This past Fall, we brought a life-changing experience to The Club called Tiny Book Course by Alexandra Franzen and Lindsay Smith. 

In this 45-day group program, aspiring authors are guided from start to finish on the process of writing and self-publishing a “tiny” book. From an idea - or even NO idea….to published E-book or physical printed book in your hand. 

What’s a “Tiny Book”?
It could be whatever you’d like, but they use that term to describe a book that’s typically between 30-70 pages. Something that doesn’t feel like climbing Mount Everest. 

TBC’s power is in making book-writing so incredibly doable.
We know that publishing something is a hot item on so many bucket lists...but also something that feels daunting and often gets put on the eternal back burner. 

If you’ve ever wanted to publish anything but haven’t yet, this is for you. A tiny book could take any form or format. Maybe......

The Club’s URL is quite obviously TheClubhouse.io, and though I’ve owned it for years….there’s a new Clubhouse - minus the “the” that’s blowing UP like nothing I’ve ever seen. 

For the first few hours of learning about Clubhouse, I resisted. I freaked. I exploded and imploded. Now first, I have this thing where I avoid things I like too much. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I have BIG feelings. When I like a song, I REALLY like a song. When I enjoy a tv show, I REALLY enjoy that tv show. You get the picture. And sometimes, it can be too much. So before I risk being engulfed by the flames of ecstasy, I back away slowly. 

Friends always recommend things in frustration; “Heather. You’ve got to watch this movie. YOU. WILL. LOVE. IT.” Me: “That’s exactly why I can’t….yet” I just have to prepare and brace myself.

Well the name alone was too much. Clubhouse might quite...

So many epic buzz terms. What better word than “Community”? 

Well somehow this app managed to nap the most amazing name - and the appeal is real. 

Community is a text-messaging app for communicating with members of your...guess what...community! 

The appeal to me here is that, if people opt in, you can easily text their phone with updates, info, important news.

If you run a community within a Facebook group, or an email list, or other less efficient platform, you’ll often find yourself shouting into the wind, aka fighting the almighty soul-crushing algorithms. 

I don’t have a detailed review to leave yet because we just started using Community for Club messaging a week ago. Hoping it will help me send members helpful reminders and updates so they don’t miss out on anything and can stop worrying about scrolling or relying on social media. 

Here’s hoping!
Will be sure to update. 

If you’d like to jump into my...