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! 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. Transcript Below! If you love us enough that you got this far… SPONSORSHIP MESSAGE Hey, it’s Jennie Nash, and if you’ve been curious about becoming a book coach, I’d like to invite you to a live training I’m going to be doing on February 4th, at 5pm PST, which is 8pm EST, and I’m going to be talking about how to become the kind of book coach writers love…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarina Bowen, Jennie Nash, KJ Dell’Antonia, Jess Lahey

Topics covered

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

Keywords

• novel
• writing career
• book coach
• live training

Sponsors

Jennie Nash

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Heated Rivalry books, book coaching

Books & works: It's Not Funny

Places: Australia, Hong Kong, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth

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