Barbra Rodriguez I Certified Book Coach and Editor, Aikido Lover
@vitalwordcoach.bsky.social
I help writers of self-help, memoir, and other nonfiction, and historical fiction authors, refine their book's concept and structure, develop a proposal, and prep a MS to publish or to pitch to agents.
Happy Juneteenth! A good day to consider the value of diversity, as shared by civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and politician Jesse Jackson:
“Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.”
“Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.”
June 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy Juneteenth! A good day to consider the value of diversity, as shared by civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and politician Jesse Jackson:
“Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.”
“Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.”
Fun to pick up the recently released collection by the accomplished essayists, Rick Bass, and see that I'm on the acknowledgments page. I highly recommend With Every Great Breath, which I proofread for Counterpoint Press, if you're into nature writing and more.
May 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fun to pick up the recently released collection by the accomplished essayists, Rick Bass, and see that I'm on the acknowledgments page. I highly recommend With Every Great Breath, which I proofread for Counterpoint Press, if you're into nature writing and more.
Happy #worldbookday! To keep reading options open for all, consider purchasing from banned book lists of your choice, and learn about how books increasingly are being targeted and anti-ban measures from groups such as PEN America in the U.S. pen.org/book-bans/re...
March 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Happy #worldbookday! To keep reading options open for all, consider purchasing from banned book lists of your choice, and learn about how books increasingly are being targeted and anti-ban measures from groups such as PEN America in the U.S. pen.org/book-bans/re...
I may have to take my editing hat off for this one, but shouldn't it really be called Fri-yay?
February 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I may have to take my editing hat off for this one, but shouldn't it really be called Fri-yay?
A good day to honor connected leadership
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
MLK, Jr.
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
MLK, Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A good day to honor connected leadership
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
MLK, Jr.
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.
MLK, Jr.