From Idea to Execution: Building a Book

<p>Hi all! Jess here! Welcome to a new season!</p><p>We are back with our usual #AmWriting content and I’m incredibly excited about this episode. </p><p>Seven years ago, I was speaking in the school library of a small elementary school in California - the entire event was a favor for a friend - and met a reader named Kirsten Jones. I love small events because I get to spend so much time talking with the audience members at the book signing. One of the last people to get her book signed was Kirsten, a former NCAA athlete and aspiring writer. She had this idea, she said, a Gift of Failure but for the parents of athletes. YES, I said. Write the book. We need this book. Please let me know how I can be of help to you so this book can be in the world. </p><p>Seven years later, here we are. <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/raising-empowered-athletes-winning-strategies-for-peak-performers-on-and-off-the-field-kirsten-jones/18959585?ean=9781637272817">Raising Empowered Athletes</a> was born August 8, 2023. </p><p>In this episode, Jess and Kirsten talk about the journey from a beautiful, scary, secret idea whispered to another writer at a book event to publication day and everything in between. </p><p></p><p>Links: </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.kirstenjonesinc.com/">Kirsten’s website </a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/raising-empowered-athletes-winning-strategies-for-peak-performers-on-and-off-the-field-kirsten-jones/18959585?ean=9781637272817">Raising Empowered Athletes</a> at Bookshop.org</p><p></p><p><strong>If your fall could use a little witchy reading fun, you should hop online or over to your favorite bookstore and order a copy of KJ’s latest, Playing the Witch Card. Think grown-up Gilmore Girls meets Practical Magic, with a family deck of troublesome Tarot cards stalking a new generation. You’ve listened to KJ talk about getting the work done—now go check out the result, and pick up a copy for a friend, too. Guaranteed fall vibe, no pumpkin spice nece