Creative Crisis

Last week, BB came to me with a classic “creative crisis.”

She didn’t have writer’s block; she had writer’s flood.

She confessed she had 11 different ideas for a book.

Her biggest fear? That I was going to play the “strict editor” and force her to pick one.

She didn’t want to. She loved them all.

So, instead of choosing, we did a “stress test.”

I gave her 5 specific questions to tease out the soul of each idea.

“Don’t type answers.” I told her. “Get a physical notebook and write out the answers for every single one of those 11 ideas by hand.”

There is a connection between your hand and brain. It forces you to slow down and actually feel what you’re saying.

A few days later, she read her handwritten answers back to me.

The “choice” she was so afraid of making? It vanished.

When she saw the answers laid out, it became blindingly obvious: These weren’t 11 different books. They were 11 chapters of the same book.

The “separate” ideas were actually just different facets of one deeply cohesive message she was finally ready to tell.

If you’re struggling to pick one idea, stop trying to subtract. Start digging deeper into the “why” behind each one.

You might find they all share the same root system.

Want to talk about your book idea? DM me.

P.S.: Write your book in 30 days here.

At the beginning, most of us follow our passion.

We ask:
“What do I love doing?”
That’s a beautiful question.
It’s just not always a profitable one.

Here’s a better sequence:
1️⃣ Build your skill
2️⃣ Strengthen it until it’s undeniable
3️⃣ Find the market that will pay 10X for it

I started by building my writing muscle.
Long-form articles.
Then books.
Then more books.
Once I became excellent at writing, I began teaching others how to write books.

That worked.
Then I noticed something interesting.
Teaching someone how to write a book pays well.
Teaching someone how to turn their book into a business pays 10X more.

Same core skill.
Different market.
Different positioning.
Different value perception.

That became my high-ticket offer.
Most people try to earn more by working harder.
The smarter move is to serve a market that values the outcome more.

So ask yourself:
• What skill have you developed that others struggle with?
• Who needs that skill at a higher level?
• Which audience would happily pay 10X because the result changes their business or life?

Aim higher.
Not in ego.
In market alignment.

Big money lives where transformation is expensive.
What’s one skill you could reposition for a bigger market?

Someone confided in me the other day:

“I know I need a book to build authority…
but I don’t have time to write a book.”

I didn’t rush to convince them.
I just asked a quieter question.

What if writing a book was… easy?

Not win-a-literary-award easy.
But why-did-I-make-this-so-complicated easy.

Here’s a 3-step, very human system you can steal 👇

Step 1: Find one person with a problem you already know how to solve.
A friend.
A client.
A former colleague.

Someone who says,
“I’m stuck with this.”

I am sure you already know plenty of them.
Ask for three one-hour conversations with them.

That’s it.
No writing yet.
No pressure.

Step 2: Let them talk. You solve. Hit record.

In the first session, ask them to explain the problem in painful detail.

Then walk them through your solution, step by step.

In the next sessions, talk about:
– What they implemented
– What worked
– What broke
– What new problems showed up

Record everything.

You’re not “writing a book.”
You’re documenting real-world problem-solving.

Step 3: Hand the transcripts to AI and say the magic words.

Feed the transcripts to AI and ask it to:
– Turn the conversations into a structured case study
– Extract the framework behind your thinking
– Disguise names and identifying details

Voilà.
You’re holding a book in your hands.

Not a theoretical book.
Not a fluffy one.
A battle-tested, credibility-building book based on real results.

So maybe the real problem isn’t time.

Maybe we’ve just been taught the hardest possible way to write books.

What if your next book didn’t start with a blank page…
but with a conversation?

Can you do that?

Your lived experience is valuable

But on its own, it’s not enough.

Stories inspire.
Frameworks transform.

What makes a book powerful isn’t what happened to you—it’s how clearly you can turn that experience into a structured pathway others can follow.

The right book doesn’t just say:
“Here’s my journey.”

It says:
“Here’s the method behind the journey.”

When you organise your lessons into a repeatable process:
Your story becomes teachable
Your insight becomes transferable
Your experience becomes useful at scale

That’s when readers stop admiring you and start trusting you.
And trust is what turns a book into authority.

If you’re sitting on years of experience but struggling to turn it into a clear, structured book idea, that’s not a writing problem.

It’s a structure problem.

If you want help turning your lived experience into a book that builds authority (and a business) DM me.

3 assets every creator needs:

Forget 27 offers.
Forget daily posting schedules.
Forget building everything at once.

If you want a calm, focused, revenue-generating business, you need just three assets:

1. A Book (Your Authority Anchor)

Your book is not the product.
It’s the foundation.

It clarifies:
Your worldview
Your method
Your way of solving a specific problem

A good book turns vague expertise into a clear point of view.
And clarity is what creates authority.

2. An Offer (Your Natural Next Step)

Your offer should feel like the obvious continuation of your book.

Not:
“Here’s my book… and also I do five unrelated things.”

But:
“If this book resonated, here’s how I help you implement it.”
One core offer.
One clear outcome.

3. A Strategy (How It All Connects)

Your content → your book → your offer
Your Newsletter → your authority → your income

When these three are aligned, everything compounds.
When they’re not, everything feels exhausting.

Most creators don’t need more ideas.
They need alignment.

P.S.: Write your book in 30 days here.

When I started writing, my dream was simple:

Publish a book and see my name on the cover.

Fast forward to today:
I’ve written and self-published eight books
(with more on the way!).

I’ve built a business around my expertise.

I’ve created multiple income streams—
coaching, courses, a paid newsletter, and royalties.

This wasn’t by accident. It was by design.
The truth is, writing a book is just the beginning.

If you stop at publishing,
you’re leaving so much money and impact on the table.

If you’re an author (or aspiring to be one), you need to ask yourself:
Do I want to just sell books?
Or do I want to build a business?

If your answer is the second one, you need a plan and a roadmap.
That’s exactly what I share inside Author Circle.

P.S.: Write your book in 30 days here.