Writers' Rough Drafts

Colin Wright is a published author with a whopping 30+ book titles under his belt in just a few years, and constant plans to put out so many more. A graphic designer and brand guru by original trade, Colin swapped the office and client meeting lifestyle to a life of travel, curiosity and exploration. He lives around the world, often no more than four months in locations determined by his readers; runs the popular online publishing company, Asymmetrical Press, with his business partners, Josh and Ryan from The Minimalist; puts out daily and weekly newsletters on a plethora of topics and interests, and still finds time for speaking gigs and various online courses. 

Monica McCarthy is a content creator who thrives in words and language in many various forms -- whether it's manifestos and engaging conversations over dinner with brilliant people through her brand Cheshire Parlour, scripting and filming video stories for her Show and Tell Stories, or teaching and encouraging others to explore their curiosity and passions as the Experience Impresario at Holstee’s headquarters in New York City. A former professional actress in Los Angeles, and later the Broadway stage, Monica positively exudes presence and personality while also having an insanely philosophic and strategic mind to guide the creative process for herself and her clients.

Mark Manson is an author, entrepreneur, and sometimes relationship coach to the millions of people around the world who read his site. More importantly, he is a thinker who writes articles and essays that push the boundaries of social convention and personal psychologies, whether it's easy and comfortable or not.

He made his first six figures in ecommerce sales and sites in the product space, and eventually branched out to focus his business on struggles he saw so many men having in their lives as they grew to become the best versions of themselves.

His former site, PostMasculine was dubbed “a rational self-help site for men,” and primarily studied the impact of mentalities and culture on the traditions of dating and relationships. As his writing has grown and changed, so has his audience. And he launched is newest site, markmanson.net in 2013 to serve the needs of both genders and examine life more fully, rather than just the relationships we have in it.

His eBooks, courses, and now membership site are wildly popular with people looking to improve and change, or even just think about these things a little more carefully. He's currently hard at work on his newest book as he travels the world.

Kate Erickson is the content creating and blog writing powerhouse behind the wildly successful Entrepreneur on Fire podcast and empire which she runs with her partner, John Dumas. With a Master’s degree in English, and a decade-long background in Marketing and Advertising, her copy, email marketing, community management and other content creation skills have propelled her business to regular six-figure returns.

Dan Andrews is one half the team behind the Tropical MBA podcast and blog, and the Online Dynamite Circle Community for location independent entrepreneurs. Dan’s business success started with e-commerce sales in cat furniture and valet stands. He's made a reputation for himself as a conversationalist and a thinker with his blog and podcast scripting. 

Jenny Blake is a bestselling author, international speaker, entrepreneur and strategy pro, who likes to help people organize their brains to build their careers, businesses, and lifestyle they love -- all while managing to find the time to fit in daily yoga practices to keep her own body and mind happy and healthy.

Her first site, Life After College is considered by various sources and readers alike to be the quintessential guide to navigating your twenties. Her first book, Life After College: The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want is an internationally-published bestseller that have been featured in Target’s graduation must-have displays.

Before that, Jenny spent five years working at Google (you may have heard of them) on the training and development team. Since then, Jenny has managed to launch a handful more businesses, start work on her second book, write regularly for her own sites and multi-million dollar publications, and speak at events around the world about her work at the intersection of mind, body, and business. 

A best-selling author, speaker, and serial entrepreneur, Peter is best known for founding Help A Reporter Out (HARO), the social media website that redefined how journalism and PR works by connecting millions of sources with hundreds of thousands of journalists around the world each day, for free. Peter is also the founder and CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a boutique Social Media, Marketing and PR Strategy firm located in New York City, with clients worldwide. Peter sits on the advisory board of NASA, is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Dell, and is a successful angel investor with multiple start-up companies in his portfolio.

Chris is the New York Times bestselling author of ‘The Happiness of Pursuit’, ‘The $100 Startup’, ‘The Art of Non-Conformity’. His e-guides and manifestos, 'A Brief Guide to World Domination' and '279 Days of Overnight Success', have been downloaded by hundreds of thousands of people. He has also written guides for travel and small business topics under the brand Unconventional Guides.  Chris hosts the ‘World Domination Summit’ in Portland, Oregon every summer, which is a gathering of creative, remarkable people.

Writer and Editor Elisa Doucette has built a word empire on the humble beginnings of voracious book reading and creative writing studies. Now featured in publications like The New York Times and Huffington Post, with her own online column on Forbes.com, and a guest on shows such as Frommer's Radio and Entrepreneur on Fire, she shares the background and story of how she trained herself to write well, create compelling content, make words sexy, and start this podcast to learn how others have done the same.