Embracing The Power Of Our Story
Hello Reader,
I hope you found joy this week and stayed hydrated. Quick question...
Have you ever been to a book signing and quietly dreamed that one day it would be you behind the table, pen in hand, name on the cover?
I have. Many times.
And to be honest, I always imagined it would be a memoir, maybe even a romance novel. I’ve started so many versions I lost count. But something shifted recently. A dear friend reminded me how much I light up when I talk to authors. She said, You come alive when you're asking questions, digging into their process, uncovering how they bring their ideas to life.
She was right.
At the core of everything I do, I just love talking to smart women. Women who think deeply, build boldly, and create from the marrow of their lives. And there’s something powerful, even a little prestigious, about the word author. It adds weight to your name. It adds substance to your story.
For years, I’ve interviewed authors on my podcast. We talk about everything. How did you get an agent? What’s your process? How long did it take? Did you cry when you held the first copy? I ask the questions that most people are too shy to ask, because I believe this information shouldn’t be gatekept. Everyone deserves to know how to bring their story to life.
So let me give you the backstory of mine.
I’ve been a writer for most of my life. My mother gave me my first diary, the kind with the tiny lock and gold key, and from that moment on, my world expanded. I’ve filled journals ever since, and eventually I started designing them too. (If you’re curious, I’ll link my newest one, Aspire, below.)
For years, my friend Cynthia urged me to write a book. I always brushed it off until one day I said to myself, Let’s just do it.
No more overthinking. No more waiting.
The book started one way and ended another. Originally, I planned to call it Signature Story: The Power of Sharing Your Legacy. It was going to align with my storytelling school and speak directly to leaders and entrepreneurs. But as I wrote, something else poured out. I started thinking about this AI revolution, about the way it’s reshaping our humanity. I found myself writing the same conversations I’d been having with close friends. That thread became the heartbeat of the book.
I wrote for nearly 72 hours straight. I do not recommend this method, but I was on fire. I documented every step and built a sales page the following week. By Day 7, I had a finished book and added author to my bio.
It felt real.
Like a new layer of myself had emerged.
Like I finally caught up with a dream I didn’t even know I was still holding.
This book wasn’t about becoming a bestseller. I learned quickly how expensive and manufactured that path can be. Some authors are spending over $250,000 just to hit the list. The bar is high, roughly 30,000 copies in a short window, and the process reminded me of the music industry where labels spent millions to create a hit. I wasn’t chasing that. I was testing what could happen when I trusted myself, and I chose to finish. When I honored a single idea and saw it through.
Because that’s the heart of authorship.
A single story. A single solution. A single act of completion.
When I think about books that have shaped the world, I think about The Four Agreements. I think about The Alchemist. Books with a singular message that travel far. Books that live on because they offer insight and inspiration in one clear voice.
Not every book has to be a memoir. Not every book has to be Becoming.
Maybe yours is about how you opened your first restaurant or started a community.
Maybe it’s how you created a new process at work that saved your team time and stress.
Maybe it’s how you healed from burnout, navigated grief, or built a business during a recession.
Maybe it’s a children’s story with a lesson that changed your life.
You don’t need a fancy writing retreat or a big publishing deal to start. You need one idea, one clear message, a system, and a decision to complete it. That’s it.
And if you’ve ever had someone say, That sounds like a book,
They might be right.
I was a late bloomer in this area. But I’ve come to learn that there is no deadline on dreams. There is only the moment you choose to act.
Your story is a solution.
Your process is a blueprint.
Your voice is still needed.
Because in a nation that is trying to silence and erase us, it is our time to get louder.
If you’re thinking about writing a book, stay close. I’m building something just for you.
And if you want a peek at my singular story, which I finished in less than a week? Click below.
Have We Lost the Plot?
Have an amazing day,
Monica Wisdom,
I also want to share this guide I created, The Signature Story Formula. It is a workbook to help you format your signature story. If you are doing a podcast interview or on a panel, it is important to have your stories ready to share.
