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Friday, March 25, 2022

"Nature's first green is gold" and HERE. Also, what can my team do to help you?

 Hello creative!

The Lenten roses are blooming, my forsythias are sending sunny spires toward the sky, and I no longer have to warm up the car before taking Scotty to school. Yay spring! While January is a great "new start" each year, don't you get a burst of creative energy around March/April? Have you read the Frost poem "Nature's First Green is Gold?"

"Nature’s First Green is Gold" by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

While some may find the verse a downer, I see it as advice to live in the present and capitalize on ideas, opportunities, and bursts of energy. At Crippled Beagle Publishing, the team and I are l bursting with energy to create new ways to help YOU. We want to know what you need from US. So, take a minute and respond to any of the following, or skip the list and just tell me what's on your mind.

  1. What do you expect from a book writing coach?
  2. What questions do you have about editing?
  3. What frustrates you about the editing and revising phases of creating a final manuscript?
  4. What questions do you have about the publishing process?
  5. What frustrates/confuses you about book marketing?
  6. What gets in the way of your attempts to market your book?
  7. What book marketing problem/need would you like for my team to solve for you?

Thank you in advance for helping us help you and other authors! Speaking of, please help me spread the word about my upcoming, in-person course Write that book! I will teach on four Tuesday nights in April, from 6-7:30 PM, at the not green, not gold, but definitely BIG ORANGE UT Conference Center on Henley Street. ANYONE 18 and older can register (you don't have to be associated with UT). Perfect attendance is not required, and I'll share all resources with all registered students. Parking is free and super close to the building. The course fee is only $99! You can learn more or enroll at this link: https://aceweb.professionaled.utk.edu/wconnect/ace/CourseStatus.awp?&course=22SP1231

xoxoxo

Jody and team