First Things First

A jab is a quick, sharp punch.

It’s the setup for other punches—that seemingly small thing that serves you well in the ring.

“It is their most important weapon. Fighters throughout time have spilled blood and sweat attempting to perfect it—to make it fast, to make it sharp, Every punch, heavier than the last.

“Is is the single most significant punch in boxing, both offensively and defensively . . . Its importance is undeniable. Every fight, every fighter, the very fabric of the sport, starts and ends with the jab.”

Robert Aaron Contreras, via Bleacher Report

Master the jab first, all other punches second.

That’s the philosophy of the Black Irish Books JABs by Steve.

Small. Pocket-size small.

Basics. Do-this-first type of basics.

Powerful. Knock-you-out powerful.

JABs are books that are small in size, powerful in messaging, and which teach the basics.

If you signed up for the print version of the JABs subscription, you should receive your first two books any day, if you haven’t received them already.

They are truth.

Bare-bones.

No fluff.

Straight to the point.

Titles and subjects of the first two are How Does A Story Start? and What Is A Story About?

The third brings with it a two-word title: Why Write?

We hope you’ll join the subscription.

At whatever point you join, you’ll receive all the previously released books up to that point. For example, if you join in March, you’ll receive a box with the two December releases, the February release, and the March release. (No new release in January.)

You’ll be sent a coupon code for a free digital subscription, to share with a friend, too.

Our hope is that Black Irish Books’ JABs will become the most important punch in your arsenal, too.

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DO THE WORK

Steve shows you the predictable Resistance points that every writer hits in a work-in-progress and then shows you how to deal with each one of these sticking points. This book shows you how to keep going with your work.

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THE AUTHENTIC SWING

A short book about the writing of a first novel: for Steve, The Legend of Bagger Vance. Having failed with three earlier attempts at novels, here's how Steve finally succeeded.

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NOBODY WANTS TO READ YOUR SH*T

Steve shares his "lessons learned" from the trenches of the five different writing careers—advertising, screenwriting, fiction, nonfiction, and self-help. This is tradecraft. An MFA in Writing in 197 pages.

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TURNING PRO

Amateurs have amateur habits. Pros have pro habits. When we turn pro, we give up the comfortable life but we find our power. Steve answers the question, "How do we overcome Resistance?"

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18 Comments

  1. Ken Friedman on December 14, 2018 at 10:10 am

    Hi Callie, Up to now I’ve bought literally everything that Steven has published, and when I saw the new monthly JABs program, I was excited. But then, when I looked through the titles, I realized it really wasn’t suitable for a non-fiction writer like myself. Not complaining – just sad.

  2. BarbaraNH on December 14, 2018 at 10:58 am

    Hmm. I’m not so sure they don’t apply. Even non-fiction needs a story line, a story that starts somewhere, ends somewhere new.

  3. Joe Jansen on December 17, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    Heh heh. Even this post. Look at it.

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    Nice.

  4. john on January 5, 2019 at 9:28 pm

    gambit

    it means to sacrifice ones pawns

    similar to a jab maybe?

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