Author Circle Vault

A repository for paying subscribers.

Hello, and welcome.

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My name is Neera Mahajan. I’m an author, book coach, and lifelong writer. Since publishing my first book in 2021, I’ve gone on to publish multiple books, run writing programs, coach authors, and build a wonderful community of people who believe that writing can change lives.

And that belief is at the heart of everything you’ll find here.

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The Author Circle Vault is not just a collection of courses and recordings.

It’s a place for people who want to turn their ideas, experiences, expertise, and stories into something meaningful.

Whether that means writing a book, growing a newsletter, building authority in your field, creating digital products, or simply expressing yourself more clearly, you’re in the right place.

You now have access to every course, workshop, recording, template, and resource I’ve created for paid subscribers.

Let me quickly show you around.

START HERE

The first section is about building your home base: Substack.

You’ll find a series of practical articles there, along with recordings from the live 90-Day Write-Grow-Monetize System cohort. If you’re new to Substack, this section will give you everything you need to get started, build a solid foundation, and begin sharing your writing with confidence.

Next, you’ll find three main areas.

The first is WRITE.

This is where you’ll find resources on writing books, developing ideas, creating outlines, overcoming procrastination, and turning your knowledge into a manuscript.

The second is GROW.

Here you’ll find workshops and resources on growing your newsletter, building an audience, creating content, and developing your author platform.

The third is MONETISE.

This section is focused on turning your knowledge into income through books, courses, coaching, digital products, and other opportunities.

You’ll also find recordings of workshops, community events, interviews, and a growing collection of templates, checklists, and resources.

Build the Foundation of Your Substack

• Choose Your Signature Idea (the one you want to be known for)

• Validate Your Signature Offer (before you slave away)

• Give Your Profile a Facelift (update your bio and newsletter description)

• Rewrite Your About page (so it sounds like you but is about the readers)

• How to Draft Your Welcome Emails (make a great first impression)

• Twelve Newsletter Questions Answered (the ones I’m asked all the time)

• Build Your Website on Substack (why it’s a smart idea, and how to do it)

WRITE

Mindset of an Author

• How To Outsmart Life’s Chaos and Find Time to Write

Turn Your Knowledge Into Content

• Turn Your Signature Idea Into Endless Content (you will never run out of ideas)

• Write Like You Talk, But Better (best writing is conversational)

• Bring Your Personality Into Your Writing (without losing clarity, flow, or reader respect)

• Write Posts That Foster Trust (not just engagement)

• How To Write Stuff That Actually Changes People (Without Being Annoying About It)

Storytelling

• Storytelling Is Your Superpower: (Why stories matter more than ever)

• How to Write Stories That Resonate, Connect, and Last (The anatomy of a story and how to craft one people remember)

• How to Find Stories in Everyday Life (4 simple techniques to help you collect stories from daily life)

• Your Story Is Your Strategy (Your most valuable business asset is not a funnel but your journey.)

• 3 Simple Storytelling Frameworks (That turn my stories into powerful articles and notes)

• How a 30-Minute Interview Turned Into 18 Stories From My Life

• How to Craft Opening Sentences (That instantly pull readers into your story)

• How to Turn Ordinary Moments into Stories That Stick

• Build Your Story Bank (5 core stories every creator must master)

• This One Shift Has Made My Stories 10x more powerful (The real power of storytelling is not in ‘writing’ but in the ‘telling.’)

• How I Used Storytelling To Write 6 Books (People don’t read books for facts and figures, they read them for stories)

• Storytelling Tips I Stole from Friends, Therapists, and Taylor Swift

• Storytelling Framework To Tell Compelling Stories

• The Art of Personal Storytelling

Write Your Authority Building Book

• A 10-Minute Exercise to Find A Book Idea That Builds Your Business

• The First Chapter of Your Book Has Only One Job To Do

• How to Create a Book Title That Makes People Stop, Click, and Buy

• From “Here It Is” to “I Want It”: A Better Way to Reveal Your Book Cover

• The one ingredient that makes your book impossible to put down

• 7-Step Framework I Used to Turn Authority into Revenue

• The Authority Shortcut: 10 Ways to Use Your Book to Open the Right Doors Faster

GROW

• How to Grow Your Substack (from discovery tools to bringing your own crowd)

• Why Notes Are the #1 Growth Engine on Substack (How one note kick started my newsletter business)

• The Art of Writing Notes (that get read, liked, and shared)

• Use Substack Recommendations to Grow Faster (A free, built-In growth engine in Substack)

• Collaboration Beats Competition on Substack (And how to do it right)

• How One Creator Grew His Substack from Zero to 91,000+ (And how you can too using his method)

• How I Overcame My Fear of Substack Lives (and gained subscribers doing them)

• How to Use Substack Chat (to turn your readers into a thriving community)

• 5 Proven Ways to Grow Your Substack (From outside the substack ecosystem)

• Why Substack isn’t sending you subscribers (and what to do about it)

• How I Found My 115 True Fans (and finally stopped yelling into the void)

• The Secret to Loyal Subscribers (most creators completely miss)

• I Interviewed 3 Successful Substack Writers Who Grew From 0 to 65K (here’s what I stole from them and it actually worked)

MONETISE

• Don’t Just Build An Audience (grow a community that buys from you)

• How to monetise Your Knowledge (without feeling like a sleazy salesperson)

• Find a monetization model that suits you (not all models are created equal)

• Don’t build a product, find a problem first (people don’t buy products, they buy solutions to their problems)

• How to make money from your Substack (with or without Paywall)

• Don’t go big, small audience buys faster (small audience is your super power)

• I have stopped growing an audience (and started building a community)

• Teach what you’re learning not what you’ve mastered (sharing in-progress lessons can convert better than polished authority)

• 3 Simple Ways To Monetize Your Substack (Even if you only have 200 subscribers)

• Strategies for Monetizing Your Writing (From Successful Solopreneur David Mcllroy

90-Day Write-Grow-Monetize System (Live Cohort)

• Module 1: How To Find Your Signature Idea (and turn your newsletter into an income stream)

• Module 2 - Turn Visitors Into Subscribers: How to Nail Your About Page, Welcome Emails, Hero Post & Homepage

• Module 3: Creating a Sustainable Writing System For Your Substack Newsletter

• Module 4: Create Posts That Educate, Engage, and Convert

• Module 5: The Growth Mindset and 7 Substack Growth Tools That Actually Work

• Module 6: Building In Public, Teaching When You’re Not An Expert And Five Proven Ways to Grow Beyond Substack

• Module 7: Collaboration Opportunities, Building Your Community and Your Business Ecosystem

• Module 8: Seven Monetisation Models That Help You Earn Without Intimidation

• Module 9: Stop Relying on Paid Subscriptions: Build a Digital Product Value Ladder Instead

Templates, Checklists, and Resources

These are designed to save you time.

Instead of starting from scratch, use the frameworks, templates, and worksheets to accelerate your progress.

• Substack Notes Playbook 50+ prompts with examples to help you connect, grow, and stand out on Substack.

• Are You Writing A Useful Book + Worksheet: Ensuring Your Book Is Useful.

Mini Courses:

• A Crash Course in Substack Growth

• How to Turn Your Book into a Course

• How To Turn Your Substack into a Book

• How To Get Testimonials That Build Your Writing Business

• How to Teach a Cohort Course on Substack

• Digital Product Creation for the Total Beginner

• Speak With Confidence: Online and On Stage

• How To Be A Productive Writer In 2026

• How To Plan Your Substack Over Christmas Vacation (Without feeling guilty)

• How One Author Is Building a Full Ecosystem Around His Book

• Mastering Book Marketing

• Building Authentic Relationships And Author Platform

Workshop Recordings

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Substack (But Were Too Afraid to Ask)

• How to Plan 1–2 Months of Content in Advance

Use these when you want deeper context, examples, and real-world case studies.

How to use the vault?

You now have access to every course, workshop, recording, template, and resource I’ve created for paid subscribers.

That’s the good news.

The bad news?

There is enough material here to keep you busy for months. So before you dive in, I’d like to suggest a different approach.

Don’t try to consume everything

The purpose of this Vault is not to give you hundreds of hours of content to binge-watch. The purpose is to help you achieve a specific outcome.

So instead of asking:

“What should I read next?”

Ask:

“What am I trying to achieve?”

Then choose one path.

My Recommended Approach

For the next 30 days:

1. Choose one goal.

2. Work through one resource section at a time.

3. Implement before consuming more.

4. Share your progress with the community.

Small actions, repeated consistently, beat information overload every time.

Remember Why You’re Here

Most people have more ideas than they will ever execute. The people who make progress are not necessarily the smartest or most talented. They are the ones who keep moving.

One article.
One chapter.
One workshop.
One conversation.
One step at a time.

You do not need to master everything in this Vault. You only need to use the right resource at the right time.

Once again, welcome to Author Circle. I’m delighted you’re here.

Together we’ll go further.

As always, thanks for reading.