# The Power of Noticing: An Author's View of His Final Project

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Podcast: [B is for Book Coach](https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636)
Published: 2026-03-02T22:39:35+00:00
Episode link: https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/p/the-power-of-noticing-an-authors
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## Resource

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach . Today, we’re making space for noticing. Hear directly from my friend and author about the experience of writing his last book, with clips of a conversation recorded a month into post-publish territory—a month into borrowed time, according to the prognosis he’d been given, and only a few months before he passed away. Before we go any further, I want you to know that it’s okay if this one’s too heavy to sit with. If for any reason you don’t want to continue on, I completely understand. If you’re still with me, I’d like you to meet Will, author of The Power of Noticing . On Taking His Time ~7 minutes On Writing through Chemo ~4 minutes On Books being One Thing ~5 minutes On Going Deep with Experience ~8 minutes On Writing with Three Months to Live ~8 minutes Enjoying this space? It takes all of us to create it together! When you become a one-time or ongoing Momentum Partner , two things happen. First, you get to join a small but growing group of folks who pop in for Office Hours twice a month to sort out their content and travel this journey together. Second, you add to the Mutual Momentum fund , which helps to bring deeper development support to authors who need more than just space to get started. Create a one-time boost of Momentum or subscribe to keep the forward movement going for us all. Get full access to B is for Book Coach at bisforbookcoach.substack.com/subscribe

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