Hi! I’m Pablo, and I’m fighting my dragon brain.

It doesn’t want me to reach my destiny.

Which is to traditionally publish my YA novel.

But getting to that point is a complete mental rollercoaster. 

One day I’m hopping all over the place because of the possibility that someone will meet my characters. The next day I’m crying on my cold bedroom floor after watching someone on Instagram celebrate their book launch while I’m stuck revising draft #7.

That’s my dragon brain for ya.

It swoops in with doubt, perfectionism, procrastination, and a sick desire to “protect” me by convincing me to quit my author destiny.

I mean, it has the nerve to make me lie awake at 2 am and think:

• “How do I know if my book is good enough to get published?”
• “Why does everyone else get a book deal but me?”
• “Do editors hate debut authors who are over 30?”
• “Is writing a waste of my life?”

This is why I call it a Dragon Brain. Because writing a book (or pursuing any goal, really) sometimes feels like slaying a fire-breathing monster every single day. 

But here’s the truth I’ve recently learned: dragons can be fought, tamed, and even turned into allies.

Helping me do this are my Mind Shifts. 

They’re focus cards I compiled from therapy sessions, self-help books, and my own desperate scribbles to break out of the dragon brain’s grip. They’re simple, empowering, and practical notes that actually keep me writing when I want to give up.

This newsletter is me documenting my whole messy, vulnerable, sometimes exhilarating, and sometimes painful climb toward becoming an author. 

If you’re a writer with your own dragon brain, this is so for you. I want to show you what it feels like to battle that dragon brain, and I’m even giving you the exact same Mind Shifts I use to help me do it. I’ve got 60. Can you collect them all?

So yeah, you could call this a creative journal, or a survival manual, or just a place where one hopeless (but stubborn) aspiring author cracks open the real stuff no one else wants to say out loud. Whatever. But there’s one thing you’re going to do for sure:

Watch me become an author. In return, I’ll help you never again believe the lie that you can’t be a writer.

What you get as a free subscriber

• 💌 The first 3 Mind Shift focus cards of 60 to start your collection
• 🧠 1x/week journal entry about what it actually feels like to chase an author career while my brain tells me to quit
• ✍️ A free writing prompts ebook + discounts on 2 more to help you get unstuck

Consider becoming a paid subscriber for $98/yr (59% cheaper than monthly)

If you’re sick of your dragon brain winning, this is where you want to be.

• 💌 2 Mind Shift focus card drops every month on the 1st and 15th (careful, they disappear once the month is over!)
• 🧰 My constantly-updating curated list of mindset tools, posts, downloads, and publishing insights for aspiring authors who’re editing, querying, and stacking rejection letters right alongside me
• 📚 All 3 of my writing prompts books for free
• 🛠 20% off my writing services (First 3 Chapters Critique, Proofreading & Copyediting, Humanizing AI Content, Ghostwriting Your Memoir)
• 💬 Private chat for us aspiring authors to share our journeys

So excited to fight our dragon brains together. Let’s go!
Pablo 💛