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Hi, I’m Brannan (you can call me B). I help non-writers write books that change themselves, their readers, and the world. And I do it all without asking them to become anything other than the expert, thoughtful, conscious, brilliant humans they already are. bisforbookcoach.substack.com
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- 2 days ago13 min
Hadestown and the Epic Hell of Making Art That Matters
Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for trying.This past week, my family and I took the opportunity to see the musical Hadestown in movie theaters. If you haven’t spent the last several years obsessing over this musical with me...- The story of Orpheus and Eurydice- The parallels to art and life and love and revolution- The new angle I caught in the movie theater- The real hell of creative work- How Hadestown shows us the wayEnjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen.First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together.Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started.Create a one-time boost of Momentum or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe
- 2 weeks ago7 min
The Ocean Workbook: The Power of You
Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all of my authors.If you want to follow along or jump ahead, pocket-sized copies are available on Amazon, and every Substack subscriber gets a fillable PDF copy as well.Today, we’re reading from: The Power of You.Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen.First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together.Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started.Create a one-time boost of Momentum or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe
- Jun 29, 202615 min
Should I Use AI to Write My Book?
Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for nuance.I am not anti-AI. I am anti-inefficient-use-of-AI.Some of you will be happy to see this. Some of you will be disappointed. Some of you will have no idea what to think.This is a sticky topic that only seems to be more polarizing as time goes on.So I also want you to know right up front that I do not feel polarized about it.I am not going to judge or think differently about you based on whether or not you use AI.And if you do feel strongly one way or the other, I’d be happy to have a conversation with you about those concerns.But mostly, if you don’t use AI, don’t use AI.If you do use AI, I want to make sure you’re doing so in a way that honors the energy it uses from the planet and the energy your creative time is meant to generate.---Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen.First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together.Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started.You can create a one-time boost of Momentum or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all.And when more of your book is ready to emerge, the space we made today will be here waiting for you.And so will I. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe
- Jun 9, 202614 min
The Heroism of Writing
Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for heroism.We need to talk about writing.We need to talk about what writing really is.We need to talk about the things we have been made to believe writing is.And we need to talk about it frequently, because too many of us are falling into the gaps between those two places.- The Hero's Journey of writing, and the threshold guardians we face along the way- Today's access to writing vs writing in the past- The pressure we put on ourselves to "make the most of" that access- Why absolutely everyone gets stuck at these "thresholds"- What the real thresholds actually are- What the real Heroic Journey of writing actually isEnjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen.First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together.Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started.Create a one-time boost of Momentum or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe
- May 18, 20265 min
The Ocean Workbook: Diving In
Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all of my authors.If you want to follow along or jump ahead, pocket-sized copies are available on Amazon, and every Substack subscriber gets a fillable PDF copy as well.Today, we’re reading from: Diving In.Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen.First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together.Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started.You can create a one-time boost of Momentum or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe
- May 5, 202614 min
Check Your Posture—Prevent Future Book Pain
Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for posture.All posture is much more complex than it seems—in your body and your book.- The mechanics of physical posture- The parallels in book posture- How to look closer at the posture you hold as an author, your reader holds when arriving to your book, and the space the book holds for you both- The pain that doing this might create (and the pain NOT doing this definitely does) Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen.First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together.Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started.You can create a one-time boost of Momentum here, or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe
- Apr 6, 20265 min
Finding Words that Belong
Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for words that belong.For the past several months, I’ve been working with the incredible Hussein al-Baiaty over at Rising Authors to get my new website up and running.But the website was just the output. What we were really spending all that time on was what the website should contain.Not should as in “supposed to.” Should as in “belongs.”- The difference between checking the boxes and making it right- Creating the conditions for connection- Intentional vs incidental outcomesEnjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! Become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, or access a more focused supportive space here. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe
- Mar 23, 20269 min
Magenta Books & Stories that Take Up Space
Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for connection.You and your experience are worth witnessing.This is a true statement, no matter who you are or what your experience is.You matter.Your story matters.Choosing to share any part of yourself—from ideas to lived experience to insights—is a generous gift that holds intrinsic value whether or not it creates a return.And if you’re writing a Magenta Signature Connection book type, this belief is the cornerstone of your entire project.- Meet the Spectrum- Meet Magenta- Creating the container for connection- Audacious vulnerability- Avoiding overshare- Tips for Magenta authors- Remembering why you're hereEnjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner, two things happen.First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together.Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund, which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started.Create a one-time boost of Momentum or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe
About B is for Book Coach
Hi, I’m Brannan (you can call me B). I help non-writers write books that change themselves, their readers, and the world. And I do it all without asking them to become anything other than the expert, thoughtful, conscious, brilliant humans they already are. bisforbookcoach.substack.com
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