We Sat on the Sofa and Both Wrote a Book, Then It Got Competitive

What happens when two competitive people sit side by side on the sofa with laptops, a seven-day deadline, and a shared love of cruising? Apparently, they both write a book. And then spend months arguing about who's selling more on Amazon.In this episode I'm joined by my husband Chris, software architect, tech geek, and now the author of more books than I can keep track of. We go right back to the beginning: the Facebook challenge that started it all, why we chose the same topic (cruising, him ocean, me river), and how two completely different personalities managed to write, publish, and actually finish within seven days.Chris is the charge-ahead-and-figure-it-out type. I'm the planner. He's Mr Tech. I'm the creative. And somehow it worked, though it did get competitive.We also talk about what happened next. Chris went on to write about chickens, rescue cats, procrastination (now on Audible and translated into Spanish), AI security, fiction, and everything in between. His cloud is apparently full of half-written books and abandoned projects, and I wouldn't have it any other way.But underneath the laughs, there's a genuinely important message in this episode: accountability changes everything. We didn't just get our books done because we're productive people, we got them done because we were doing it together, sneaking glances at each other's word counts, spurring each other on.If you're sitting on a book idea and wondering whether you could actually do it, this episode is your answer. You can. You just might need someone on the sofa next to you.Which is exactly why the Late Bloomer Author Skool community exists. Free to join. Wendy's in there every day. Link in the show notes.You're not too late. You're right on time.Join the skool community