Sean Platt bet five years of his family's future on writing. Cindy bet on him first.On his thirtieth birthday, Cindy gave Sean a MacBook and a single instruction: start. She didn't know what would happen. She knew he was supposed to be writing. And she refused to let her husband not do the thing she knew he was born to do.Writer Dad is the chronicle of the five years that followed. The early years that were more painful than romantic. The doubt, the false starts, the long stretches where the income from writing wasn't enough, and the work itself didn't feel like enough either. And then, slowly, the work paying off. First one book, then ten, then a hundred. A bestselling career built one stubborn page at a time, made possible by a partner who refused to stop believing.Life's better with the right words. This book is about how Sean found his, and how the woman who believed in him made sure he didn't stop looking.It's a love letter to Cindy. To his family. To the craft of writing. And to anyone who's ever had a creative life they couldn't quite admit to wanting until someone they loved said it was time.This isn't a how-to book. It's the story behind the books that became the how-to.Includes the free Writer Dad Workbook with 14 exercises, the Writer Dad Compass, a 52-week Tuesday Tracker, the Lessons From My Journey reflection, and a Five-Year Vision planner that mirror Sean's story onto yours.For readers of Sean's fiction or his books on writing, Writer Dad is the story behind the work.
