Conspire Creative

Our next free Beyond the Margins Power Hour offers a fun way to evaluate your author business activities...with cash prizes! Join us Thursday, October 15, 1pm-2pm CT. LINK IN COMMENTS.

Congrats to client Al Krockey on the 4th award for his hilarious and epic 1968 memoir, Distinguished Favorite in Nonfiction (NYC Big Book Award).

Wooee. Al lived a life and now you can read about it! First in the trilogy. 1969's even better and is up next.
www.straightouttaskokie.com

Congratulations to client Teresa Navas on receiving an Honorable Mention in the 2026 International Latino Book Awards.
https://tnavas.com/

It was a beautiful night in Lincoln Square last night for client Mary Dean Cason to celebrate her book launch at The Book Cellar. Many congrats!

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to grabo your free upgrade and begin planning and refining your own author business model.

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Chicagoans! Join us tonight, Thursday, Sept 17, at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square, 6:30pm for the launch of our client Mary Dean Cason’s remarkable novel, Daughters of Eve, a family mystery, an historical mystery, a medical mystery, set in North Carolina, 1968 through the mid-1980s.
https://www.bookcellarinc.com/mary-dean-cason-daughters-eve

Author Business Coaching Minute.

How ongoing self-discovery bolsters an author business...

The Self-Discovery Archive: Everything I’ve Written on Knowing Yourself to Build Your Author Business Introducing the second installment of my archive round-up series—this time on the inner work that enriches your outer author life

All authors are welcome! RSVP today. Come with the questions you’ve been mulling over—our free Beyond the Margins Zoom Power Hour on September 17 is for thinking them through together. 1pm-2pm CT.

Join Us: Positioning Yourself in the World of AI—The Human Preference Economy Come with the questions you’ve been mulling over—our free Beyond the Margins Zoom Power Hour on September 17 is for thinking them through together

A third element most authors never consider can be what makes events better attended, more profitable, and worth repeating...

Your New Event Triangle: A Brainstorming Framework for Authors Who Want More Event Options A third element most authors never consider can be what makes events better attended, more profitable, and worth repeating