August vibe. 🔥
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#bookpublishing #selfpublishing #storytellers #bestsellers
“Don’t make me cry.”
There is a common quote in publishing: “If there is a book you want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.”
That was the goal when Jessica McCready (@mama.mccready) started: to give her daughter and other families like theirs a book that made lives and conversations easier.
And that’s precisely what has manifested.
🧁Alice’s Allergies is now being stocked in dozens of retailers across the province and is sought after by families with all sorts of dietary needs.
🤭 This book has the giggles of a Munch story and the thoughtfulness of a mom looking to make a difference. It’s a total treat.
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🎉 For those of you in Vancouver, Alice’s Allergies will be making its BOOKSTORE DEBUT at @indigometrotown on June 30th.
We can’t wait!
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🎥 @emotivcontent
🏰: @chateaudesunset
🎤: @unapologeticanna
🖍️: @loudahlillustration
📚: @mama.mccready
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#allicesallergies #childrensbookauthors #glutenfree #authorinterview #abouttheauthor #kidsbookauthor #celiacdisease #celiacdiseaseawareness #childrensbookillustrator #bookpublishing #bookpublisher #selfpublishing #atspastory #theselfpublishingagency #tspa
Who will YOU become after publishing your book?
@beckyvandrunen is a walking, dancing, running, singing example of how publishing a book will change your life.
➡️ What started as collecting recipes during Covid, became the sold-out cookbook, Playlist Kitchen.
During her writing and publishing process, Becky remembered just how much she loved dancing.
So, after publishing she enrolled in dance classes.
🕺🏼Now, she’s on a competitive dance team.
Then, her expertly curated playlists lead her to start running.
🏃🏼♀️Now, she runs half marathons.
That endurance made Becky want to try signing and acting.
🧏🏼♀️ So, she auditioned and became an understudy in Legally Blonde: The Musical.
As Becky will tell you, the decision to publish,
“Was the bridge that brought me from that person, to this person.”
In conclusion…walk that bridge and watch your life open up.
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🎥 @emotivcontent
🎤 @unapologeticanna
🗯️ @ivergani @megandubs
🏰 @chateaudesunset
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#newauthor #selftransformation #selftrust #newrunner #legallyblondethemusical #popmusic #playlistkitchen #90smusic #cookbooks #bestsellingauthor #selfpublishing #bookpublisher #atspastory #theselfpublishingagency
Wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to any mom who has sparked a story in you.
💫💛💫
And since this video was recorded last year, we can officially wish Winslow a Happy Birthday...this year.
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#mothersday #mamaneedsadrink #noveltybooks #authorinterview #nationalbestseller #bookpublishing #selfpublishing #authorslife
There’s that time of your life before you become an author.
…The, there is EVERYTHING after.
It started off as a business. Then a keynote. Then a cookbook. Then dancing. Then running. Then acting. And then and then and then….
Life keeps getting bigger for @beckyvandrunen and it all started with, “I want to combine what I love…”
Her full TSPA story is coming soon. 🍝
Until then, enjoy getting to know her big “it started with a book” life at @beckyvandrunen.
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@emotivcontent
#bookpublishing #playlistkitchen #bigdreams #atspastory #bookpublisher #authorinterview #abouttheauthor #storiesbehindthebooks #authorinspiration #selfpublishing #theselfpublishingagency
“That was when I suddenly discovered not WHO I was, but WHAT I was.”
A TSPA STORY | RANDY KLASSEN
Bestselling author of the ultra-running memoir, Randy Klassen, was 45 when he started something brand new.
By 60, he was on a literal and metaphorical path to becoming something and someone, completely different.
Athletes and authors have that in common. Athletes who are authors especially have that!
Bravo @randy.k.77 - you continue to earn each of your finish lines!
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🎥: @emotivcontent
🏙️: @chateaudesunset
🎤: @unapologeticanna
🗯️: @ivergani @megandubs
📚: @theselfpublishingagency
#newauthor #100miler #indieauthor #ultrarunning #ultrarunners #squamish50 #bookpublisher #selfpublishing #booklaunch #booktok #atspastory #theselpublishingagency
Authors who consider their reader’s experience, write the stories that stay with us the longest.
Because, once your book is out there, it’s no longer about you.
Your book becomes something people learn from, are entertained by, feel connected to, and find happiness with.
💫Your story does all of that.
What a wild & generous gift that is.
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#bookpublishing #thetimehascome #authorstories #storytellers
“And then all of a sudden, you’re meeting the right people…”
Sports and Stories. Athletes and Authors. They go together like electrolytes and water: sweet & nourishing.
@randy.k.77’s Perhaps Joy is the Reward has all of the aches, pains and triumphs that so many athletes and authors know. We look forward to sharing more with you soon.
#authorstories #atspastory
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@theselfpublishingagency
🎥 @emotivcontent
🏰 @chateaudesunset
🎤 @unapologeticanna @ivergani @megandubs
#ultrarunning #ultramarathon #100miler #bookpublisher #selfpublishing #selfmade #theselfpublishingagency #squamish50
“She lived the war and survived the war…”
A TSPA STORY | Isis Maria Henriquez
When an author makes their mom a protagonist in their book, it can be risky.
Will you capture her spirit?
Do you cause offence when reimagining true stories into fiction?
And perhaps the most weighted risk: will you make Mom proud?
El Salvadorian-Canadian author, Isis Maria Henriquez brought her family into fiction with her award-winning book, @mangosandsnowflakes
She decided that sharing their stories was a risk worth taking.
And, as we often find in life and in publishing: with great risk comes great reward.
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🎬(*Producer fun fact: Isis drove round-trip from Edmonton to Vancouver (13 hours each way) for this shoot. She arrived just in time for her call-time and left immediately after to miss the forecasted snow storm.)
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🎥 @emotivcontent
🏰: @chateaudesunset
🎤: @unapologeticanna
📚: @mangosandsnowflakes
#elsalvadorian #awardwinningauthor #selfpublished #authorinterview #abouttheauthor #familyandfiction #fictionbooks #fictionauthor #bookpublishing #bookpublisher #selfpublishing #atspastory #theselfpublishingagency #tspa
“I sold 1,000 copies during pre-order…and was able to donate $5,000 in my first year [of publishing].”
A TSPA STORY | MARIA LAROSA
@mariascucina (aka Nonna) is a glowing example of how trying something new—especially when we’re not savvy at it—can yield results bigger, sweeter and more delicious than we ever thought possible.
Buon Appetito.
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🇮🇹 Maria’s simple, authentic Italian recipes are available at MariasItalianCucina.com + a portion of every sale is donated to @cfcanada
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🎥 @emotivcontent
🏙️ @chateaudesunset
🎤 @unapologeticanna
🗯️ @ivergani @megandubs
#atspastory #bookpublisher #italiancooking #italianfood #cysticfibrosis #65redroses #cfcanada #selfpublishing #theselfpublishingagency #bookpublisher #mariasitsliancucina
“I seem happier.”
A TSPA STORY | Daphne Leonie Wright
🤔What if writing your book made you happier?
🤔What if publishing a book changed your life?
When full time nurse, @daphnelwright went from thinking about her book for 10 years to publishing it, both her and her husband noticed a change.
⏳Is it too late to write your book? No.
📕Is it too hard to have your book professionally published ? No.
➡️ As Daphne says, “If not now, when?”
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If you feel your next step is now, send us a DM.
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🎥 @emotivcontent
🏙️ @jwmarriottvan
🎤 @unapologeticanna
🗯️ @ivergani @megandubs
#atspastory #bookpublisher #becominganauthor #writingmotivation #authorcommunity #selfpublishing #theselfpublishingagency
Rather than push them off your creative ideas until February or March when things “settle down” - 💫PULL THAT DREAM INTO THE FOREFRONT, NOW.
Let’s get excited, let’s let creativity flow.
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📞*Why not schedule a call to talk about publishing your book this week?
📲Comment, DM us, or link in profile and we’ll get you a link.
#writinginspo #authorinspiration #bookpublisher #newauthors #newyearnewyou #bigmagic #creativity #letsgo2024
It’s not too late to gift this to someone for Christmas, and it’s never too soon to celebrate someone’s life.
🎁 Talk to your siblings, talk to your family & then send us a note. Let’s make this Christmas gift the one that is never forgotten.
https://theselfpublishingagency.com/the-50-page-memoir/
And from our couch to yours, we wish you a season full of moments you want to capture for the rest of time.
Happy Holidays,
🎄- The TSPA Team
THIS MEMOIR ISN’T JUST A GIFT, it’s a bucket list experience.
WHEN YOU GIFT THE 50-PAGE MEMOIR:
• Your loved one will sit with an experienced ghostwriter who listens to & writes your loved one’s life’s stories.
• A professional book designer will take the edited manuscript & design it to resemble an elite New Yorker Magazine feature piece using family photos and quotes.
• High end print books will be delivered to your home for private family libraries to be enjoyed for generations.
THE 50-PAGE MEMOIR isn’t just about the end product.
🫂 It is as much an experience for the storyteller as it is for the people receiving the memoir.
🎁Gift someone their legacy this holiday.🎁
TheSelfPublishingAgency.com/the-50-page-memoir
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#pricelessgifts #familystories #familylegacy #ancestry #the50pagememoir #bookpublishing
“SHE MADE ME REALIZE THINGS I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW.”
BTS at TSPA | Anna Mullens, COO
Anna is the reason some author’s careers change after publishing.
She’s the reason some author’s lives change.
Some of the most qualified coaches who have written books with TSPA have deemed Anna the best coach they’ve ever worked with.
NYT Bestsellers have called her work brilliant.
Many, many authors have rewritten entire sections of their books after meeting her because they UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN STORY, BETTER.
👩🏼🎓Tomorrow, Anna will walk the stage to receive her certificate after a gruelling master’s program at Royal Roads University.
As the president of the university said yesterday during the graduates medal ceremony - of which Anna received the 2023 Founder’s Award - “Excellence is not an accident.” 🎯
Congratulations Anna. Your excellence is no accident, and every story you touch is better because of you. 💎
Who do YOU think of when you write? 🫶
On the hard writing days, on the lonely writing days -
who do you think of that keeps you writing?
“I DIDN’T WANT TO BE THAT WOMAN WITH CANCER.”
A TSPA STORY | ANNE KRISTIANSEN
Often, people start writing looong before they ever consider their words would turn them into an author.
@anne_kristiansen is no exception. She wrote to share. She wrote to reflect. She wrote to make sense of what was happening to her.
But what happens when you share those stories?… They take flight.
They find your husband,
They stay with your children,
…And they land across oceans and timezones where you realise that maybe, just maybe, your stories are bigger and more universally helpful than you thought.
And that’s exactly what’s happened with Anne’s story.
Angle in the Marble is so much bigger than her now. It lives in hospital rooms, living rooms of caregivers, and bedside tables of healthcare professionals. Her story walks around with each of us who have read it - referencing it when we hear “The C Word.”
Safe to say in writing this book, Anne will NEVER be, “That woman with cancer.”
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Anne’s book, Angel in the Marble is available everywhere.
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#breastcancerawareness #breastcancerawarenessmonth #cancerfree #authorinspiration #bts #shareyourstory
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🎥: @emotivcontent
🏙️: @jwmarriottvan
🎤: @megandubs
🗯️: @ivergani @unapologeticanna
📚: @theselfpublishingagency
“YOUR BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE.”
As an author, can you think of a better out-of-the-blue compliment, from someone you don’t know?
When Taraneh (@mindonspirit) started with TSPA, she said, “My standard is, Excellence Only.”
…and she held that standard for us and herself. So to hear what that continues to yield for her is - well…a dream come true.
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Taraneh’s book, Conscious Grieving, is available everywhere.
#consciousgrieving #booksongrief #authorstories #booksthatchangedmylife #lifeofanauthor #bookpublisher #theselfpublishingagency
“Megan steps in behind the scenes and provides the process for creativity to actually exist.”
BTS at TSPA | Our CEO - Megan Williams
She’s the believer in people, the builder of teams, and the bridge-builder between dreams and reality.
She’s a solid B.
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🎥: @emotivcontent
🏙️: @jwmarriottvan
🎉: @ivergani @megandubs @unapologeticanna
📚: @theselfpublishingagency
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#bookpublishing #publisherstory #selfpublishingtips #selfpublishing #leadership #leadersarereaders #publishinghouse #publishingcompany #booktalk #theselfpublishingagency
“I liken it very much to when I had my kids; because that was such a big dream that took so long and I struggled so hard to realize that dream.”
A TSPA STORY | RANI HAYDEN
The story that came before Rani Hayden’s children’s book is so much bigger, emotional and heartfelt than the bright, cheerful book that now lives on bookshelves.
From infertility, to representation, to being in a mixed-race marriage in a community that didn’t support it - @ranihaydentheauthor ‘s story is big & brave.
And as is true for most authors—publishing a book as much an end as it is a beginning.
It’s that warm perseverance, like Rani’s, that gets us there.
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“I liken it very much to when I had my kids; because that was such a big dream that took so long and I struggled so hard to realize that dream.”
A TSPA STORY | RANI HAYDEN
The story that came before Rani Hayden’s children’s book is so much bigger, emotional and heartfelt than the bright, cheerful book that now lives on bookshelves.
From infertility, to representation, to being in a mixed-race marriage in a community that didn’t support it - @ranihaydentheauthor ‘s story is big & brave.
And as is true for most authors—publishing a book as much an end as it is a beginning.
It’s that warm perseverance, like Rani’s, that gets us there.
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🎥: @emotivcontent
🏙️: @jwmarriottvan
🎤: @unapologeticanna
🗯️: @ivergani @megandubs
📚: @theselfpublishingagency
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#atspastory #childrensbookauthor #bookpublisher #indianauthors #canadianauthors #representationmatters #mixedracecouple #indianfamily #infertility #authorlife #writingcommunity #selfpublishing #indieauthors #theselfpublishingagency
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