Standout Authors: A Standout Creative Business Publication
I help authors get shit done so they can focus on writing. Host of Standout Authors Unbound and The Standout Creatives podcast.
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- Sep 25, 2026
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What to Do When the Life You’ve Built No Longer Fits (opens the original)
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We Are All Creative update: After all your input and some special shoutouts to and , I have a new cover. Reveal at the bottom!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CCBO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med
She Buried Her Best Friend, Broke Down, and Became a Kindergarten Teacher in Costa Rica. Grace Grossmann's Many Reinventions (opens the original)
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Standout Reinventions is where I document what starting over actually looks like from my move to Costa Rica, to the memoir I’m writing about it, and the conversations with creatives who’ve reinvented themselves too.What if the version of yourself you keep trying to get back to was never the one you were supposed to become? has lived in England, Spain, Germany, and now Costa Rica. She’s been a journalist-in-training, a freelance writer, a yoga teac
Why I Reworked a Book I “Finished” Years Ago (opens the original)
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Why Every Big Dream Needs a Pilot First with Darnell Brown (opens the original)
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They Lost Everything in Hurricane Maria. The Book Survived Anyway. Migdy and Clau's Author Journey. (opens the original)
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