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Wendi Blum Weiss on the Advice She Wishes She Got Sooner: Start a Side Hustle
If you could go back and give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be? For Wendi Blum Weiss, the answer is simple: start a side hustle. Growing up, she did not know anything about entrepreneurship. All she knew was get a job, build a career, and follow the path in front of you. Now, after years of helping people bring their books into the world, she wishes someone had told her sooner that there was another way.
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An interview with Wendi Blum Weiss ยท Wendi Blum Weiss, book publishing
visit Wendi's book publishing siteGetting the words right, then getting them seen
Wendi helps authors publish their books, and when the manuscript is already finished, she helps launch it out into the world so it finds the readers who need it. Her work sits at the intersection of craft and strategy.
AI that enhances her expertise
One tool she has come to rely on is AI, not as a replacement for her expertise but as something that enhances it. She feeds it her own knowledge and experience, and it helps her build structure faster, freeing up more time for the parts of the work that need a human touch.
Why live events matter more than ever
That balance matters even more given how tied we all are to our screens. Wendi believes live events matter more than ever precisely because so much of life has moved online. Being in a room with real people, she says, is becoming rarer and more valuable at the same time.
Her advice for any woman sitting on an idea: do what you love, test it out, and see what could be possible for you. You do not need the whole plan figured out before you start. Comment BOOK on our Instagram post and Wendi will send you the link to get your own book out into the world.
In practice
- You do not need the whole plan before you start
- Feed AI your own expertise so it builds on what you know
- Being in a room with real people is becoming more valuable