Reading Time: 56 seconds (I'm wordy today.)

Quick update: Our sweet Shadow has a large mass cancerous tumor. I had been hoping for an outing, and it came on Saturday but certainly not in the way I was expecting.

Turns out labs can detect cancer--and Rogue took a sniff at Shadow's hind leg and shook her head like she smelled something bad. So Byron took a look and after a quick call to the vet, we made our way (on foot) down the icy driveway, borrowed a truck, and navigated the still icy country roads. I'll have his true prognosis later this week.

Sure do appreciate all of the texts, emails, Voxers, and PMs. Y'all are the best.

Now, let's talk about you. Last week I had eleventy-billion Zoom meetings (or thereabouts), and I heard (at least three times):

"I've been meaning to write my book for years..."

You know you've got the expertise, and you know your book would help you grow your business, its readers, and you'd be recognized as an authority. I know, blah blah blah. You've probably even started outlining or writing it (maybe more than once).

I know what has happened with you, I hear it on the regular:

"I open a blank document, stare at it, worry about the structure, if the chapters are in the right order, Lord knows I know nothing about publishing, marketing, where to buy ISBNs, who to hire for cover design..." Whoa, take a breath. It's gonna be okay.

Ordering lunch (or anything else) probably feels less overwhelming than writing a book.

You *can* totally write your book (I've helped hundreds, maybe more than a thousand), even if the process feels too big, too complex, too... everything.

This is a good news only newsletter, and I want you to know you don't have to...

• Figure it all out alone
• Spend months researching "how to write a book" (only to discover the folks offering guidance have only written only a few books and the advice might be sketchy ... #justsayin')
• Navigate the publishing maze by yourself (more bad advice waiting for you there, too), or
• Wonder if you're doing it "right" (read: effectively)

You have options. Several, in fact.

Over the next few days, we're going to talk about what's on the publishing option spectrum—from guided DIY to completely done-for-you—so you can choose what actually works for your brain, your schedule, your budget, so you can have your book.

Sound good? I mean, I'm still iced in and that's what I'm going to be doing. Hopefully you'll stick with me, maybe respond a time or two.

Why? Because the book you've been meaning to write deserves to exist, you deserve to have a book, and you're going to love it once you do.

And I'm here to help. I've got all the help.

More tomorrow...

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