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September 3, 2025
5 Creative Ways to Turn Client Questions Into Chapters
to Turn Client Questions Into Chapters Create client-attracting book chapters from everyday conversations
When you listen to what clients and prospects are asking, it is easy to find ideas for your book. Simply turn client questions into chapters! In this episode of Coffee with ...
September 1, 2025
Find a Book Idea Hidden in Your Everyday Insights
Hidden in Your Everyday Insights How Business Conversations Lead to Client-Attracting Book Ideas
Are you waiting for the perfect book idea? Guess what … you’re already saying it. Watch this episode of Coffee with Carma to lean how to find a book idea in your everyday conversati...
August 29, 2025
5 Lord of the Rings Business Lessons for Authors
for Authors Business Growth Lessons from Tolkien’s Epic Saga
Running a business and being an author can be an epic adventure sometimes. That’s why this episode of Coffee with Carma is sharing with you five Lord of the Rings business lessons to help you face th...
August 27, 2025
5 Book Business Models That Turn Pages Into Profit
That Turn Pages Into Profit Scale Your Book With These Author Business Strategies
Your book can’t power your business all by itself. However, it can be the engine behind several book business models that scale. In this episode of Coffee with Carma, I share five of them.
...August 25, 2025
Smart Author Income Streams: How to Profit from One Book
How to Profit from One Book Multiply Your Book Profits Five Ways Without Writing More
Did you know you can build several author income streams from one book? In this episode of Coffee with Carma, I share five of them.
...The Psychology-Backed Book Writing Method for Entrepreneurs
There’s no shortage of book-writing systems out there.
Some promise speed. Others swear by structure. But if you’ve tried one (or five) and still haven’t finished your book, you’re not alone. And you’re not the problem.
In my work with entrepreneurial authors, I saw the same patterns repeat smart, driven people would start with energy… then stall. Not because they lacked ideas or discipline, but because the systems they were following didn’t match how real people actually create, think, or stay ...
August 22, 2025
5 Twilight Zone Storytelling Lessons to Transform Your Nonfiction
To Transform Your Nonfiction Practical storytelling tricks every nonfiction book author can use
Lessons that can transform your writing into something amazing can be found in the most unlikely of places. Take Twilight Zone storytelling, for example. In this ep...
August 20, 2025
How Chapter Archetypes Transform Your Book Into an Experience
Transform Your Book Into an Experience How to Write Compelling Chapters with Archetypal Frameworks
Chapter archetypes are a powerful way to make your book unforgettable. By shaping your chapters around timeless archetypes, you can move beyond information and create experien...
August 18, 2025
Story Beats for Nonfiction: 5 Ways to Hook Your Ideal Clients
5 Ways to Hook Your Ideal Clients Narrative Techniques for Nonfiction That Build Connection
You can learn a lot from fiction to make your client-attracting book more … well … attractive to clients. In this video, I share five story beats for nonfiction taken from the f...
August 15, 2025
Book Marketing Mistakes to Avoid: Lessons from “Fahrenheit 451”
Lessons from Fahrenheit 451 Avoid Book Launch Mistakes
That Kill Sales Before They Start
The Firemen are coming! Don’t let these destroyers of books keep your book from your ideal readers’ hands. Discover these book marketing mistakes to avoid now, and prevent the...
