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Write and finish your damn (good) book!

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Published 5 months ago • 3 min read

WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK

Hi Reader,

This is a long one full of information... if you don't want to read the whole thing, here's a summary!

Pre-TL;DR

  • You Can, Toucan! is becoming Claire L. Fishback | Author and Book Coach | Horror and More-er.
  • To join me on this wild adventure, click here to see the new website and start your journey with my all new quiz: Are you a zombie writer or a butterfly writer?

If you were here a month or so ago, I announced an upcoming change to my branding. Here's a snippet from that newsletter:

After 2.5-ish years doing this You Can, Toucan! business, I’m finally figuring out who I am as a coach and what I want to really focus on. I love connection. I love watching a writer’s eyes light up when I ask a question that unlocks something inside of them and gives them clarity. I love brainstorming and helping writers expand their story sparks into novel-worthy ideas. I love guiding them on their creative journey to reaching The End. I love helping them figure out “what’s wrong” with their finished manuscript AND showing them with actionable steps to fix it.

As a result of this revelation, I'm leaning into 1:1 coaching. I won't be offering digital products or courses (other than workshops) for a while again. From now on, it'll be value packed mini-book coaching in your inbox, and even opportunities for free coaching!

The big rebrand is has arrived!

You Can, Toucan! is becoming... CLAIRE L. FISHBACK | AUTHOR AND BOOK COACH!

​I mean, it's sort of anticlimactic since I've already started using the new newsletter template with the logo and such.

BUT, I just wanted to let you know that this means:

  • Better, more value packed articles for fiction writers.
    • If you write anything but fiction, you're welcome to stick around anyway! Just know that I'm likely not the right coach for you.
  • Newsletters with actual mini-book coaching inside.
  • Opportunities for complimentary coaching (only for subscribers)!
  • An all new podcast with live book coaching with you, my valued subscriber and (hopefully) future podcast guest! (once I figure out how to do this, you'll be the first to know!)
  • I'm looking at Substack and the things I can do there to create even more community and interaction with you, and give you the opportunity to interact with me.
  • And so much more! Things I haven't even thought up yet!

If you want to join me on this ride (please?), click here to check out my new website...

  • When you click, you'll also get an email from claire@claireLfishback to start the journey with my quiz: Are you a zombie writer or a butterfly writer?
  • If you don't see it within 10 minutes, please check your spam/junk folder and kindly move it into your inbox.
    • And please, if there's something to click, click it.
    • If there's a poll, please answer it.
    • If I ask you to reply, I'd LOVE to hear from you! Seriously! You won't be bothering me!
    • Pretty please? This'll tell your email provider that I'm a safe sender, so you won't miss out on those free coaching opportunities!
  • True to my "all or nuthin'" mentality, I have been working furiously to get this all up and running as quickly as possible! If there's anything out of whack, please let me know!

If you don't want to join me on this new adventure, I'm afraid this might be goodbye (or maybe see you later?). No hard feelings! I know how change can feel.

If you have questions, please hit reply and let me know. I'm here to help make this as seamless as possible!

Keep writing!

Claire

P.S. Check out my new website and take the quiz here!​

P.P.S. I'll be talking about the story of the rebrand next week!

New here? Forget who I am?

I'm Claire! Author Accelerator certified book coach, award-winning horror author, project manager, amazing wife and dog mom, and your future book coach!

I believe there is no right or wrong way to write a book and specialize in coaching writers of most genres to make connections with their stories that translate to connections with their readers.

Ready to write an unforgettable and unputdownable book?

​Heck yeah! Let's do this thang!​

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Write and finish your damn (good) book!

Claire L. Fishback | Author & Book Coach | Horror and More-er

Hi! I'm Claire! An enthusiastic and imaginative author coach who uses way too many exclamation points, talks too much about my beloved pittie mix, Kira, and is fueled by inspiring and motivating fellow writers! I believe there is no right or wrong way to write a book. I specialize in coaching writers of most genres to make connections with their stories that keep them inspired and motivated to reach The End on their unforgettable and unputdownable novel. Sign up to find out if you're a zombie writer or a butterfly writer!

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