Whitney McGruder: Author Coach | Publisher
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I help launch Modern Authors toward big-picture goals
2,500+ Published 400+ National Awards
Looking forward to introducing you to the book publishing world ↴
2,500+ Published 400+ National Awards
Looking forward to introducing you to the book publishing world ↴
The same focus that got you through comps can get you through chapter three. 💪📖
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The same focus that got you through comps can get you through chapter three. 💪📖
You learned how to defend arguments. A book teaches you how to invite readers in. 🚪📖
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
You learned how to defend arguments. A book teaches you how to invite readers in. 🚪📖
A new playbook for women at work. 💥
Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work by Randi Braun challenges outdated rules and gives women real tools to lead with confidence, on their own terms.
#Manuscripts #SomethingMajor #WomenAtWork #Leadership
Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work by Randi Braun challenges outdated rules and gives women real tools to lead with confidence, on their own terms.
#Manuscripts #SomethingMajor #WomenAtWork #Leadership
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
A new playbook for women at work. 💥
Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work by Randi Braun challenges outdated rules and gives women real tools to lead with confidence, on their own terms.
#Manuscripts #SomethingMajor #WomenAtWork #Leadership
Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work by Randi Braun challenges outdated rules and gives women real tools to lead with confidence, on their own terms.
#Manuscripts #SomethingMajor #WomenAtWork #Leadership
The footnotes taught you discipline. The book teaches you clarity. 📝✨
January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The footnotes taught you discipline. The book teaches you clarity. 📝✨
A dissertation proves mastery. A book proves leadership. 🎓💡
January 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
A dissertation proves mastery. A book proves leadership. 🎓💡
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
-Edward R. Murrow
Your expertise doesn’t end with journals. Sometimes it begins with a book. 📚🚀
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Your expertise doesn’t end with journals. Sometimes it begins with a book. 📚🚀
Research teaches what’s true. Writing teaches what’s meaningful. 📊📖
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Research teaches what’s true. Writing teaches what’s meaningful. 📊📖
Years of research deserve more than footnotes. Sometimes they deserve a book. 📖🔍
January 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Years of research deserve more than footnotes. Sometimes they deserve a book. 📖🔍
The PhD teaches precision; the book teaches connection. You need both to make impact. 🎓✨
January 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The PhD teaches precision; the book teaches connection. You need both to make impact. 🎓✨
Writing forces you to sit with discomfort, a skill life demands too. 🪑📚
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Writing forces you to sit with discomfort, a skill life demands too. 🪑📚
The hardest parts of your book often hold the deepest lessons. 💡📘
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The hardest parts of your book often hold the deepest lessons. 💡📘
Drafts are like life: messy, imperfect, but moving forward. 🌀✍️
January 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Drafts are like life: messy, imperfect, but moving forward. 🌀✍️
Every rewrite is a lesson in humility and resilience. 🔄📖
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Every rewrite is a lesson in humility and resilience. 🔄📖
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Reading a book from the 1840s and it repeatedly censors "damn" as "d---" because that's too profane to publish.
Anyway the book jumpscared me 374 pages in with a casual n word drop.
Anyway the book jumpscared me 374 pages in with a casual n word drop.
January 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Reading a book from the 1840s and it repeatedly censors "damn" as "d---" because that's too profane to publish.
Anyway the book jumpscared me 374 pages in with a casual n word drop.
Anyway the book jumpscared me 374 pages in with a casual n word drop.
Life lesson, finishing matters more than impressing. 📘✔️
January 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Life lesson, finishing matters more than impressing. 📘✔️
Some lessons arrive as plot problems, others as life problems. Both teach you growth. 🧩📚
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Some lessons arrive as plot problems, others as life problems. Both teach you growth. 🧩📚
The work doesn’t ask for perfection, it asks for honesty. Life works the same way. 📘❤️
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The work doesn’t ask for perfection, it asks for honesty. Life works the same way. 📘❤️
Every rewrite is proof you care. About the story, and about who you’re becoming. 💙📘
January 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Every rewrite is proof you care. About the story, and about who you’re becoming. 💙📘
Turning the page to a fresh year.. may your pen be steady and your imagination unstoppable. 🖊️🌟
#NewYearNewStories #CreativeLife
#NewYearNewStories #CreativeLife
January 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Turning the page to a fresh year.. may your pen be steady and your imagination unstoppable. 🖊️🌟
#NewYearNewStories #CreativeLife
#NewYearNewStories #CreativeLife
Drafts teach humility. Revisions teach confidence. Life teaches both. 📚⚖️
December 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Drafts teach humility. Revisions teach confidence. Life teaches both. 📚⚖️
In 2021, Leading Blind without Vision joined our Manuscripts story, spotlighting how inclusive hiring empowers blind and visually impaired professionals to thrive in today’s workforce.
#DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveHiring #DEI #FutureOfWork
#DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveHiring #DEI #FutureOfWork
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In 2021, Leading Blind without Vision joined our Manuscripts story, spotlighting how inclusive hiring empowers blind and visually impaired professionals to thrive in today’s workforce.
#DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveHiring #DEI #FutureOfWork
#DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveHiring #DEI #FutureOfWork
Some days progress looks like one paragraph and a lot of doubt — still progress. 📝🌧️
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Some days progress looks like one paragraph and a lot of doubt — still progress. 📝🌧️
Writing teaches patience, life teaches why you needed it. Both are relentless teachers. 😂📘
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Writing teaches patience, life teaches why you needed it. Both are relentless teachers. 😂📘
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I love reading. in fact I love reading so much, that I will re-read the same paragraph 10 times over, in an attempt to pay enough attention to register it properly
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I love reading. in fact I love reading so much, that I will re-read the same paragraph 10 times over, in an attempt to pay enough attention to register it properly