In this episode, my guest Zibby Owens, shares how to build an empire with an idea, how to reinvent yourself, the best advice for women, the best advice for the writers beginners, and so much more! Guest Zibby Owens is an author, podcaster, publisher, CEO, and mother of four. Zibby is the founder of Zibby Owens Media, a privately-held media company designed to help busy people live their best lives by connecting to books and each other. The three divisions include Zibby Books, a publishing house for fiction and memoir, Zibby Mag, the literary lifestyle destination, Zcast/Zibby Audio, a podcast network powered by Acast including Zibby’s award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. She is a regular columnist for Good Morning America and a frequent guest on morning news shows recommending books. Editor of two anthologies (Moms Don’t Have Time to Have Kids and Moms Don’t Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology), a children’s book Princess Charming, and a memoir Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, Zibby regularly pens personal essays, starting with her first one in Seventeen magazine in 1992. Her memoir Bookends was featured on Good Morning America, CNN, Eyewitness News with Sandy Kenyon, Good Day LA, Good Day Dallas, Good Day DC, Miami NBC, and local news in San Diego. It was one of Town & Country’s “33 Best Summer Beach Reads” and one of Book Riot’s “8 Surprising New Memoirs to Add to Your TBR ASAP.” Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/notbasicblonde-podcast/donations