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Welcome 00:00:40.380 --> 00:00:43.479 back to another episode of Milestone Moments 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:46.799 in Business and Leadership. I'm your host, Sheila 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:52.000 Slick, and today I am so excited to welcome Leslie 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:56.840 Capps, founder of Wild Woman Marketing. Leslie 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:01.619 is a strategic storypreneur. She is the author 00:01:01.619 --> 00:01:05.219 of Turn Your Story Into Business Gold and the 00:01:05.219 --> 00:01:09.640 creator of Author in 30. She specializes in helping 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:12.900 entrepreneurs monetize their stories through 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:16.859 magnetic storytelling. and Custom AI Solutions. 00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:22.120 And guess what? She's also my co -author on Turn 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:25.719 Your Spoken Words into a Publish -Ready Book 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:30.420 in 30 Days. Welcome to the show, Leslie. Woo 00:01:30.420 --> 00:01:33.480 -hoo! Thank you so much. Excited to be here. 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:36.579 Yeah, you know I love talking marketing and books 00:01:36.579 --> 00:01:41.159 and AI, you know? So what led you to start Wild 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:45.650 Woman Marketing? You know, it was when I started 00:01:45.650 --> 00:01:50.629 online as a life coach and it was trying to figure 00:01:50.629 --> 00:01:53.650 out my own marketing. And once I did, I was like, 00:01:53.709 --> 00:01:57.849 oh, marketing is fun. It's creative. It's exciting. 00:01:58.829 --> 00:02:03.170 There's so many different aspects to it. And 00:02:03.170 --> 00:02:06.730 as I went on my journey, it always made me curious 00:02:06.730 --> 00:02:12.110 why every, theoretically, every marketing. solution 00:02:12.110 --> 00:02:14.389 we try should work for us, right? If we know 00:02:14.389 --> 00:02:17.330 the basics and why didn't we know the basics? 00:02:17.509 --> 00:02:19.669 And that sort of led me to this storytelling 00:02:19.669 --> 00:02:23.849 angle was if we could get clear on that and how 00:02:23.849 --> 00:02:26.590 our story tied into our business, then we knew 00:02:26.590 --> 00:02:29.669 who we served, how we served them, what we did 00:02:29.669 --> 00:02:32.330 to serve them. All those questions that when 00:02:32.330 --> 00:02:35.490 you say, who's your ideal avatar? You know, when 00:02:35.490 --> 00:02:39.270 we jargon it up, everybody freezes up and goes, 00:02:39.330 --> 00:02:42.849 I don't know. I don't know. So how could we simplify 00:02:42.849 --> 00:02:46.509 was really the goal I was getting to. And the 00:02:46.509 --> 00:02:49.310 other thing is story is so unique to each person, 00:02:49.389 --> 00:02:52.629 right? You could line 10 of us up. We could have 00:02:52.629 --> 00:02:55.729 taken the same program, do the same work with 00:02:55.729 --> 00:02:57.990 people, and it's going to come out different 00:02:57.990 --> 00:03:03.900 based on who we are and what our story is. Now, 00:03:03.939 --> 00:03:07.939 we met and some words like AI brought us together 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:11.860 because you're leveraging AI and you use books 00:03:11.860 --> 00:03:14.740 as part of your marketing strategy. That's what 00:03:14.740 --> 00:03:17.219 you help people do, not just tell their stories, 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:22.580 but use their voice. Right. Right. And that's 00:03:22.580 --> 00:03:26.560 why I was so freaking excited to meet you. Because 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:29.719 I had written a book in 30 days. I got an opportunity 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:32.939 to take one to an event, actually to the Oscars 00:03:32.939 --> 00:03:36.520 gifting lounge. And not that I was going to be 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:38.199 a moneymaker or anything, but I thought, what 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.319 a cool experience. I might not ever get this 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.020 opportunity. So heck yeah, I'll jump in. And, 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:45.360 you know, I had to talk to the organizer and 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.719 she said, I love your book idea. So I was like, 00:03:47.819 --> 00:03:51.860 oh, crikey, I got 30 days to write it. And I 00:03:51.860 --> 00:03:53.819 know you can't see me, everybody, but I talk 00:03:53.819 --> 00:03:57.520 with my hands. all the time that is how I communicate 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:01.740 and I was like there is no way I can talk and 00:04:01.740 --> 00:04:06.340 type and think at the same time so I sort of 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:11.199 duct taped an AI solution together to record 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:15.000 my voice right and get that foundation down so 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:18.339 obviously when I met you and you described your 00:04:18.339 --> 00:04:22.540 system I'm like Holy shnikey, Sheila just took 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:26.860 it to the master in the stars level. And this 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:31.060 is mind blowing. It's, and trust me, I wrote 00:04:31.060 --> 00:04:34.199 a book the old fashioned way years ago. It was 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:38.100 freaking painful because my brain processes so 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:40.639 fast. And I think that's true of a lot of creative 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:45.399 entrepreneurs, right? Um, there's no way my fingers 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:48.920 could keep up. And so I'd have ideas and I would 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:52.279 lose them because I'm trained to type. And it 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:56.500 was a little bit ugly. And it turned out wasn't 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:59.779 what I wanted, wasn't what I hoped. But it was 00:04:59.779 --> 00:05:02.139 a grind, right? At the end, I was like, oh, just 00:05:02.139 --> 00:05:05.240 thank you, God, I'm done. I love book writing, 00:05:05.339 --> 00:05:09.300 but there's got to be a better way. Well, great 00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:14.290 minds think alike. I loved using my voice and 00:05:14.290 --> 00:05:16.329 here I am talking through a microphone. We could 00:05:16.329 --> 00:05:19.269 sit here and just have a conversation and turn 00:05:19.269 --> 00:05:23.550 this into a chapter of a book. And so that gave 00:05:23.550 --> 00:05:26.790 me the freedom to feel that I could take it from 00:05:26.790 --> 00:05:30.810 beginning to end. And ironically, my first book 00:05:30.810 --> 00:05:33.870 that I did before I met you, I solo recorded 00:05:33.870 --> 00:05:37.829 myself and I took my blog posts. I took my research 00:05:37.829 --> 00:05:40.069 papers I had done in my master's, which were. 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:42.860 part of my passion. I said, I'm going to pick 00:05:42.860 --> 00:05:47.519 the 10 practices that I've used, whether it was 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:50.100 in creating the app or in writing this book, 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:52.819 to take me from beginning to end. And I wasn't 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:57.040 able to do that the traditional way. And it gave 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.899 me the flexibility to just talk to the microphone 00:05:59.899 --> 00:06:04.519 and my recording. took place in the back seat 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.060 of our car as we took a five and a half hour 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:10.639 road trip. I put the children in the front and 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:13.300 told my husband, if I'm speaking too loud, let 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:16.100 me know. I put on these headphones with the little 00:06:16.100 --> 00:06:19.019 microphone and I would read and then I would 00:06:19.019 --> 00:06:23.350 just talk. And then I met you and you said the 00:06:23.350 --> 00:06:26.889 best way that I can get my thoughts is walking 00:06:26.889 --> 00:06:30.230 around and talking. So I sent you on a walk, 00:06:30.290 --> 00:06:33.209 right? I was like, yeah, I know when I did my 00:06:33.209 --> 00:06:35.370 first book, probably because it was in the summer, 00:06:35.449 --> 00:06:37.290 right? Probably people thought it was crazy because 00:06:37.290 --> 00:06:40.889 I paced around the garage. Because, yeah, I like 00:06:40.889 --> 00:06:43.970 to move and talk. And a funny story about that 00:06:43.970 --> 00:06:49.740 is I used Otter, right? Talked into Otter. And 00:06:49.740 --> 00:06:52.639 I was out on the prairie one day walking the 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.120 dog. And I was talking. I looked down. It was 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:58.860 in Spanish. I was like, okay, what is going on 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:02.019 here? So I quit that. I came home, got on the 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:04.639 computer, and I got into Otter. I said, okay, 00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:06.980 why did it turn up in Spanish? Oh, we don't support 00:07:06.980 --> 00:07:09.120 Spanish. I was like, well, that's good because 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.180 I don't read Spanish. But it ended up in Spanish, 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.399 right? But you would not have that issue with 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:20.680 Sheila's software. The beauty of it really is 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:25.500 that it gets that foundation. And that's what 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:28.439 takes us a lot of time, right, to get that foundation. 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:33.180 Once you have that, then you really, it does 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:35.560 unlock something super creative in the sense, 00:07:35.579 --> 00:07:39.600 oh, well, now I have, I'm not exhausted from 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.360 getting a foundation. I'm still juiced up about 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:45.060 it. And now I can be super creative. I can add 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:48.420 examples. I can get all kinds of crazy on the 00:07:48.420 --> 00:07:51.300 information I want to put in it, where I think 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:53.500 the old -fashioned way, you're like, just get 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:55.399 it down. Just get it down. I got to get through 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:58.800 this. And like, if that's your jam, all the more 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.459 power to you. I know someone who's writing a 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:04.019 thousand words a day, and she said, I'm on day 00:08:04.019 --> 00:08:07.180 20. I was like, stab my eye out with a fork. 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.199 That would not be for me. And I don't know about 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.300 anybody else, right? But the other thing is I 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:15.920 don't want to spend months, years, whatever, 00:08:16.019 --> 00:08:19.259 writing a book. Like, I got lots of ideas. So 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:23.000 let's get her done. Well, let's go. Let's start 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:26.220 the next book. I know. We're ready. We're ready. 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:30.959 Yeah. So you have Author in 30. Author in 30 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:35.659 is a program that you're offering so that anyone 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:39.710 that wants to write their book. and get it published 00:08:39.710 --> 00:08:43.429 ready, perhaps even published within 30 days. 00:08:43.529 --> 00:08:46.970 Right. If you're very organized and you want 00:08:46.970 --> 00:08:50.250 to just speak into the microphone for, you know, 00:08:50.250 --> 00:08:54.250 in a day or in a weekend, you've got that foundation 00:08:54.250 --> 00:08:58.320 that. audio that's necessary so that Pata Book 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.919 AI can transform it into a manuscript in two 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.299 and a half hours. But I get to that point, some 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:08.360 people that I've met don't have the audios ready, 00:09:08.460 --> 00:09:11.620 or perhaps they have many, many years of Zoom 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:15.019 recordings, and they don't know how to structure 00:09:15.019 --> 00:09:18.620 the book. So tell us what you're offering in 00:09:18.620 --> 00:09:23.159 Author in 30. Absolutely. So yeah, however you 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:27.539 want to work with me and or us to get a book 00:09:27.539 --> 00:09:31.000 published in 30 days, right? I think because 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.960 I was thinking how long it took us to write the 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.340 book, I think was it three days or four days 00:09:36.340 --> 00:09:40.139 once we started. So it's not a long process. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:43.120 And I think you're right. Sometimes we are intimidated 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:48.179 by how do I even start? And the way I tell people, 00:09:48.700 --> 00:09:51.440 to do that and help them do that is like that 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:55.039 what's that umbrella idea you're trying to get 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:58.539 across so if you had because Sheila had someone 00:09:58.539 --> 00:10:01.580 who did this who had a lot of years of sessions 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:04.860 so what is a theme right that we're gonna pull 00:10:04.860 --> 00:10:09.879 out from all those sessions and either that becomes 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:12.840 a chapter or the whole focus of a book so we 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:16.080 just wrote a book how to do a book right in 30 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:18.659 days What is that, once we have that umbrella, 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:21.620 what are the things that need to go in there 00:10:21.620 --> 00:10:26.039 for your process, your system, whatever you're 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:29.080 using that book for? So the other important thing 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:31.639 I think you need to decide first off is what's 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:35.019 your goal for the book? Because the strategies, 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:38.120 not so much the book itself, but the strategies 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:42.940 as you set it up and write it, and then... certainly 00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:45.519 afterwards and pre -marketing will make a difference 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.720 depending on your goal. But if your goal is to 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:52.059 teach people, let's say, how to write a book 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:54.759 in 30 days, well, we want to have some way within 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:57.000 that book for them to get hold of us, right? 00:10:57.059 --> 00:11:00.039 If they have questions or answers, so then we 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.580 build in lead magnets. Okay, well, that leads 00:11:02.580 --> 00:11:06.720 us down a whole nother rabbit trail. But having 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:09.799 that goal, one, and then two, that kind of, I 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:12.610 call it the umbrella story, right? That Everything 00:11:12.610 --> 00:11:16.649 else fits in that. And you go along the turn 00:11:16.649 --> 00:11:19.129 your story into business goal. There's one chapter 00:11:19.129 --> 00:11:22.129 I super loved. I was super committed to that. 00:11:22.190 --> 00:11:24.549 I was like, got all juiced up. At the end of 00:11:24.549 --> 00:11:27.830 the day, it didn't really fit in my structure 00:11:27.830 --> 00:11:31.129 that I ended up with. So I kicked it to the curb. 00:11:31.470 --> 00:11:33.649 But if you don't have that structure, then you 00:11:33.649 --> 00:11:36.690 get stuck in that. Okay, how do I edit this thing? 00:11:36.730 --> 00:11:39.600 Because it's just a bunch of ideas. that don't 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:41.600 seem to fit together. And your reader will know 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:44.480 that too, right? So thinking about it like a 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:48.539 reader, I need a map when I read something. Just 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:51.740 like in a movie, I need a map of kind of where 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:54.419 we're going. I'm glad to go along with you, but 00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:57.940 if you don't explain stuff, nope, I'm out. And 00:11:57.940 --> 00:12:01.000 then obviously, you know, we're also collaborating 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:04.779 on if you need editing help, if you need cover 00:12:04.779 --> 00:12:09.110 help. Really, our mission and I think why we 00:12:09.110 --> 00:12:12.289 are aligned and why it's a great synergy is we're 00:12:12.289 --> 00:12:14.649 super passionate about helping entrepreneurs 00:12:14.649 --> 00:12:20.070 get their words out into the world. It is a game 00:12:20.070 --> 00:12:22.970 changer in so many ways. Even Sheila and I were 00:12:22.970 --> 00:12:25.289 talking, I was like, I got my book a couple days 00:12:25.289 --> 00:12:28.549 ago and I got chills even when I said that, right? 00:12:28.629 --> 00:12:34.110 There is something so powerful, so fun, exciting. 00:12:35.019 --> 00:12:39.139 adventurous about holding a book that you created 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:43.700 in your hands. And it is an amazing marketing 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:46.820 tool. It will open doors if you want to speak, 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:50.539 if you want to run workshops, build businesses 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:54.440 off the book, even do lead magnets related to 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:57.860 the book, right? It just has so many uses. Lots 00:12:57.860 --> 00:13:00.799 of hope and possibility and excitement with a 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.259 book. I know you were excited when you got your 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:06.639 copy. Oh, I'm still so excited. I'm wondering, 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:08.500 are we going to let the audience know? Is it 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:10.919 available yet for Amazon? Because we ordered 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:14.120 our author copies, which is in the publishing 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:18.059 process. When you get the manuscript, you need 00:13:18.059 --> 00:13:22.360 that edit. And we went back and forth. The book. 00:13:22.889 --> 00:13:26.110 picks up the tone of Leslie's, you know, Leslie's 00:13:26.110 --> 00:13:30.049 tone, which I absolutely loved. It's very punchy. 00:13:30.090 --> 00:13:33.509 And you took me through an emotional ride prepping 00:13:33.509 --> 00:13:36.110 me. And I felt I'm ready to write a book. And 00:13:36.110 --> 00:13:38.429 then I was like, wait, Sheila, you've already 00:13:38.429 --> 00:13:41.669 written a book. And I thought, oh, I can write 00:13:41.669 --> 00:13:47.070 more. And so I absolutely loved how I felt emotion. 00:13:47.370 --> 00:13:51.230 So you did a great job showing me that map. Thank 00:13:51.230 --> 00:13:56.889 you. That's for style. It's a book on how to 00:13:56.889 --> 00:14:02.009 write a book. I absolutely learned along the 00:14:02.009 --> 00:14:04.649 way as well. And this was such a fun project. 00:14:04.730 --> 00:14:08.049 So I've had so much fun in this process. I'm 00:14:08.049 --> 00:14:10.649 ready to do the next one, Leslie. Oh, me too. 00:14:10.830 --> 00:14:13.950 Are we ready to push that button and publish 00:14:13.950 --> 00:14:18.590 it live? Why not? I say we should. Like, turn 00:14:18.590 --> 00:14:22.539 her loose into the wild. All right. It's official. 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:27.620 So our book, Leslie and I's book, Turn Your Spoken 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:32.399 Words into a Publish Ready Book in 30 Days, is 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:36.519 available in Kindle and in paperback. I love 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:39.440 it. I love the book, Leslie. Thank you so much. 00:14:39.779 --> 00:14:43.299 Oh, well, thank you, because it was a joyful 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:47.730 process. Yeah. And I think if people worry that 00:14:47.730 --> 00:14:50.610 you're going to miss the emotional arc of the 00:14:50.610 --> 00:14:54.669 pain of writing, not at all. Not at all. I think 00:14:54.669 --> 00:14:58.830 the pod to book software really creates something 00:14:58.830 --> 00:15:03.169 joyful where you go, oh, my gosh, this was fun. 00:15:03.590 --> 00:15:07.389 Let's do it again. Let's unleash our creativity 00:15:07.389 --> 00:15:12.210 and write all kinds of books. Yeah. From my understanding 00:15:12.210 --> 00:15:15.730 and my learning. With the algorithms, it's almost 00:15:15.730 --> 00:15:19.509 better to do a trilogy than it is to do a standalone 00:15:19.509 --> 00:15:23.129 book. So let's start thinking about our trilogies, 00:15:23.129 --> 00:15:27.289 right? You're absolutely right, is that you do 00:15:27.289 --> 00:15:30.049 need multiple books, right? And I think that's 00:15:30.049 --> 00:15:33.529 why the traditional way has always been so difficult, 00:15:33.549 --> 00:15:36.879 because... It is a grind, right? And you get 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.940 done with one, you're like, oh my gosh, I'm supposed 00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:40.700 to write a second one? Like I have all these 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:44.360 ideas, but yeah, definitely. I'm all in. I'm 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:46.899 ready. And you know, I have other ideas too. 00:15:47.059 --> 00:15:49.679 So I just think there's something really special 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:53.759 about writing a book. Yes, it becomes addicting. 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:57.299 So fair warning in this episode, we are letting 00:15:57.299 --> 00:16:01.159 you know that one book just isn't enough. Once 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:04.070 you get a book in your hand. That feeling is 00:16:04.070 --> 00:16:07.990 so magical, so special. It's pride, it's joy. 00:16:08.090 --> 00:16:11.629 And it's also a way to leave your legacy. Something 00:16:11.629 --> 00:16:14.750 that I love because it's in your own terms. You 00:16:14.750 --> 00:16:18.570 know, this is my thought or these are my steps, 00:16:18.750 --> 00:16:21.950 my process. So you're sharing it in different 00:16:21.950 --> 00:16:26.809 ways. And I also think it helps to maximize the 00:16:26.809 --> 00:16:30.389 exposure because not everyone listens to podcasts. 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:35.700 This, in a written form, perhaps isn't just recycling 00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:39.299 content or turning it into the written format, 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:42.299 but it's reaching audiences, the same message 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:46.679 in different formats. So you're amplifying that 00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:49.600 message. Oh, without a doubt, right? Probably 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:53.340 reaching people who you might not otherwise reach. 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:56.440 You know, somebody reads a book, they love it, 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.659 they pass it on to someone else who passes it 00:16:58.659 --> 00:17:01.399 on to someone else. And now you have this ripple 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:04.079 effect that you would never have reached those 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:07.240 people with. So it is lovely. And I think the 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:09.559 other thing I really appreciate about the talk 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:14.180 to text is the first book I wrote had beta readers. 00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:16.700 And one of them reached out to me and she said, 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:20.200 do you realize that you say, here's the thing? 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.640 And I said, here's the thing. I didn't realize 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.740 I say, here's the thing. But now that I know 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:29.769 it. I lean into it, right? Here's the thing. 00:17:30.490 --> 00:17:33.289 So I think that's something we don't get when 00:17:33.289 --> 00:17:35.490 we type. I would have edited that out, right? 00:17:35.569 --> 00:17:37.589 Because I don't, again, I was trying to get down 00:17:37.589 --> 00:17:42.049 words and not pick up the way I talk, which is 00:17:42.049 --> 00:17:44.970 a beautiful, I think that's why books turn out 00:17:44.970 --> 00:17:47.609 so special because you hear the author's voice 00:17:47.609 --> 00:17:51.079 in your head. I love it. So I will leave the 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:54.440 link in the comments so that you can purchase 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:58.119 your copy of Turn Your Spoken Words into a published 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:03.740 ready book in 30 days and how someone can join 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:07.980 the Author in 30 program. Absolutely. So you 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:12.049 can go to authorin30 .com. And absolutely schedule 00:18:12.049 --> 00:18:14.269 a call if you just want to find out about it. 00:18:14.269 --> 00:18:15.910 You can purchase the software there. You can 00:18:15.910 --> 00:18:17.970 purchase. Well, we're going to do a workshop, 00:18:18.349 --> 00:18:21.789 four -week workshop. And for week four, we're 00:18:21.789 --> 00:18:25.089 publishing on Amazon. There we go. That's how 00:18:25.089 --> 00:18:28.190 confident we are. Otherwise, you can find me 00:18:28.190 --> 00:18:32.150 on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram. Reach out. 00:18:32.269 --> 00:18:35.349 Love to have a conversation about writing a book. 00:18:36.009 --> 00:18:38.730 And if it's something that you've had in your 00:18:38.730 --> 00:18:42.529 mind, in your heart, in your desktop or on your 00:18:42.529 --> 00:18:48.569 desk, now is the time to take action. Absolutely. 00:18:49.210 --> 00:18:55.049 Do it. Just do it. That's our advice. Well, thank 00:18:55.049 --> 00:18:58.130 you so much for joining me today, Leslie. Thanks 00:18:58.130 --> 00:19:01.750 for having me. And thank you all for tuning in 00:19:01.750 --> 00:19:04.710 to another episode of Milestone Moments in Business 00:19:04.710 --> 00:19:07.000 and Leadership. Until next time.