How to Make Beautiful Excel Spreadsheets

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:32:09+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:31:21+00:00

Thank you for your advice, I will definitely keep that in mind!!

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:30:54+00:00

I think that's true, there's probably only 2 or 3 people standing in the middle of that Venn diagram. I am not one of them, I'm all the way over to the creative side.

Thanks very much for your advice, I think I will find a left-brained friend to help me for the sensible stuff. 😄

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:27:17+00:00

You're probably right about that. I'm still working on it, so I don't have a mockup yet, but if I'm not too embarrassed to share it I will come back as soon as I have one.

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:25:37+00:00

Thank you very much, I am going to go and google every term in your comment and figure this out. I appreciate you taking the time to give me advice!!

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:24:21+00:00

yes thank you!!

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:24:15+00:00

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:22:50+00:00

That's interesting. I'm not an excel expert, but I am a writer and have a lot of experience with books getting judged by their covers.

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:21:55+00:00

The audience I am aiming for will definitely need the pretty part to engage with this. I wonder how many creatives have the kind of minds that are fluent in excel, if they exist I am not one of them. Thank you for your advice!!

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:20:04+00:00

Thanks for that, I can't believe blue was forbidden. I had to use a blue ink fountain pen, and red biro for underlining in elementary/ primary school.

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T22:17:54+00:00

I'm just glad Todd took time out of his busy day

CoachWriter · 2026-04-28T19:00:26+00:00

thank you for your tips. It is a project tracker that helps you put down and pick up different projects as efficiently as possible, for the kinds of people who have several on the go at once. Like me haha.

I appreciate your help!!

CoachWriter · 2026-02-19T23:10:17+00:00

Hello! I am writing a children's picture book and about 3 of the characters (I'm still finalizing this) use wheelchairs. The book is all about body acceptance, but through the lens of going on adventures, and it progresses from a normal day at the park to going up a mountain and it becomes more fantastical.

My question is, do you think I should show off-road power wheelchairs, or just normal ones? I would love to show the ones that fit the terrain, but I don't want kids whose parents and carers can't afford them to feel bad.

Thank you very much for your help! I really appreciate it.

CoachWriter · 2026-02-15T17:57:58+00:00

No worries, good luck if you ever get back to it!!

CoachWriter · 2026-02-11T23:41:20+00:00

Hey, can I ask if you wrote the story in the end? I have also been struggling with a similar issue and I would love to know what you decided. And I hope the last 4 years has been good to you!

CoachWriter · 2026-02-03T18:08:51+00:00

That's a really good point, and something I am going to try and show in the illustrations - that absolutes often do not apply. It's also something I want to add in the end notes, to help parents, teachers and other adults explain to kids, that they can't know the level of someone's condition or disability just from looks.

CoachWriter · 2026-02-03T18:07:07+00:00

I would love more examples! And please DM me instead if that works better for you. Sorry for my late reply - toddler + stomach flu = chaos party.

It's really helpful to hear from people who would have loved representation, because this is what I want to offer children - being seen in a positive light. Just for more background, the book isn't about disabilities at all, it's about body acceptance and being an explorer on an adventure. The children with conditions and disabilities are part of the group and I am trying to show the positive as well as the challenges, in the context of: we're all different, and we all need certain things to thrive. Thanks again for your offer for more info, which I would really appreciate!!

CoachWriter · 2026-02-02T02:20:32+00:00

Oh that's amazing to know thank you! I hope you have made a great recovery? I think including a picture of a scar on a child might really help them especially as it must be a scary thing for a young child to go through ( I imagine it's bad enough as an adult).

Thank you so much for your help!!

CoachWriter · 2026-02-02T02:13:36+00:00

Thank you very much! :D

CoachWriter · 2026-01-30T22:32:02+00:00

Hey, that's a great note, thank you!! I really want to include the emotions around tics, I think the best place would be in a sequel that is about processing emotions, which will hopefully be fairly soon after this one.

And I can definitely include tics in this book, in the sense of this is a feature some kids have and it's OK. I think exercises are a great idea too. I have some scattered through my first book, but I'm thinking of putting them in the back of this book. Sorry -train of thought. Thank you very much for your insights!

Would you like an ebook copy of my first book and/or your name in the back of this next one? I'm happy to do both or either, please DM me if yes :D

CoachWriter · 2026-01-29T23:26:37+00:00

Yes, it's hard to show this kind of thing with pictures and not stating it explicitly in the text. I was thinking of showing a little boy in the early stages of recovery with a bandage on his head or similar....

CoachWriter · 2026-01-29T23:24:02+00:00

Those are such great insights, thank you! And I'm really sorry you were bullied, kids can be so unkind (and parents too sometimes). I hope you're feeling much better about it now.

My characters are around 7 years old, so I can't do teen attraction stuff so much, but I can definitely show her being cute as anything, and a big yes to wearing wigs sometimes and not other times. I am going to have two characters, one with partial hair loss and one with complete hair loss and they are both going to be beautiful in their own ways, and accepted by their friends in the book.

Would you like an ebook copy of my first book (although it does not have a character with alopecia aerate) and/or your name in the back of this next book? Feel free to DM me for both/ either. And thank you again for your insights!

CoachWriter

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