writing my book was something I really wanted to do. And I actually really enjoyed the process of writing it.

And I now know that it is really authentically me. It's my words. It's exactly how I want to say it.

It's my story. And I feel really good about that. I think AI is amazing. There's so many cool tools that we can use as entrepreneurs and I will use as an entrepreneur.

But I'm proud of myself for writing every last word of this book.

All right.

It's up, my friend.

Welcome to today's episode, The Art of Online Business Podcast.

Rick here.

And one of my favorite things as a coach is to watch the progress of a big project.

And especially when it goes from idea to, you know, to reality. And that's exactly what happened with my guest today, Jamie Sears. She's been a longtime member of my accelerator

coaching program. She's the founder of Not So Wimpyteacher.com. And Jamie's been on the podcast here a couple times before.

And as of yesterday, April 4th, 2023, she had her first major publisher book drop.

It's called How to Love Teaching Again, Work Smarter, Beat Burnout, and Watch watch your students thrive. Now, I asked Jamie

to come on here because I personally do not know much about the, you know, the publishing

process from idea all the way through to, you know, it being on Amazon, you know, working with a major publisher

or going into a Barnes & Noble, for example, and seeing it on the shelf or walking through

an airport and you got the bookstores there and seeing your book right there.

That's pretty cool, right?

And yes, of course, you can do that when you self-publish,

but the, you know, working with a publisher and that sort of process, I don't know much about.

And so I asked Jamie to come on here and share with all of you. And I ask her a ton of questions,

obviously, because I'm super curious,

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