489: Quit Laughing at My WOTY It's Not Funny.

About this episode

The hosts discuss their writing goals for 2026 and share their Words of the Year.

Our Goals for 2026: Jess is gonna finish a novel. Sarina is going to figure out what she wants a long haul writer career to looks like. KJ is going to write this book as hard as she can and for as long as it takes. Jennie is going to claim her authority in the writing space. Our Words of the Year are … Meanwhile: Fan of Heated Rivalry? You’ll want to read these books by Sarina Bowen ! Ready to talk about your own goals and words? COME ON IN. We are here for that! Join KJ’s subscriber chat - Available in the Substack app and on web Hey - if you’ve been curious about becoming a book coach, Jennie’d like to invite you to a live training she’s doing on February 4th, at 5pm PST / 8pm EST . She’s going to be talking about how to become the kind of book coach writers love to pay. You can sign up at bookcoaches.com/live WOTYs … in the episode! If you want to know what was so funny, you’ll have to listen. If you love us enough that you got this far… You should subscribe to the #AmWriting Podcast !

People in this episode

Hosts: Jess, KJ

Topics covered

• writing goals
• long haul writing career
• book coaching
• Words of the Year
• author authority

Keywords

• writing goals
• Words of the Year
• book coaching
• long haul writer
• author authority

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: bookcoaches.com

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