Hey there!

(Welcome to new subscribers. I wasn't going to include you on this email so you didn't get overwhelmed by first day email, but I thought you might want to know about this, since it's free and it's happening tomorrow!)

Here’s something I wish more authors were told early on:

Success isn't going to look the same at every stage of an author career.

A lot of frustration comes from using the wrong scoreboard.

For example:

• If you’re still writing or revising your first book, success might look more like finishing a book and learning craft, not marketing visibility.
• If you’re early in publishing, success is going to look first like getting the book out and building basic systems, not first figuring out ads.
• If you’re more established, success might be something like consistency in your publishing schedule or strengthening your reader fanbase, rather than chasing every new platform (or trend).

But if instead of looking at where you are right now in your journey and specifying success that way, you instead measure yourself by metrics that belong to a later stage, it will always feel like you’re behind, and it might feel like you're failing. Or not enough.

You’re not failing.

You’re grading yourself on the wrong criteria.

One of the most helpful questions you can ask yourself is:

“What does success look like at the stage I’m actually in?”

I'm going to answer this exact question in tomorrow's webinar.

I'm going to teach you to look at the NOW before you look at the LATER.

Here's the details:

Find Your Stage: The 5 Stages of Your Author Career

FREE live webinar
Wednesday, January 14 at 6:00 PM Eastern

⏱ One hour | 🎥 Replay available for 7 days

In this session, we’ll talk about:

• how stages change what matters to you NOW
• why the wrong success metrics create pressure
• how to choose goals that fit where you are right now

👉 Register here.​

If you’d like to keep the replay forever and get the written resource document that clearly lays out all five stages, there’s an optional $10 upgrade:

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👉 Upgrade here.​

And if you know another author who’s been beating themselves up for not “doing enough,” feel free to forward this email or share the link with them.

Sometimes the most helpful thing we can give each other is permission to stay in the now.

See you tomorrow!
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~Angela