Subject: Compassionate Transitions, Reaching for Change ♥️

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Compassionate Transitions, 
Reaching for Change ♥️
-- Resending in case you missed it ...

Oct. 3, 2022
Oakland, CA

Hi Friend,
I’m in a big transition right now. Maybe you are too. 

To ride these turbulent waves and make sense of it all, I journal.

I’ve been journaling since I was 13 years old. But in the last 10 or 20 years I have been using journaling less as a place to process and more as a place to take notes.

In the last few months, I've returned to using journaling as a place to process anything and everything and find my Self in all the noise.

Free-writing my thoughts and feelings helps me get clear about what is going on internally. I share all of it -- my fears, my hopes, yearnings, my secrets, my ramblings -- all of it.

All this writing as been helping me feel centered and connected.

When I am clear with myself and connected to what I truly want and feel, then everything else in my life can go smoother. I’m calmer and grounded. Then it's easier to make decisions.

Perhaps you'd like to use journaling too -- to listen to yourself, get grounded and centered, and clear about what you want and don't want.

If so, I invite you to go for it! And let me know how it goes.

If you need some help getting started, use some of the prompts I use to get started with my journal writing.

(Feel free to borrow these or make your own. These prompts and variations of them live in a place I can see them each time I write in my Notion journal. {If you'd like to see my template, let me know.})

Journaling Prompts
  • What I’m really trying to say is...
  • What I really want is...
  • What would help me feel safe is...
  • If I could wave a magic wand, what I really want is...
  • What I’m afraid of is...
  • Here’s what I’m really angry about today...

The one about anger indicates to me where I need to set new boundaries, new principles to help me stay more connected to what I really want, places where I need to say NO to myself or to others.

And...
  • The number one thing that is important to me is...

Today the number one thing that is important to me is remembering how much writing fiction makes me happy.

You may be surprised to learn that I forget and remember this truth almost daily. I don’t know why I need to do forget and remember, but I have become really really good at it. :D

I've accepted it as the way I am wired, and that’s okay.

When you see yourself for who you are and not who you wish to be, all the parts of you that have been clamoring for acceptance and appreciation will calm down, and then maybe you can get to work on the thing that is most important to you.

What is that thing? Let me know! I am so curious...

If you’re here on my list, I’m assuming it’s writing fiction. But maybe it’s something else today or maybe it’s something else deep in your heart. That’s okay too. It’s liberating to know what you really want.

I’m clearly of the mind that we can have what we want in life; it just may not be in the form we think it needs to be in.

My desire to be a creative writer is only half of it. The other half is what happens when I sit down to write. I encounter a mystery, the unknown, that I can guide and mold. But I cannot tell you where my ideas come from. I cannot tell you how it is I am able to even create fiction. It’s a great mystery. And I welcome it.

Segue to offers...

Just a quick reminder that if you want to learn more to up-level your writing, marketing, and publishing, then check out this Write Publish Profit 5.0 bundle that ends Tuesday, Oct. 4, 9 pm Pacific/12midnight Eastern.

I’m offering a deeply discounted coaching session with me through the special promotion. It’s a great way to get some support. More on that below.

Student & Clients Request -- Can You Help?

I have two requests from students and clients in our community. 

Looking For Sensitivity Readers
Ann Berlak is looking for sensitivity readers. You can learn more about her writing and what she's looking for by listening of or reading the transcript of my interview with Ann here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2012061/11337674-10-story-success-clinic-with-educator-and-author-ann-berlak

(Also posted in the Fellowship of the Pen Facebook group here.)


Looking For A Critique Group
Jasper is looking for a critique group. Here's his request: 

Novelist Looking for a Chill Critique Group

Hello! My name is Jasper. I'm an as-of-yet unpublished novelist working on completing my first ever novel. I intend to publish it and make a career off of my work. I feel it's very important to me to have a small group of like-minded writers to help me with my writing in this phase of my process.

Here is what I'm looking for in a writer's group:

-  authors who are serious about their career
- people who are willing to help with brainstorming
- a group that encourages constructive criticism
- a judgement free zone that is comfortable wit controversial subjects 
-  an LGBT+ friendly space comfortable with LGBT+ characters and themes
- a small group with maximum five members
- meets once or twice monthly online

If you are interested in starting a small group of 2 -3 or have a writer's group that fits this description looking for a new member, please contact me at jasperezekielk@gmail.com.

(also posted in Fellowship of the Pen Facebook group here.)

If you have a request for an upcoming newsletter, send it to me and I can send it to this list. Also, you can post it in the Fellowship of the Pen group.



More about my coaching offer inside of Write Publish Profit 5.0 next...

Yep, that's me!

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Experience clarity, have a clear road map of your next steps, and be that much closer to delighting your readers.

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(Please note: This session's steeply discounted price is available to WPP 5.0 participants only).

This session will help you:
- Experience clarity so you can identify where you need to go next
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- Create a clear road map of your next steps

with this Coaching Session for Creative Writers - WPP 5.0 Special Discounted Price.


What happens when you sign up
The session is for 90 minutes to 2 hours on Zoom.

In our session, we explore together about your current situation and also what you'd like.

Then at some point I offer support, if appropriate, either in the form of a visualization exercise, or a reframe or some combination of that. 

Once you book a call, I'll ask you to share ahead of time what you'd like to focus on. 

In addition to helping you with your project, I am available to review pages or notes ahead of time -- up to 15 manuscript pages (Maximum: 3750 words). 

I'll read these pages or notes in advance of our meeting and may email you with further questions ahead of our discussion. 

I have a non-disclosure agreement available if you'd like that, too. Just let me know once you book your session.


There is so much more in this bundle... 
  • Adapting your Book into a Streaming TV Series Webinar (12 Months Access) with my friend and colleague Dan Calvisi 
  • Write Your Life Story Or Memoir - Online Course with Dale Darley
  • $50 Promotional Package from Crave Books ($50 Value). Promote your book to 1 million+ readers from a single platform
  • $25 Off a LitRing BookBub Builder Promotion ($25 Value). Build your followers on BookBub with your author profile sent out to thousands of LitRing readers looking to connect with you!
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Enjoy! ✍

Please note that I'm sharing Write Publish Profit 5.0 as an affiliate, so when you use my link to buy, I will get a small percentage of the proceeds but at no extra cost to you. 



Have a happy and creative week! Happy Writing!

All my best,

Beth

P.S. The Write Publish Profit 5.0 bundle offer ends Tuesday, Oct. 4, 9pm PT. Jump on it now -- if it's a good fit for you! 

This bundle includes a 60 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee, which means you have 2 months to explore the resources. If you decide it’s not for you, you’ll be refunded your purchase price without any quibbles.

Coming Soon: Next week I’ll be sharing about an email marketing course that a colleague is offering. Stay tuned.



Beth Barany
Creativity Coach for Writers
Teacher/Speaker/Workshop Facilitator
http://bethbarany.com/

I not only teach and coach novelists, I am one too! 

Author of *Magical Tales of Romance, Mystery, and Adventure*
http://author.bethbarany.com/

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Hi, I'm Beth Barany, fiction writing teacher and novelist.

Here's my ABOUT:

Beth Barany is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy novelist, and certified creativity coach for writers, and runs the podcast, How To Write The Future.

She specializes in helping writers experience clarity, so they can write, revise, and proudly publish their novels to the delight of their readers. 

Her courses are packed with useful hands-on information that you can implement right away. Her transformational consulting sessions help you step into the author life you want with ease and joy.

She runs an online school for fiction writers, including a 12-month group coaching program to help them develop an editing practice and get published. 

More resources on publishing, book marketing, and novel writing are on her blog, for and by creative writers, Writer's Fun Zone

When she's not helping writers, Beth writes magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure that empower women and girls to be the heroes of their own lives. 

For fun, Beth loves walking her hilly neighborhood, puttering in her garden, and watching YouTube videos about the space industry. Beth lives in Oakland, California with her husband, Ezra Barany, also a novelist, and their cats. 
live in the territory of Huichin, part of the stolen land of the Chochenyo Muwekma Ohlone, the successors of the historic and sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County.

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