But you're running out of time to get them! Here's the link for the current Kickstarter (Energy Pennies and The Antidote to Overwhelm). Our Live Coaching on November 1st will remind us of the end of the Kickstarter (which is November 2). If you haven't heard of the Stuck List deck, the point of this deck is to take the six places that stuck-ness might come from (or writer's block...
almost 3 years ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, We are nearing the end of the Kickstarter and I have not done a good job of explaining exactly what's going on with this game. Who's surprised? Unfortunately, Becca (that's me) has a habit of just saying, "here's the thing... have it or don't... up to you," and then later, I get reminders from people that they would be more helped with more information. So here is some information about what the game itself is about, and what you'll get out of each tier. (And specifically, why I...
almost 3 years ago • 9 min read