My goal is to create a community of women that write, learn and experience the author world together. 💕 As a free-with-paid-options group, there are some free gifts 🎁🎉 in the classroom area and the co-working times are free. Writing sprints have been on YouTube so those are also free and people tend to get a lot done when those happen. Our own writing retreat leader @Arden Coutts has lead most of those sprints. I will most likely also have a few free/test opportunities throughout the year and am planning some for the anniversary celebration. @Lisa David has been leading a fun craft club each month and I encourage you to check in with her if you'd like to attend. 🖍 LIVE coaching is paid, various classes and templates are paid features, etc. Members also get almost half price done-for-you services as my rates are over $100 hourly for people just wanting one-off, random services. The first 20 paid members also get their own "class" to showcase their books, wares, etc. In addition, we have a telegram thread for ROUNDTABLE members to chat. April is the 2-year anniversary of my decision to create a membership and I'm ready to grow it for you all. I plan on allowing the free group to expand as people need help AND the paid group will currently not go over 200 people in order to keep the small group feel. (We all know only a small % of people can attend any given live or in-person event.) It's not easy to be a self-published author in the crazy AI and ever changing world of today. I appreciate every one of you that keeps writing for us. My world escape has always been reading and I don't ever think there's enough time for it. (Note on AI: we don't write books with AI but we do use it responsibly for other purposes in here.) When you invite friends to the group, when they decide to become a paid member or they buy things in the classroom, you get affiliate money automatically. It's one of the reasons that I love Skool. It allows me to easily share other people's stuff AND allows you to share mine. It's a great and easy side income stream for authors. I'm also working on a really fun contest for all of you too so stay tuned. 🤓

Feel free to create a post and introduce yourself as we have various new faces around the Skool. Hi, I’m Rebecca. I live in Middletown, Ohio just S of Dayton, with my hubby of 24 years and our 22 YO son. I own Blue Dot Digital Marketing and Authors Allies. 2024 was the 15 year anniversary of my digital marketing agency. I’ve published magazines and promoted books for over 20 years. My niche is female authors, speakers, and coaches. I’ve always been service based but have a TON of content to work into passive income so I can reduce 1:1 client serving hours while keeping the income up, giving me more time for this group. 🤩🫶I run the Authors’ Allies ROUNDTABLE done with you marketing membership. I love to read, travel, play games and do some crafty stuff. Coffee is my brew and I even started a podcast that was originally titled Books & Brew. (Now Authors’ Allies podcast.) I look forward to getting to know everyone and seeing how we can grow together. Let’s sell and read some books!

Here's what I have listed as potential topics for 2026. Feel free to list more ideas or make some comments/feedback in the comments section below. I will work on massaging the list by the end of the year: Cabin Fever- Back to Biz Basics in January most likely Passive/other author income I'd still like to teach some FB/Amazon ads if they ever stop changing so much Tech month- specifically graphics and video Events/Podcasts- finding them, guesting, etc. Tik Tok $ on the Clock - if they're still around... how to make $ there Hybrid vs Self Publishing Vs Trad Published- what to look out for Beyond the 'Zon- various other options Launching Lessons In person meetup- I'd still love to do a couple of nights someplace sometime but also just generally at least have 2 in person meetings next year in this area That's the current plan. Let me know if you have other ideas/suggestions.