Retaining Your Authentic Voice with Author Branding Expert Cathy Schraibman

EPISODE 63) Brandmaker Media's Cathy Schraibman joins us to give you some important strategies concerning your #authenticity and your #branding. She also tells us about some exiting new journaling resources she's designed. (Links below.) Jon Meyers gets a little riled up somewhere in the middle when in reality we are all in agreement that nothing can even come close to competing with human creativity. FunFact: Cathy has worked on multiple reality shows including Top Chef and the Bachelorette.ALSO... we end with Misty L. Butler sharing the great work CROWNED FREE and TRADES OF HOPE do to rescue women worldwide out of poverty (or worse).SPEAKING OF MISTY... She has a new middle grade book, DELILAH'S DILEMMA. You can buy it here: https://amzn.to/4moIMdXJon Meyers and Guest Host Stephanie L. Jones ("The Giving Gal") talk about whether on not they have ever sucked on leaves. One of them has. Emily Brooks continues her maternity leave.#inspirational #writingcommunity #journalingWe also mention... #michaelessany #bambi OUR HOSTS GET OUT OF THEIR BUBBLEStephanie L. Jones tours Our Daily Bread ministries in Grand Rapids. She then goes to a bookstore and bought the perfect number of books.Jon Meyers tries a new flavour of ice cream for the first time in his life.YOU RESPOND!YouTuber VR2374DH responds to our Little Rascals episode from last summer. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJV5JogwKU8&t#HEYJONMEYERSHolland, MichiganWHAT THE B???Nina Kaye, Stand Up Guy, https://amzn.to/43inl5KWALT DISNEY'S STORY LAND is out of print, but there's one used copy out there: https://amzn.to/3SApLrsJeremy Renner, My Next Breath, https://amzn.to/3FBzGKqCALL TO ACTIONWrite down that one big idea you've been thinking about doing, and then write down three action steps you can take to set you in the right direction.

Let us know how it goes by responding in our show notes at writebettertogether.com/podcast, or in the comments here on YouTube, Facebook, X, or Instagram.THE FINAL ACT: Misty L Butler hosts as we play THE PRICE IS NICE.To purchase the items she shows here (or hundreds of others) which serve this worthy cause you may go to:TradesOfHope.com/MistyLB and/or CrownedFree.com/MistyLB.#writingcommunity #reading#amwriting #creative #selfpublishing #indiepressSTILL AVAILABLEThe Mood Octopushttps://amzn.to/4jTc6I9OUR LINKSStephanie L. Jones entire catalog: https://shop.givingyourbestlife.com/Cathy Shraibman's Journals:https://www.brandmakermedia.com/journals idea space, think space, story space: Use this series of journal-style books to capture your brilliance and sharpen your mind. Put pen to paper and turn your innermost thoughts into purpose, ideas into action and your stories into impact.Connect with Cathy @Brandmakermedia https://www.instagram.com/brandmakermedia/?hl=en Here's Cathy's podcast: BUILD YOUR BRANDhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4sdlkra2KzVckkZ8S6IsQKAFFILIATE LINKS:Order our book here:Emily Brooks and Jon Meyers, WRITE ANYWAY: ⁠https://amzn.to/4erbV3G⁠⁠Order Gourmet Desserts shipped straight to your door from Drip Confections... https://dripconfections.com?sca_ref=6....Our Bookshop…https://bookshop.org/shop/write-better-togetherOur Patreon…https://www.patreon.com/c/WriteBetterTogether CONNECT WITH US:YouTube/@writebettertogether ⁠www.instagram.com/WriteBetterTogether⁠⁠www.facebook.com/writebettertogethernow⁠⁠www.X.com/WriteBetterTgtr⁠CONNECT WITH EMILY BROOKS:www.emilybrookswriter.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/EmilyBrooksWriter⁠www.facebook.com/EmilyBrooksAuthor⁠CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE L. JONEShttps://givingyourbestlife.com/homehttps://www.instagram.com/giving_gal/https://www.facebook.com/GivingGal/https://www.youtube.com/@StephanieLJones-GivingGalCONNECT WITH JON MEYERS: ⁠www.jonmeyersscripts.com⁠⁠www.instagram.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.facebook.com/FilmicThePage⁠⁠www.X.com/FilmicThePage⁠