{"podcast":{"title":"B is for Book Coach","slug":"b-is-for-book-coach-7053636","podcast_index_feed_id":7053636,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2664052.rss","website_url":"https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2664052/3ccb023ebbee43f3a1d6d2516701d316.jpg","author":"A hub for nonfiction non-writers.","episode_count":73,"summary":"Free weekly book coaching for purpose-first/product-second writers and non-writers as you bring your nonfiction book into the world you want to change.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T02:20:10.308567+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636"},"episode":{"title":"The Mess is Where the Magic Happens","slug":"the-mess-is-where-the-magic-happens","published_at":"2026-02-16T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636/the-mess-is-where-the-magic-happens","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636","url":"https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/p/the-mess-is-where-the-magic-happens","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188009281/06d7113b6f97d01e651293dac11d3531.mp3","summary":"Welcome back to B is for Book Coach . Today, we’re making space for the mess. Do you remember the old Reese’s candy campaign, “There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s”? In retrospect, this was probably meant to counter KitKat’s “break me off a piece of that KitKat bar” methodology. KitKat might not be my favorite candy, but their approach makes sense. Simplicity is appealing. So when I talk about simplified templates and processes and systems for writing (and I get a smidge of irritation in my voice), I don’t blame them either. When you’re looking back and forth between the intricacy of a completed book and the mish-mash that is your concept-in-progress…well, it’s natural to want it all broken into pieces. I’m just a “no wrong way to eat a Reese’s” kind of person. - Becoming the candymaker - Getting comfortable in the test kitchen - Finding your own recipe for writing 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. You can 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","meta_description":"Welcome back to B is for Book Coach . Today, we’re making space for the mess. Do you remember the old Reese’s candy campaign, “There’s no wrong way to eat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":430,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636/episodes/the-mess-is-where-the-magic-happens/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636/the-mess-is-where-the-magic-happens.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}