{"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":"You Don't *Need* to Have a Book, Even When You're Feeling the Pull to Write","slug":"you-don-t-need-to-have-a-book-even-when-you-re-feeling-the-pull-to-write","published_at":"2025-12-15T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636/you-don-t-need-to-have-a-book-even-when-you-re-feeling-the-pull-to-write","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636","url":"https://bisforbookcoach.substack.com/p/you-dont-need-to-have-a-book-even","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181556024/413c1ea4af00b158571656722d37a228.mp3","summary":"Welcome back to B is for Book Coach . Today, we’re making space for relief . A well-respected leader in a niche industry sent out an email recently that had me yelling and drawing out charts like I had missed my calling as a sports commentator. The same message hit a friend of mine via a podcast just days before, and my authors tell me they hear it all the time. It’s everywhere. - The sales messaging formula that stresses us all out about our books - A truer version to translate it to whenever it crops up - Steps you can actually take to level up your visibility - A reminder that you're already an authority, book or no The B is for Book Coach space is one way I create direct support for authors as they bring their books to life. If you’d like to expand that space for yourself and someone else , contributing to the Mutual Momentum fund brings those services to authors who need more than just space to get started. You can create a one-time boost of Momentum at bit.ly/mutual-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 relief . A well-respected leader in a niche industry sent out an email recently that h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":893,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/b-is-for-book-coach-7053636/episodes/you-don-t-need-to-have-a-book-even-when-you-re-feeling-the-pull-to-write/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/you-don-t-need-to-have-a-book-even-when-you-re-feeling-the-pull-to-write.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}