036. Baking Up Your Own Book w/ Jennifer Harshman

Story Greenlight with Jeff Bartsch

If you have a unique way of serving your people, and you’re looking to show up in a unique way that serves them even more, then maybe you should write a book.
And when you do, you need to talk to today’s guest.
Jennifer Harshman, aka The Book Baker, is a professional book editor, author, and writing coach. She has edited more than 200 books and over 30 MILLION words over her career, including the NYT Bestseller 48 Days to the Work and Life You Love, USA Today bestseller The Millennial Whisperer, and a book that hit #1 in the entire business category on Amazon: The Bezos Letters.
To access a pile of “tasty treats” from the Book Baker herself, check out this link here:
https://www.harshmanservices.com/story36
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💡 RESOURCES
Baker’s Dozen Reasons to Write a Book, Jennifer’s Self-Care Guide, and lots more resources especially for Story Greenlight listeners: https://www.harshmanservices.com/story36
BOOK: Edit Better: Hollywood-Tested Strategies for Powerful Video Editing, by Jeff Bartsch: https://www.amazon.com/Edit-Better-Hollywood-Tested-Strategies-Powerful/dp/0990432505
BOOK: The Book Bakery: Making It Easy to Write a Book, Jennifer Harshman: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Book-Bakery-Making-write/dp/1950721256
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📝 SHOW NOTES
00:00 There’s a recipe for writing a book
01:55 Growing up and loving books
02:38 Learning to read at age 3
04:27 Jennifer's journey to book editor
06:43 Why should you write a book?
07:54 Why SHOULDN'T you write a book?
09:14 Jeff's experience publishing “Edit Better.”
10:10 The balance between writing a book to be read and writing a book to be an authority
13:12 How does a book editor help an author?
15:23 What are the obstacles to successfully completing a book?
17:39 Examples of Jennifer's work
18:49 Jennifer's near death from stress
21:18 Jennifer's recovery back to healthy living
23:57 What happens when you're told you're about to die?
26:39 The emotional and mental toll of authorship
29:00 How to decide if you should write a book
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