Happy #WorldBookDay!
I - & all the @practicalinspiration.com team - spend every day celebrating books; today we dress up as our favourite business book character to do it.
Here's me, for example, faceplanting with Faceplant. Thankful I didn't pick the short straw with 'The Naked Leader'....

It changed how I see the world, too. Thank you.

Publishing exploration meeting - Practical Inspiration Publishing - Alison Jones A half-hour call to discuss partnership publishing with Practical Inspiration, which typically begins with a concept review.If necessary, email admin@alisonjones.com to discuss alternative slots.

You don't have to wait til then - just grab an exploration slot on my Calendly here: calendly.com/bookstothesk...

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life

This is very worth reading. Beautiful, raw, funny, challenging. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Write it Wild - the exploratory writing retreat A unique blend of personal writing time, 1-to-1 mentoring, writing workshops and nature-based activities that will reenergise both you and your writing.

Still grinning after the magic of Write it Wild last weekend. And now looking forward to WiW 2026: a unique combination of deep focused solo writing, small-group exploratory writing & reflection, 1-to-1 coaching, wilderness skills & time in nature. See you there? alisonjones.lpages.co/write-it-wild/

Safe travels - so good to spend the weekend with you Catherine and very glad you smashed your writing goals!

Here at #BBA25 shortlisting event - so many @practicalinspiration.com authors here! Good luck everyone…

The 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge starts on Monday! Are you in?
Someone will win an all-expenses-paid #publishing deal and I don’t see why it shouldn’t be you…
Find out more at proposalchallenge.com!
#bookproposal #businessbooks #selfdevelopment #writing

Person: Don’t you get bored, running every day?
Me: Not really.
#runhappy #streaking #habits

Episode 447 – The 2025 LBF edit ‘[Olympia’s] gorgeous vaulted glass roof feels kind of like a metaphor for the fair itself. Rooted in history, but always looking upwards and outwards.’ Something a bit different …

‘[Olympia’s] gorgeous vaulted glass roof feels like a metaphor for the Fair itself: rooted in history, but always looking upwards and outwards.’
The view of #LBF25 from the @practicalinspiration.com stand - #AI, #audio, #accessibility & global insanity
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-447-...

It’s Day 2 of #LBF25 and @practicalinspiration.com is SO here for it. We like business books and we cannot lie…

I am in my happy place. Any guesses?

Episode 445 – Both/And Thinking with Wendy Smith When I first started, people were like, “Don’t say the word paradox… don’t say it because they won’t get it.” And now people are like, “Oh my goodness, I n…

Monday is Extraordinary Business Book Club #podcast day - say hello to Ep 445 – Both/And Thinking with Wendy Smith. Paradox, interdependence, writing and 'rocky splashy' books. Have a listen.
extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-445-...

A screenshot of the Amazon bestseller chart for stress management, with Exploratory Writing at number 3. Other titles in the list include Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? by Dr Julie Smith, Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, and The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks.

A screenshot to treasure, 2+ years post-publication. Up amongst some of my favourite books (hello @drjuliesmith.bsky.social & @olveczky.bsky.social), and FINALLY into 3 figures for reviews/ratings! Exploratory Writing is a featured Kindle special deal this month.
amzn.to/3QGgPzS

We're recruiting a Data and Projects Assistant!

To find out more about the role visit: practicalinspiration.com/work-with-us

Deadline for applications is 28 February – TOMORROW 🚨‼️

#PublishingCareers #WorkInPublishing #BooksMeanBusiness #HiringNow #PublishingJobs

Next it’s the force of nature that is Margaret Hewinson - self-belief as the key to unlocking the untapped potential in ourselves and our industry. #ipgsc

Communications masterclass with @lewisiwu.bsky.social to kick off the second day of #ipgsc - GENIUS. (And lovely walking of the talk.)

If there’s a better person to wind up Day 1 of a publishing conference than @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social … well, there isn’t. That is all. #ipgsc

Brilliant to chair a YouTube masterclass session with @myleshoward.bsky.social - fascinating to see how @haymarketbooks.org stream in-depth conversations with their authors to ‘meet the moment’. #ipgsc

Here at #ipgsc and caffeinated, ready for too-quality stuff from the @ipghq.bsky.social team, kicking off with the brilliant @timharford.ft.com .

Come work with us - ditch the commute, embrace the flexibility, make great books!

There is NOTHING like seeing the books you've brought into the world out there in the wild.

Lovely prompts for a new year exploratory writing session!

Episode 437 – Design not decisions: new New Year thinking ’Don’t let AI set your vision. But harness AI to help you execute your vision.’ For me, the start of a new year always brings a sense of potential. It’s a chance to make ch…

'I don’t really think in terms of resolutions any more, because I have too much experience of them... Now I think in terms of life design so that I minimise the number of decisions I have to take.'
New #NewYear thinking in this week's #podcast: extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-437-...

Couldn’t go far on this morning’s run but didn’t need to: winter wonderland right there in the park next door. Day 2,413 of my #goldenyear running streak. #runhappy #winterrunning #sprollie #snow #sunrise

Just one week to go! The 1st 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge of 2025 starts on Monday.
Resolved to write your business or self-help book this year? This is where it all starts.
Find out more and sign up at proposalchallenge.com.
By the end of Jan, you could have a publishing deal.

The fact that Nigella’s ‘How to be a Domestic Goddess’, open at the bespattered recipe for banana bread, is lying on top of the pristine pages of ‘The Low-Carb Cookbook’ tells you everything you need to know about how this year is going so far 😬

And here it is: the Twixtmas TBR pile. Even I can see that this is a little geeky/non-fiction heavy. Hit me with your fiction recommendations pls.

My Mum at her 90th birthday party this weekend, with her big brother (96). I don't know if you've ever organized a more special event: I know I haven't.

I don’t know if this is a Thing, I don’t know who needs it right now, but here’s #30secondsofstillness brought to you by the Trent & Mersey canal and a sprollie called Sorcha.
Sound up for maximum therapeutic benefit.
#runhappy