Building a sustainable fiction career.

I’m a novelist building a full-time fiction career — and I’m documenting the process here.

On this channel, I share what it really takes to write, publish, and build a sustainable life around story. We talk craft, structure, genre expectations, publishing strategy, and the discipline required to take writing seriously.

If you want to move from “I want to write a novel” to building a real author career, you’re in the right place.

I’m Wendy Coop—navy veteran and MFA student.

Go Navy! Beat Army!
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Prayers for our military personnel and civilians in the Middle East and for a quick resolution to this conflict.

Pray also for the people of Iran.

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Praying for Mexico, its residents, Americans nearby in the US and all tourists stuck in Mexico.

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Hello friends!

My husband and I have come down with COVID and I also have an ear infection. Please pray for us as we recover.

Have a blessed week and weekend.

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Hi everyone, welcome to my new YouTube Community! Now you can post on my channel, too. To get started, tell me in a post what you'd like to see next on my channel.
Visit my Community: youtube.com/@wendycoop/community

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How can I best help you on your faith journey?

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What was the last fiction book you read?

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Just heard about this new app called My Bible Tracker!

It’s a free app that lets you track your progress in reading the Bible.

Tracking and being able to see progress keeps us on the road toward our goals. Highly recommend.

Here are my stats so far:

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If you want to keep up with my Bible in 30 days challenge and how it’s going for me, but you don’t have Instagram, would you like a written form? I’m thinking Substack or my own blog.

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Happy New Year 🎊🎆🎈

I pray 2026 brings you closer to God.

Be blessed and have a great day!

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I’m challenging myself to read the entire Bible in the next 30 days!

Whoa.

Want to follow along? I’ll be posting my progress on Instagram. instagram.com/mrswendycoop

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